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The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 91 ratingsThe New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.1940... -
![The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris]()
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
A tale based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov.In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau...Categorized as:
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![Prague Counterpoint by Bodie Thoene]()
Prague Counterpoint by Bodie Thoene
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn Vienna Prelude, Elisa Lindheim risked her life helping others escape pre-World War II Austria. The climactic ending finds her safely in Czechoslovakia, but not for long. A million other lives are endangered, and she cannot still their silent cry for help... -
![Jerusalem Interlude by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Jerusalem Interlude by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFor Jews in prewar Europe, the terrifying truth is uncovered: Truly they have no place to go. Escape or perish, but escape to where? As Central Europe is taken over by the Nazis under celebrated headlines of Peace in Our Times, hundreds of thousands pay the price for Hitler's international deception.In Jerusalem Interlude, Leah and Shimon Feldstein finally reach the Promised Land... -
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![Bluebird by Sharon Cameron]()
Bluebird by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA historical novel, set in postwar New York City.In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth... -
![The Gates of Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
The Gates of Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEllie, a young American photojournalist, finds herself in the Jerusalem of 1947. She unwittingly becomes a pawn in a political chess game when she photographs some ancient scrolls discovered by Bedouins. David seems to love her dearly, but Moshe has a purpose and commitment in life that intrigues her more than she can say...Categorized as:
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![Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene]()
Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsPredating the events of The Zion Chronicles Series, Vienna Prelude opens in pre-World War II Austria. Elisa Lindheim, a violinist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, is of Jewish heritage but has adopted an Aryan stage name. Thus she is able to travel and play in Germany even though a 1935 law forbade Jewish musicians to do so... -
![Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock]()
Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe fourth and final novel about the trials and joys of the residents of Cedar Circle. Sylvia Bryan has been feeling weak and tired, but is shocked when her internist finds a malignant lump in her breast. She and her husband can’t understand why God is allowing cancer to attack at a time when their missionary work is going so well...Categorized as:
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![Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar]()
Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Flight Girls comes another World War II story inspired by true events, about courageous women who risked everything for country, for family, and for each other.Netherlands, 1940As bombs fall across Europe, fourteen-year-old Lien Vinke fears that the reality of war is inescapable... -
![The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor]()
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA heart-breaking, heart-warming historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families. For readers of The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, and Sarah's Key.Austria, 1938.Kristoff is a young apprentice to a master Jewish stamp engraver... -
![Miss Devon's Choice: A Sweet Regency Romance by Sally Britton]()
Miss Devon's Choice: A Sweet Regency Romance by Sally Britton
An arranged marriage, a choice to love, and the hope for a happily ever after. Rebecca Devon lives under the severe eye of her aunt, and the iron will of her father. She wears what she is told, befriends the people they choose for her, yet she spends every moment longing for freedom to do as she wishes...Categorized as:
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![Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock]()
Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat does a child s life-threatening illness cost the neighbors of Cedar Circle? What joys can be hidden in life s greatest tragedies? Behind brightly lit windows and on front porches, marriages are tested and mended, hearts broken, hopes resurrected, dreams released and reformed, values and futures shaped, and faith rekindled . . . or found for the first time...Categorized as:
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![A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter]()
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"A Girl of the Limberlost" is a book written by Gene Stratton-Porter, an American author. The Limberlost Swamp, a real wetland area in Indiana, USA, serves as the setting for the book, which was first published in 1909. The following is a synopsis of the Comstock, a young child raised in near-poverty on the edge of the Limberlost Swamp, is the main character of the narrative... -
