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In Memoriam by Alice Winn
It’s 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. News of the heroic deaths of their friends only makes the war more exciting...Categorized as:
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![Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate]()
Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate
Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow ... but that's only the official version. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives... -
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![The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah]()
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read .Renowned hip-hop artist, writer, and activist Sister Souljah brings the streets of New York to life in a powerful and utterly unforgettable first novel.I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter... -
![Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green]()
Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green
The second volume of The Heart Rate of a Mouse trilogy.A new band, a new city, and new lover - Ryan dusts himself off and starts again, but the god-like status that his former band's tragic end has given him isn't as easy to shake off. As he should be focusing on making a comeback with his new band, he runs into the one person he hasn't been able to forget... -
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![The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath]()
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 139 ratingsIn The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath’s hauntingly beautiful semi-autobiographical novel, readers are invited into the mind of Esther Greenwood, a young woman whose dreams of literary success unravel into a descent into mental illness... -
![The Steel Rogue by K.J. Jackson]()
The Steel Rogue by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA scarred lady, living in the outskirts of society. A hardened rogue brought up from the worst of humanity. One seeks revenge. One seeks redemption. Neither is prepared for a love that will defy all odds.A scarred lady, living in the fringes. Lady Alton knows she doesn't fit into polite society. Her scars determined that long ago, and marrying a viscount never helped the matter... -
![A Shot in the Dark by Addison Cain]()
A Shot in the Dark by Addison Cain
Matthew is determined to find his run-away sweetheart. And then he’s going to marry her. Well, that is, if he can get her to hear him out before rival gangster, Tommy Kennedy, woos her into believing that Chicago power and prestige are better than quite towns and true love. And if she won’t listen, then he’ll just have to tie her up and drag her home. Part 2 of the A Trick of the Light duet...Categorized as:
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![The Empty Hearth by Kitty Neale]()
The Empty Hearth by Kitty Neale
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDad loves Mum - loves her to the point of obsession. He's jealous when she shows us any affection.' Set in Battersea in the Fifties and Sixties, the Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. Although Alfie is a bully, his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods... -
![Unhinge the Universe by Aleksandr Voinov, L.A. Witt]()
Unhinge the Universe by Aleksandr Voinov, L.A. Witt
December 1944, the Battle of the Bulge SS Lieutenant Hagen Friedrichs is the sole survivor of a party sent to retrieve his brother—and the highly sensitive information he’s carrying—from behind enemy lines. But his daring rescue attempt fails, and Hagen becomes the prisoner. Allied command has ordered Captain John Nicholls to extract critical intelligence from their new Nazi POW... -
![The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen]()
The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks—once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them?San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective—but his business hasn’t exactly taken off... -
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Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Set in the Soviet Union in 1953, this stellar debut from British author Smith offers appealing characters, a strong plot and authentic period detail... -
![Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer]()
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes Only Time Will Tell, the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920, with the words “I was told that my father was killed in the war... -
![My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier]()
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel is a psychological thriller by Daphne du Maurier that centers on the thin line separating love from suspicion. The narrator in the novel is Philip Ashley, a young man who has grown up under the guardianship of Ambrose on the family estate in Cornwall... -
![Mob Boss Christmas: The Pregnancy by Mallory Monroe]()
Mob Boss Christmas: The Pregnancy by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen gorgeous tough guy Reno Gabrini finds out that his lady love Katrina is pregnant, he becomes a nervous wreck. He does everything in his power to protect her from forces real and imagined, and to make her pregnancy move along as smoothly as possible. Trina, in turn, does everything in her power to deal with his controlling ways... -
