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Fire by Night by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsTwo young women in a land shattered by war test the limits of their strength. Lovely Julia Hoffman has always enjoyed the carefree life of her well-to-do Philadelphia family. But when she fails to attract the attention of Nathaniel Greene, a fierce abolitionist, she shocks her family by becoming a Union nurse... -
![Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury]()
Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury
The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” ( Woman’s World ) writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers. In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas... -
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![The Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story by Jean Grainger]()
The Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsKilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958. For eighteen year old Lena Mullery, life is predictable and dull. A future of hard work, marriage to a local boy, and a family of her own one day is all she has to look forward to. People from her background know not expect too much, but Lena yearns for something different. Malachy Berger was different, for him, the world is at his feet... -
![A Light to My Path by Lynn Austin]()
A Light to My Path by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLynn Austin takes readers on a dramatic journey through the Civil War years in her award-winning Refiner's Fire series. Told in three unique perspectives--Southern, Northern, and slave--each book offers a riveting and eloquent exploration of a nation and its people grappling with racism and injustice... -
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![A Noble Inheritance by Kasey Stockton]()
A Noble Inheritance by Kasey Stockton
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey say reformed rakes make the best husbands. .. Lady Verity wants nothing more than to provide a safe home for her sister, whose simple-mindedness is often misunderstood. When Lady Verity's father and husband both die, passing their house to a stranger, she vows to do whatever she must to ensure her sister's safety... -
![God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe]()
God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's heart-stopping tale about a woman who's suffered too much to give up on herself, even if everyone else has. . . Growing up, Annette Goode thought all men were as low-down as the father who abandoned her, including the boarder who abused her for years and the men she slept with to earn the money she needed to run away from her life... -
![Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings]()
Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard…. It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together. At least not in 1884. Or in the small town where she’s settled. Or anywhere else. It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has... -
![Whispers at Painswick Court by Julie Klassen]()
Whispers at Painswick Court by Julie Klassen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year... -
![The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines]()
The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan you leave the past behind and embrace the future? - A brand new series from Tracy Baines. Great Grimsby, 1912. Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future... -
![Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble]()
Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Colleen Coble delivers her signature blend of romance and suspense when Brenna Fleming flees to a cabin in Lavender Tides only to discover that everything she believed about herself has been a lie. Six months after her wedding, Bailey Fleming discovers she wasn't really married to Kyle Bearcroft... -
![The Knight and the Dove by Lori Wick]()
The Knight and the Dove by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEager to secure a permanent loyalty from this promising young knight, King Henry commands Bracken to marry into one of the crown's most loyal families. But Lord Vincent's oldest daughter, the beautiful yet deceitful Marigold, scorns the king's edict. She will never marry a lowly earl. Now Vincent must call his beloved Megan from the abbey and send her to Hawkings Crest to wed... -
![Before the King : by Heather Kaufman]()
Before the King : by Heather Kaufman
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Heather Kaufman is a truly fresh voice in biblical fiction. "--TESSA AFSHAR, bestselling author. Joanna's wealthy family aspires to Herod's inner circle, but when her father's esteemed position in the Sepphoris Sanhedrin is threatened, her family harbors a dark secret...Categorized as:
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![Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock]()
Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAmanda’s heart broke as she watched them drive her beloved twins away. She resolved to hope . . . and to fight for them to her last breath. Kara and Lizzie are heiresses to one of the largest fortunes in the country... -
![Drawn by the Current by Jocelyn Green]()
Drawn by the Current by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA birthday excursion turns deadly when the SS Eastland capsizes with Olive Pierce and her best friend Claire on board. Hundreds perish during the accident, and it's only when Olive herself barely escapes that she discovers her friend is among the victims... -
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![The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep]()
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMercy Lytton, a scout with keen eyesight raised among the Mohawks, and Elias Dubois, a condemned traitor working both sides of the conflict, must join together to get a shipment of gold safely into British hands. A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees. A War-Torn Countryside Is No Place for a Lady... -
![Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury]()
Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBrad Cutler, twenty-eight, is a rising star at his New York ad agency, about to marry the girl of his dreams. Anyone would agree he has it all … a great career, a beautiful and loving fiancée, and a fairy tale life ahead of him—when memories of a high school girlfriend begin to torment him... -
![Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye]()
Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEconomies have fallen, freedom has been suppressed, and peace is a distant memory. The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan's protege Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist... -
![Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall]()
Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStep into a breathtaking novel of adventure and romance set amid the War of 1812. During an assault by an enemy sailor, timid farm girl Rose McGuire is saved by the least likely of heroes—a British Naval Lieutenant. Now that he’s wounded, she’ll have to heal as well as hide him. Alex Reed is being aided and abetted by his enemy—albeit an innocent and attractive one... -