![If the Boot Fits by Karen Witemeyer]()
If the Boot Fits by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDetermined to prove that cattle king Eli Dearing has no justification for evicting his stepmother and half brothers, Asher Ellis uses the cover of a fancy ball to break into the Three Cedars ranch house to search for proof of wrongdoing. On the verge of discovery, he flees, but a boy's cry compels him to make a daring rescue... -
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![Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof]()
Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAven Norgaard understands courage. Orphaned within an Irish workhouse, then widowed at just nineteen, she voyaged to America where she was wooed and wed by Thor Norgaard, a Deaf man in rural Appalachia. That the Lord saw her along the winding journey and that Aven now carries Thor’s child are blessings beyond measure... -
![Mr Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester]()
Mr Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAs a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves... -
![By Hook or By Rook by Rebecca Connolly]()
By Hook or By Rook by Rebecca Connolly
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe most dangerous journeys...Jeremy Pratt is a spy for the Crown, and one of the best. He had been in more dangerous situations than he can admit, and has always come out unscathed. But escorting his colleague's cousin home to her family, even in disguise, just might be beyond his skills, and the temptation beyond his ability to withstand.May be ones of the heart.. -
![Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent]()
Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this sequel to Jennifer’s award-winning debut novel Fireflies in December, Jessilyn Lassiter and her best friend Gemma Teague have survived prejudice and heartache in their lifelong friendship, but the summer of 1936 threatens to tear them apart yet again. Gemma’s job with the wealthy Hadley family leads to a crush on their youngest son... -
![Disinheritance by Mary Kingswood]()
Disinheritance by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences.Walter Atherton, Viscount Birtwell, has drifted through his charmed life without a care in the world. As the eldest son and heir to an earl, he has never had to make his way in the world. His days are filled with pleasure, and to set the seal on it, he will shortly be married to a vastly wealthy heiress... -
![The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter]()
The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDavid Langston is the harvester – a recluse, twenty-six year old man whose best friend is his dog. He lives alone in the Medicine Woods, where he cultivates and harvests plants, wild barks, roots, leaves, herbs, edible and medicinal fungi which are used for medicines. David's life changes when he meets a woman of his dreams... -
![the Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock]()
the Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThelma and Wayne Owens run a bed and breakfast in Cape Refuge, Georgia. They minister to the seamen on the nearby docks and prisoners just out of nearby jails, holding services in an old warehouse and taking many of the "down-and-outers" into their home...Categorized as:
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![Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLions of the Desert opens up in 1915, over a year after the conclusion of Arabian Winds. Nurse Allison Wescott arrives in busy Cairo to serve the British military confronting Kaiser's Germany and their ally, Turkey. In Cairo, Allison meets Major Bret Holden again after his return from London, and their previous romantic but rocky relationship is resumed... -
![Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsValiant Hearts concludes the sweeping World War I saga begun in Arabian Winds and continued in Lions of the Desert... -
![While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden]()
While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden
Katherine Schneider's workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is plunged into danger, she seeks help from the dashing Lieutenant Jonathan Birch, a police officer she has long admired from afar...Categorized as:
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![The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris]()
The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings‘Gripping, compelling and beautiful.’ Emma Cowell, author of The House in the Olive Grove A secret big enough to destroy the Führer’s reputation. . . January 1939: When Katja Heinz secures a job as a typist at Doctor Viktor’s clinic, she doesn’t expect to be copying top secret medical records from a notebook... -
![Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter]()
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn Freckles, a homeless waif finds his deliverance in the primeval Limberlost swamp. Maimed and abandoned as an infant, Freckles seeks a chance to prove his worth. He is given that opportunity as the guard of the precious timber of the Limberlost... -
![The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett]()
The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJack Chisholm is on top of his game: lead pastor of a big church in a big city, thousands of members, a huge physical plant. His books sell millions of copies, and he is a public figure, sharing his life's philosophy: 'We have got to do better.' He is also living a lie---nobody could be as holy as his congregants think he is, and like all of us, he has his share of faults, flaws, sins...Categorized as:
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![Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman]()
Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSPANNING THREE GENERATIONS AND HALF THE WORLD, WILDFLOWER HILL IS A SWEEPING, ROMANTIC, AND COMPELLING STORY OF TWO WOMEN WHO SHARE A LEGACY OF SECRETS, HEARTBREAK, COURAGE, AND LOVE. Emma, a prima ballerina in London, is at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. Forced to rest and take stock of her life, she finds that she’s mistaken fame and achievement for love and fulfillment... -
![Her Unexpected Courtship by Megan Walker]()
Her Unexpected Courtship by Megan Walker
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIsabel Reed has promised to marry for love. At present her heart belongs to the one companion she knows accepts all her eccentricities—her horse. So when her older brother threatens to trade the animal on a whim, Isabel must force aside her progressive beliefs and bargain to entertain her brother's flirtatious, albeit handsome, friend Lucas Ashcroft in exchange for keeping her horse... -
![Surprised by Love by Julie Lessman]()
Surprised by Love by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShy and unattractive as a child, Megan McClare has always been teased by her classmates. But when she returns home from her senior year in Paris, the wallflower has suddenly blossomed into a beauty... -
![Stain of Guilt by Brandilyn Collins]()
Stain of Guilt by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs I drew, the house felt eerie in its silence. . . . A strange sense stole over me, as though Bland and I were two actors on stage, our movements spotlighted, black emptiness between us. But that darkness grew smaller as the space between us shrank. I did not know if this sense was due to my immersion in Bland's face and mind and world, or to my fear of his threatening presence. Or both . .Categorized as:
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![As Time Goes By by Melody Carlson]()
As Time Goes By by Melody Carlson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1942 San Francisco, war has touched every part of the Mulligans’ lives. With their brother killed at Pearl Harbor, their father recovering from tuberculosis, and their eldest sister a nurse in the Army, those at home are left to keep on, wondering if it’s possible to thrive…or only to survive... -
![Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor]()
Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor
A gripping novel about family secrets…and coming home for the first time. Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met...Categorized as:
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![The Rake and Lady Julia by Claudia Stone]()
The Rake and Lady Julia by Claudia Stone
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Julia Cavendish has always been a most sensible and practical young woman. So when her parents declare that she must marry, or spend the rest of her days acting as a companion to her dreadful Aunt Mildred, she agrees.Love, she believes, is not real, and an advantageous marriage is far preferable to the life of a servant.But then she meets Lord Montague..Categorized as:
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![A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse]()
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn P. G. Wodehouse's novel 'A Damsel in Distress,' the reader is transported into a whimsical world of romantic misadventures and comedic escapades. Set in early 20th-century England, the novel follows the story of a young American composer who becomes entangled in the lives of an eccentric aristocratic family... -
![An Officer, Not a Gentleman by Elizabeth Johns]()
An Officer, Not a Gentleman by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDespite Tobin O'Neill's humble origins, he finds himself a lieutenant in His Majesty's army, serving on Wellington's staff. When the roguish Irishman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a General's daughter, they somehow become enmeshed in navigating the perils of the greatest battle of their age.Bridget Murphy had grown up following the drum... -
![Darcy in Distress: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laraba Kendig]()
Darcy in Distress: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laraba Kendig
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMr. Darcy is rich, well-connected and handsome, but he is also exhausted, broken-hearted and afraid. Can Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet find happiness together?Fitzwilliam Darcy’s father was an unreliable rake who brought their family much trouble before his death. Darcy’s fears are potent, but his resolve to care for his sister and mother is strong... -
![A Wish Upon a Viscount by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison]()
A Wish Upon a Viscount by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does a daydreaming debutante find love?One forgotten book of poetryA case of mistaken identityA love letter to the wrong beauAnd a wish made 'round the... -
![Passages of Hope by Terri J. Haynes]()
Passages of Hope by Terri J. Haynes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad...Categorized as:
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![Brink of Death by Brandilyn Collins]()
Brink of Death by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe noises, faint, fleeting, whispered into her consciousness like wraiths passing in the night.Twelve-year-old Erin Willit opened her eyes to darkness lit only by the dim green nightlight near her closet door and the faint glow of a street lamp through her front window. She felt her forehead wrinkle, the fingers of one hand curl as she tried to discern what had awakened her...Categorized as:
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![The Rise of Miss Notley by Rachael Anderson]()
The Rise of Miss Notley by Rachael Anderson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Miss Coralynn Notley’s father barters her off to the first titled gentleman to come along, she realizes she must flee her home or be forced to wed a despicable man. Driven by desperation, she applies for the position of housekeeper at Tanglewood Manor, the home of the handsome Mr. Jonathan Ludlow. The moment Jonathan sees Miss Notley, he is intrigued... -
![The London House by Katherine Reay]()
The London House by Katherine Reay
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn uncovered family secret sets one woman on the journey of a lifetime through the history of Britain’s WWII spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris in an effort to understand her past, save her family, and claim her future.One call could bring ruin to her family name... -
![A Lady at Willowgrove Hall by Sarah E. Ladd]()
A Lady at Willowgrove Hall by Sarah E. Ladd
Willowgrove Hall is full of secrets, but soon everything hidden is brought to light. Cecily Faire has a secret—and she intends to keep it. But when she arrives at Willowgrove Hall to serve as a lady’s companion, she comes face-to-face with the only person who knows the truth about her past. As the steward of Willowgrove Hall, Nathaniel Stanton is dedicated to serving those around him...Categorized as:
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![Web of Lies by Brandilyn Collins]()
Web of Lies by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe was washing dishes when her world began to blur.Chelsea Adams hitched in a breath, her skin pebbling. She knew the dreaded sign all too well. God was pushing a vision into her consciousness.Black dots crowded her sight. She dropped a plate, heard it crack against the porcelain sink. Her fingers fumbled for the faucet. The hiss of water ceased.God, I don’t want this... -
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![Jimmy by Robert Whitlow]()
Jimmy by Robert Whitlow
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOnce you look at the world through Jimmy's eyes, you'll never see it the same again. Jimmy's world is a place where a boy can grow to be a man, even if he's "special." Where angels hover, mostly unseen. Where danger can happen, and hearts can falter--but love is never wasted. From best-selling author Robert Whitlow..Categorized as:
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![Hearts of Steel by Elizabeth Camden]()
Hearts of Steel by Elizabeth Camden
Maggie Molinaro survived a hardscrabble childhood in the downtrodden streets of Manhattan to become a successful businesswoman. After a decade of sacrifice, she now owns a celebrated ice cream company, but when she offends a corrupt banker, she unwittingly sets off a series of calamities that threaten to destroy her life's work...Categorized as:
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![To Sir Phillip, With Love and When He Was Wicked: Bridgerton Collector's Edition: Two beloved Bridgerton novels in one beautiful collector's edition ... by Julia Quinn]()
To Sir Phillip, With Love and When He Was Wicked: Bridgerton Collector's Edition: Two beloved Bridgerton novels in one beautiful collector's edition ... by Julia Quinn
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA beautiful collectible edition containing the fifth and sixth novels of the beloved Bridgerton series by New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn.To Sir Phillip, With LoveSir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn’t...Categorized as:
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![My Sister's Intended by Rachael Anderson]()
My Sister's Intended by Rachael Anderson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor as long as Prudence can remember, it has been understood that her sister will one day wed the eldest son of their nearest neighbor. Such an alliance will benefit both families and bring a great deal of joy to all parents involved. Unfortunately, Prudence has never been able to feel as joyful... -
![The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray]()
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh.Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Esteemed aunt of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, generous patroness of Mr... -
![The Listener by Terri Blackstock]()
The Listener by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSomething strange happened to Sam Bennett this morning. One minute he was sleeping peacefully. Then he was having the strangest dream. And now-Sam is hearing things. Voices, from people all around him. The waitress in the coffee shop. The elevator operator in Sam's office building. His wife, his secretary, even his pastor. Sam now has insight into people's hearts...Categorized as:
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