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![A Taste of Shine by Addison Cain]()
A Taste of Shine by Addison Cain
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Prohibition. Gangsters. Moonshine. A badass heroine and a hero who’s alpha enough to make you swoon. You won't be able to put this book down! ” He’s in love at first sight. The new girl in town is nothing but trouble. And deep in trouble in every possible way. Chicago’s reigning kingpin wants Charlotte back under his wing. Radcliff’s right-hand-man wants her in his bed...Categorized as:
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![The Last Innocent Hour by Margot Abbott]()
The Last Innocent Hour by Margot Abbott
It is 1946 and Berlin is a ruined city, the Nazis vanquished, but memories of the city in 1934 haunt Sally as she returns to investigate war crimes as an army intelligence officer. Her father was the American ambassador to the new Third Reich and Sally was too naïve to understand the corruption and depravity underneath the shiny surface of banners and marching men... -
![Soul's Fire by Susan Fanetti]()
Soul's Fire by Susan Fanetti
Astrid has been a warrior since the day she was old enough to make the choice to live and die with an axe in her hand. She is strong and stoic, powerful and brave, and she has the life she desires, free of complications and distractions. She is a shieldmaiden, and that is all she wishes to be...Categorized as:
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![Masquerade by Joel Abernathy]()
Masquerade by Joel Abernathy
An MM Phantom of the Opera Retelling We all wear masks. He came to me like a ghost singing songs of the past… An angel, promising redemption. Now I know the truth of the man behind the mask, and Erik’s soul is more broken and twisted than I ever imagined. ~ Even an angel’s wings can be broken. The moment I heard his voice, I knew he was mine. Mine to teach. Mine to mold... -
![Bootlegger's Bounty by Adriana Herrera]()
Bootlegger's Bounty by Adriana Herrera
She’s trapped between an angel and the devil.A jazz singer on the run.A rum runner on the edge.A gangster ready to risk it all.Rosalía Ferrer dreams of leaving her island behind and sailing north to sing in a New York City nightclub. Unfortunately, the only way to escape her father’s suffocating clutches is to align herself with two ruthless men... -
![Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi]()
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
Òdòdó's hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the the warrior king of Yorùbáland. Already shunned as social pariahs, living conditions for Òdòdó and the other women in her blacksmith guild grow even worse under Yorùbá rule. Then Òdòdó is abducted...Categorized as:
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![Decision at Delphi by Helen MacInnes]()
Decision at Delphi by Helen MacInnes
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsKenneth Strang sets out for Sicily and Greece on a seemingly innocent, though fascinating, magazine assignment. But even before his ship sails from New York, the atmosphere becomes charged with sinister omens. In the course of the voyage one mysterious event follows another... -
![Lilla And The Viking: Steamy Viking Dark Historical Romance by Isabella Colestone]()
Lilla And The Viking: Steamy Viking Dark Historical Romance by Isabella Colestone
859 AD – Nekor, MoroccoThey call them the fire worshippers. Northmen. Vikings.Landing upon the beachy Moroccan shores of the city of Nekor, they came to tear our world asunder. Pillaging all in their wake, taking captives…leaving naught unturned... -
![The Laughing Cavalier (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #0.4) by Emmuska Orczy]()
The Laughing Cavalier (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #0.4) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThis 1913 adventure tale, The Laughing Cavalier, centres on Percy Blakeney, a foreign adventurer and the progenitor of Baroness Orczy's well-known figure, the Scarlet Pimpernel. Frans Hals' artwork The Laughing Cavalier served as the model for a section of the story, which takes place in Holland between 1623 and 1624... -
![In a Shallow Grave by James Purdy]()
In a Shallow Grave by James Purdy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGarnet Montrose returns home from Vietnam to small-town Virginia with injuries so terrible that people become ill at the sight of him. Seeking assistance and companionship in his isolation, Garnet hires two young male caretakers, Quintus and Daventry... -
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![Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett]()
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"Red Harvest" is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, first published in 1929. It is considered one of the seminal works of hard-boiled detective fiction. The story is set in the fictional town of Personville, often referred to as "Poisonville." The novel follows an unnamed detective, known as the Continental Op, who is hired to clean up the corruption and violence that has taken over the town... -