![A Song in the Dark by Kimberley Woodhouse]()
A Song in the Dark by Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAgainst the simmering backdrop of the impending WWII, blind virtuoso pianist Chaisley Frappier embarks on a concert tour through a rapidly changing Europe despite the dangers. When she learns that Hitler's escalating regime of injustice is targeting other disabled people, Chaisley realizes she is in a prime position to help those who are threatened reach safety... -
![The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham]()
The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNewlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving. Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice... -
![The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. Gabhart]()
The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher--until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises... -
![A Groom for Agatha by Parker J. Cole]()
A Groom for Agatha by Parker J. Cole
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA widow woman wanting to save her farm, an honorable man with the means to save it, the forbidden love that may save them both. Agatha Waters has embraced widowhood after she loses her husband of twenty years. She had a wonderful marriage and isn't greedy for more. When the pastor of Last Chance forces the women to send for new spouses, she does so reluctantly...Categorized as:
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![The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep]()
The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Cross-Country Trip through Regency England Brings Intrigue, Rogues, and High Adventure. The must-read conclusion to Michelle Griep’s Bow Street Runners Trilogy: Life couldn’t be better for Abigail Gilbert—but it’s been a long time in coming. Having lived with a family who hated her, it’s finally her time for love... -
![The Cairo Curse by Pepper Basham]()
The Cairo Curse by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClue meets Indiana Jones with a fiction-loving twist only Grace Percy can provide. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley have already experienced their fair-share of suspense, but when a honeymoon trip takes a detour to the mystical land of Egypt, not even Grace with her fiction-loving mind is prepared for the dangers in store...Categorized as:
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![Soul Raging by Ronie Kendig]()
Soul Raging by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the only hope is the enemy. Leif Metcalfe is done waiting for answers and seizes control, a move that comes with a high price and a deadly risk: teaming up with the enemy. He can only hope that what he uncovers will heal the wounds he's inflicted on those he loves... -
![His Accidental Amish Family by Rachel J. Good]()
His Accidental Amish Family by Rachel J. Good
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the picturesque Amish community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, life's detours may prove the path to true happiness . . . After a buggy accident when she was a teenager, Anna Flaud was told she would never walk again. Unwilling to be an object of pity, she put aside her dreams of marriage and found purpose as an assistant at a Community Care Center... -
![Undercurrent of Secrets (Doors to the Past) by Rachel Scott McDaniel]()
Undercurrent of Secrets (Doors to the Past) by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo women, a century apart, are bound by a haunting secret aboard a legendary steamboat. Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure... -
![A Picture of Hope (Heroines of WWII) by Liz Tolsma]()
A Picture of Hope (Heroines of WWII) by Liz Tolsma
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Photojournalist Risks Her Life to Save Children. Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII. Journalist Nellie Wilkerson has spent the bulk of the war in London, photographing pilots taking off and landing—and she’s bored. She jumps at the chance to go to France, where the Allied forces recently landed... -
![The Doctor Prince and the Outsider by Cami Checketts]()
The Doctor Prince and the Outsider by Cami Checketts
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA feisty billionaire framed for murder. The generous ‘Doctor Prince’ who discovers her. Will Prince Steffen believe her, or is she destined to live life on the run? Hattie Ballard, a billionaire heiress, spends her days traveling and rarely visits home, especially after the tragic death of her parents in an accident two years ago... -
![The Ninja Prince and the Investigator by Cami Checketts]()
The Ninja Prince and the Investigator by Cami Checketts
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA prince hiding from the truth. A female athlete trying to protect him. Can Ellery save Prince Derek and his family or will she only lose her heart? Prince Derek has thrown his heart into the American Ninja Warrior circuit after he lost his beloved mother. He knew he couldn’t stay in Augustine and face his own pain or his family’s... -
![Walking on Hidden Wings by Rachel Scott McDaniel]()
Walking on Hidden Wings by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A tangled web, a sleuthing adventure, a rekindled romance . . . Walking on Hidden Wings has it all. ". --Rachel Fordham, author of The Letter Tree. Geneva Ashcroft Hayes's marriage to a newspaper mogul might have been arranged, but the New York socialite is devastated when her husband's plane crashes a few short months after their nuptials... -
![As Sure as the Sea by Jamie Ogle]()
As Sure as the Sea by Jamie Ogle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce she denied everything she believed in. Now she’d give anything to choose differently. But in the shadow of the Roman Empire’s persecution and the shame of her past, she fears that what she wants most will be forever out of reach. Eastern Roman Empire, AD 310... -
![Freedom's Price by Pegg Thomas]()
Freedom's Price by Pegg Thomas
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2nd Place for the 2024 Selah Award for Historical Fiction. An indentured servant since the age of fourteen, Gwen Morgan longs for freedom. Her greatest wish is to find the sister who was sold to another master when they arrived in North Carolina from Wales...Categorized as:
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![Like a Bee to Honey by Jennifer Beckstrand]()
Like a Bee to Honey by Jennifer Beckstrand
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAffectionately dubbed The Honeybee Sisters in their Wisconsin Amish community, the three Christner girls are devoted beekeepers who are coming-of-age—and discovering the sweet surprise of love…. Shy, skittish Rose Christner is more comfortable tending to the beehives on the family farm and keeping her aunt’s unruly cats in line than attending social gatherings with the rest of the die youngie... -