![Hit by Mallory Hart]()
Hit by Mallory Hart
GIUSEPPINAI was never supposed to meet him, but one fateful night had him saving my life.Now he thinks he owns me. I’m his to keep.He’s ruthless, cold, and a killer, but something draws me to him anyway.I know what he’s capable of. I know he was meant to kill me. And I know one wrong slip may make him change his mind about sparing my life.But I want to test him, push him, be a part of his world... -
![Veils of Silk by Mary Jo Putney]()
Veils of Silk by Mary Jo Putney
Gaunt and wearing an eye patch, Major Ian Cameron returns to India after being freed from horrendous captivity in Central Asia. Thoughts of his beautiful fiancée helped him survive his imprisonment, but much can happen when a man has supposedly been dead for two years, and his return brings him face to face with how much he has lost... -
![Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway]()
Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway
An Heiress on a Mission… After two failed Seasons, Persephone Fines has vowed to reform her hoydenish ways. But when her beloved brother falls into the clutches of wicked gamester Gavin Hunt, she must take action. Hunt offers her a shocking proposition: he will release her brother… if she can resist six nights of seduction... -
![The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett]()
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsSam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby... -
![The Price of Desire (Lady Rivendale's Connections, Book Four): Regency Romance by Jo Goodman]()
The Price of Desire (Lady Rivendale's Connections, Book Four): Regency Romance by Jo Goodman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsForbidden Desires and a Hidden Past Collide in The Price of Desire, by Jo Goodman a Historical Regency Romance from Jo GoodmanNo stranger to society's scandalous whispers, Griffin Wright-Jones, Viscount Breckenridge, operates a gaming hell teeming with temptation—a sanctuary for those eager to test their luck... -
![Some Do Not... by Ford Madox Ford]()
Some Do Not... by Ford Madox Ford
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsChristopher Tietjens, a brilliant, unconventional mathematician, is married to the dazzling yet unfaithful Sylvia, when, during a turbulent weekend, he meets a young Suffragette by the name of Valentine Wannop. Christopher and Valentine are on the verge of becoming lovers until he must return to his World War I regiment... -
![Barren Ground by Ellen Glasgow]()
Barren Ground by Ellen Glasgow
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEllen Anderson Gholson Glasgow's novel, Barren Ground, explores the complexities of love, marriage, and societal expectations in the post-Civil War South. Glasgow's writing style expertly conveys the emotional turmoil of her characters while also providing a vivid portrait of the setting and time period... -
![The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale]()
The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale
In the late 18th century, intent on avenging her family's death at the hands of a cult leader, Lady Leigh Strachan dresses as a boy and seeks out the reclusive S.T. Maitland, nobleman and highwayman, who was once known as the Prince of Midnight...Categorized as:
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![The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett]()
The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 34 ratings"The Dain Curse" is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, first published in 1929. It is a compelling work of detective fiction that showcases Hammett's signature hard-boiled style. The story follows the adventures of an unnamed private detective, often referred to as the Continental Op... -
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![The Ballroom by Anna Hope]()
The Ballroom by Anna Hope
From the internationally acclaimed author of Wake comes a haunting story of love, insanity, and revolution set at the brink of the Great War.Yorkshire, England, 1911: After a moment of defiance at the factory where she has worked since she was a child, Ella Fay finds herself an unwilling patient at the Sharston Asylum...Categorized as:
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![The Price Of Desire by Jo Goodman]()
The Price Of Desire by Jo Goodman
USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman delivers a deliciously wicked tale of forbidden desire that knows no limits. Olivia Cole is devastated to learn that her ne'er-do-well brother has promised her to the operator of a London gaming hall as payment of his debts. Olivia accepts her fate-even if it means that her reputation will suffer from living among rogues and gamblers...Categorized as:
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![Prohibited by Madeline Thorne]()
Prohibited by Madeline Thorne
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR MEANS OF REVENGE.INSTEAD SHE BECAME THEIR OBSESSION.Tulsa, 1920Having an affair with one of the kings of Tulsa's criminal underworld was supposed to be an escape from her mundane life. Diamonds and gin in smokey speakeasies, and hot, sensual nights full of illicit pleasure.Instead, adultery becomes the least of her sins when he deceives her into doing the unforgivable...Categorized as:
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![Walking on Glass by Iain Banks]()
Walking on Glass by Iain Banks
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 29 ratings'Her eyes were black, wide as though with some sustained surprise, the skin from their outer corners to her small ears taut. Her lips were pale, and nearly too full for her small mouth, like something bled but bruised. He had never seen anyone or anything quite so beautiful in his life.' Graham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him, a creature of almost perverse mystery... -
![Dragonwyck by Anya Seton]()
Dragonwyck by Anya Seton
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsA novel of seduction, mystery, and danger set in New York’s Hudson Valley in the nineteenth century, by the author of Foxfire. There was, on the Hudson, a way of life such as this, and there was a house not unlike Dragonwyck . . . In the spring of 1844, the Wells family receives a letter from a distant relative, the wealthy landowner Nicholas Van Ryn... -
![A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott]()
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 32 ratings"I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom," cries Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. A brooding stranger seduces her from the remote island onto his yacht. Trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit, she flees to Italy, France, Germany, from Paris garret to mental asylum, from convent to chateau - stalked by obsessed Phillip Tempest... -
![Unveiling Love: Episode I by Vanessa Riley]()
Unveiling Love: Episode I by Vanessa Riley
Romantic Suspense in the courtrooms and hidden places of Romantic Regency England Winning in the courts, vanquishing England's foes on the battlefield, Barrington Norton has used these winner-take-all rules to script his life, but is London's most distinguished mulatto barrister prepared to win the ultimate fight, restoring his wife's love? Amora Norton is running out of time... -
![In the Shadow of Lakecrest by Elizabeth Blackwell]()
In the Shadow of Lakecrest by Elizabeth Blackwell
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe year is 1928. Kate Moore is looking for a way out of the poverty and violence of her childhood. When a chance encounter on a transatlantic ocean liner brings her face-to-face with the handsome heir to a Chicago fortune, she thinks she may have found her escape—as long as she can keep her past concealed... -
![An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough]()
An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDutiful and disciplined Sister Honour Langtry has sole charge of Ward X of a military hospital in the Pacific, caring for soldiers who are battle fatigued. The arrival of Sergeant Michael Wilson transforms the ward into a pressure cooker of emotion as Sister Honour is torn between duty and love... -
![Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller]()
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsNow hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer , Henry Miller’s masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934... -
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![The Lover by Robin Schone]()
The Lover by Robin Schone
Even desire has its price... Thirty-six-year-old Anne Aimes is a spinster whose only attraction is her wealth. But her plain looks mask a passionate woman who yearns to know a man's intimate caresses. Michel des Anges- Michael of the Angels- is renowned for his ability to bring women pleasure. All it will cost her is ten thousand pounds..Categorized as:
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The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives... -
![Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair by Elizabeth McNeill]()
Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair by Elizabeth McNeill
The classic erotic memoir of an intense and haunting relationship that spawned the film.This is a love story so unusual, so passionate, and so extreme in its psychology and sexuality that it takes the reader’s breath away. Unlike The Story of O, Nine and a Half Weeks is not a novel or fantasy; it is a true account of an episode in the life of a real woman... -
![Wonderland by Stacey D'Erasmo]()
Wonderland by Stacey D'Erasmo
Rated: 3.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn NPR Best Book of 2014A Time Top Ten Fiction Book of 2014A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA BBC Top Ten Book of 2014"Exquisite...As inspiring in its way as Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids ." — Los Angeles Times “Briskly addictive . . . Told in the voice of a female rock Ulysses.” — O, the Oprah Magazine “Marvelous . . -
![Silk and Shadows by Mary Jo Putney]()
Silk and Shadows by Mary Jo Putney
He called himself Peregrine, the wanderer, and he came to London for revenge... Like the falcon he named himself for, Peregrine is wild and free, an exotic prince who fascinates 1839 London with his wealth, mystery, and dangerous allure. He emerged from his mysterious Asiatic past to exact retribution for an appalling crime. Nothing and no one can stop him—except perhaps Lady Sara St...Categorized as:
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