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![To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano]()
To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMiss Daphne Beekman is a mystery writer by day, inquiry agent by night. Known for her ability to puzzle out plots, she happily works behind the scenes for the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, staying well away from danger. However, when Mr... -
![To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano]()
To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Arthur Livingston arrives out of the blue at the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, anxious to hire the agency to seek out a missing heiress, Eunice Holbrooke realizes her past has finally caught up with her. Having fled from the scene of her grandfather's murder seven years before, Eunice is a lady with secrets--the most important that she is the missing heiress Arthur is seeking... -
![A Daughter's Courage by Misty M. Beller]()
A Daughter's Courage by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter accidentally destroying the intricate chalice her people have treasured for over a hundred years, Charlotte Durand sets out on an expedition in search of a skilled artisan who can repair the damage. What she expected to be a two-day hike becomes much more daunting when a treacherous snowstorm sets in... -
![A Mark of Grace by Kimberley Woodhouse]()
A Mark of Grace by Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuth Anniston survived an injury that left her physically scarred, broken, and angry at God. Now she finds herself working behind the scenes as a kitchen supervisor at the El Tovar Hotel, hidden away from curious eyes. When money begins to disappear from the hotel, Ruth's entire livelihood is put at risk... -
![Through Every Danger by Lisa Phillips, Michelle Aleckson]()
Through Every Danger by Lisa Phillips, Michelle Aleckson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUndertow - Lisa Phillips. Selena is ready to retire from her career as a social media stunt star. After a disastrous breakup, one last job—on a cruise—will give her the cash to take charge of her future. Peter wants to make full operative at Vanguard Security... -
![Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh]()
Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA WARRIOR DANGEROUSLY IN CONTROL. England, 1334 ~ In the second book of The Feud series, Baron Magnus Verdun is a warrior whose handsome face gives little indication of the darkness he struggles to contain... -
![Blinded by Prejudice by KaraLynne Mackrory]()
Blinded by Prejudice by KaraLynne Mackrory
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsInto what kind of hell had I emerged from under those ruins? ELIZABETH BENNET ANTICIPATED NOTHING MORE than a pleasant day among friends and relations when the pleasure trip to the ruins of Bodden chapel commenced... -
![I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher]()
I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGenerations of secrets unfold as a young college student learns the truth about her great-grandmother’s World War II heartbreak and love. Brianna Hastings’s life seems dull and full of disappointment until a handsome young man visits her church. She’s instantly smitten by the charming Greg, who leads an exciting, independent life—the kind of life she longs for... -
![Deceived & Honoured - The Baron's Vexing Wife by Bree Wolf]()
Deceived & Honoured - The Baron's Vexing Wife by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the seventh installment of USA Today bestselling author Bree Wolf's emotionally charged 'Love's Second Chance Series', Madeline must find a way to become a woman she never wanted to be. .. before she loses the one man she never knew she always wanted. She is determined to marry an earl. If only he weren't only a baron...Categorized as:
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![Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey by Abigail Wilson]()
Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey by Abigail Wilson
In this new Regency romance, Elizabeth knows she must protect her heart from the charm of her new husband, Lord Torrington. She is not, however, prepared to protect her life. When the widowed Lord Torrington agreed to spy for the crown, he never planned to impersonate a highwayman, let alone rob the wrong carriage...Categorized as:
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![Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke]()
Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIncreasingly wary of her father's genetic research, Rachel Kramer has determined that this trip with him to Germany--in the summer of 1939--will be her last. But a cryptic letter from her estranged friend, begging Rachel for help, changes everything... -
![Shadows of the White City by Jocelyn Green]()
Shadows of the White City by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe one thing Sylvie Townsend wants most is what she feared she was destined never to have--a family of her own. But taking in Polish immigrant Rose Dabrowski to raise and love quells those fears--until seventeen-year-old Rose goes missing at the World's Fair, and Sylvie's world unravels. Brushed off by the authorities, Sylvie turns to her boarder, Kristof Bartok, for help... -
![A Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund]()
A Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsUnemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime... -
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Dead Wrong by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEnjoy this thrilling romantic suspense story from Susan Sleeman’s The Justice Agency series! The Justice Agency: Family and law enforcement go hand in hand. When her client and old college friend is murdered, P. I. Kat Justice knows the killer will come for her next. Her survival depends on finding her unknown enemy first…and working with homicide detective Mitch Elliot, her one-time crush... -
![Where the Fire Falls by Karen Barnett]()
Where the Fire Falls by Karen Barnett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStunning Yosemite National Park sets the stage for this late 1920s historical romance with mystery, adventure, heart, and a sense of the place John Muir described as "pervaded with divine light. ". Watercolorist Olivia Rutherford fashioned her image as an avant-garde artist to appeal to the region's wealthy art-collectors... -
![Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano]()
Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs part of a bargain with her grandmother, Poppy Garrison accepts an unusual proposition to participate in the New York social season. Forced to travel to America to help his cousin find an heiress to wed, bachelor Reginald Blackburn is asked to give Poppy etiquette lessons, and he swiftly discovers he may be in for much more than he bargained for.
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