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The Diamond Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLibrarian note: An older cover for this edition can be found here: 20-Jul-2017.Baseball analyst is thrown a curveball when she is whisked back in time...And one of those curveballs is thrown by a blue-eyed pitcher!ESPN baseball analyst Amy Spalding is swept back in time by a magical brooch and finds herself in 1909 New York City... -
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The Broken Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a brooch is broken, some of its magic is lost... When NYPD detective JL O'Grady is invited to be her brother's plus-one at Montgomery Winery's end-of-harvest gala, she plans to enjoy a fabulous weekend in Napa drinking wine, enjoying sunset dinners on the veranda, and watching her brother's high school basketball tournament... -
![The Sapphire Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan]()
The Sapphire Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe long awaited sequel to the Kindle Time Travel Romance Bestseller THE RUBY BROOCH! The saga of the brooches continues in this Civil War Time Travel Romance... A Union soldier risks everything to save the life of Abraham Lincoln, while a Confederate surgeon races through time to preserve Lincoln’s Legacy. Reenactor Dr...Categorized as:
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![The Three Brooches by Katherine Lowry Logan]()
The Three Brooches by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Kit MacKlenna returned to her soul mate in the 19th century, Elliott Fraser thought he would never see his beloved goddaughter again. But when a message from Kit is discovered in a 135-year-old painting, Elliot must either ignore Kit's request for help or test the Legend of the Three Brooches... -
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![The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett]()
The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe... -
![Heartstone by C.J. Sansom]()
Heartstone by C.J. Sansom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSummer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. He is asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against a young ward of the court, which have already involved one mysterious death... -
![To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander]()
To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith fates bound by a shared tragedy, a reformed gambler from the Colorado Territory and a Southern Belle bent on breaking free from society's expectations must work together to achieve their dreams—provided that the truth doesn't tear them apart first...Categorized as:
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![Quinn: Cowboy Risk by Kathleen Ball]()
Quinn: Cowboy Risk by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christian Historical Western Romance Quinn Kavanagh is never going to risk his heart again. In fact, he doesn't think he has a heart anymore. Everything he thought to be true wasn't and now he is traveling trying to find a place where he fits. Heaven Burke is about to be shot when Quinn arrives. He saves her then and again later that day in a shootout... -
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EO-N by Dave Mason
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2019: Alison Wiley, a once-idealistic biotech CEO, is processing her new reality: she’s the last bud on the last branch of her family tree. On the heels of her mother’s illness and crushing death, she's pulled into a seventy-four year old mystery by a chance discovery on a Norwegian glacier. 1945: RCAF Squadron Leader Jack Barton flies combat missions over occupied Europe... -
![The Last MacKlenna by Katherine Lowry Logan]()
The Last MacKlenna by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA multi-layered international romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat.A cat and mouse game between two corporate jet-setters that will take you from Scotland, to Kentucky, to California and back again.Meredith Montgomery, the owner of a Napa, California winery, is facing not only another holiday alone but devastating news... -
![The Fateful Lightning by Jeff Shaara]()
The Fateful Lightning by Jeff Shaara
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara delivers a riveting new novel about the final chapter of the Civil War in The Fateful Lightning, completing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn...Categorized as:
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![A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton by Michael R. Phillips]()
A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton by Michael R. Phillips
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNow learning to rely on each others' strengths, Mayme and Katie begin an attempt to offer sanctuary to others the war has orphaned or left destitute. Book 2 of Shenandoah Sisters...Categorized as:
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![Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.]()
Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFreeman, the new novel by Leonard Pitts, Jr., takes place in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Upon learning of Lee's surrender, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the war-torn South... -
![A Game of Fear by Charles Todd]()
A Game of Fear by Charles Todd
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.Spring, 1921... -
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![The Smoke At Dawn by Jeff Shaara]()
The Smoke At Dawn by Jeff Shaara
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows so well, with the latest novel in the series that started with A Blaze of Glory and A Chain of Thunder. In The Smoke at Dawn, the last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war. Summer, 1863...Categorized as:
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![We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels]()
We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam meets James Rich, his strange request--that she look up a relative she didn't know she had in order to deliver an old camera and a box of photos--seems like it isn't worth her time. But when she loses her job after a botched investigation, she suddenly finds herself with nothing but time... -
![Stormrider by David Gemmell]()
Stormrider by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOne glorious spark, one moment of Rigante rebellion has ignited a revolution and forged a legend. In the mountains of the north, the outlaw leader known as Ravenheart waits, knowing the forces of the blackhearted Moidart will come, led by the brutal ruler’s only son, Stormrider... -
![A Bride for Nathan by Barbara Goss]()
A Bride for Nathan by Barbara Goss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a marriage by proxy work when the couple have never met? Nathan, a widower, is critically injured in a Civil War battle and lies on his death bed. His best friend, Ben, promises to care for his daughter, Belle. Ben’s sister, Allison, is doomed to become a spinster so she jumps at the chance to become a widow rather than a spinster when Ben suggests she marry Nathan... -
![Fire the Sky by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
Fire the Sky by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling novelists W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear have long been considered the foremost chroniclers of early Native American life. Now, in a critically acclaimed, sweeping new series, they recreate the conflict-filled years following one of the first European invasions... -
![Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry]()
Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later...Categorized as:
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Circle of Spies by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis exciting and adventurous romantic spy novel is the third book in the Culper Ring series from Roseanna M. White. Circle of Spies combines fascinating cloak-and-dagger secrets with a tale of love and intrigue at the end of the Civil War. Baltimore, 1865--Marietta Hughes never wanted to be a spy...but espionage is thrust upon her as the War Between the States rolls on... -
![A Rebel Heart by Beth White]()
A Rebel Heart by Beth White
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive years after the final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can barely manage to keep herself, her two younger sisters, and their spinster cousin fed and clothed. With their family's Mississippi plantation swamped by debt and the Big House falling down around them, the only option seems to be giving up their ancestral land...Categorized as:
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![Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green]()
Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop and care for their father, Stephen, a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit from his time as a POW during the Civil War. But when the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago's business district, they lose much more than just their store... -
![Stuck Together by Mary Connealy]()
Stuck Together by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTina Cahill, newly arrived from the East, is determined to get the saloon in Broken Wheel, Texas, closed for good. To that end, she pickets outside the place every afternoon. Unfortunately, so far no one has paid any attention. Vince Yates earned the nickname "Invincible Vince" because of his reputation for letting absolutely nothing stop him. Not his tyrant of a father...Categorized as:
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![Koruna démonů by James Rollins]()
Koruna démonů by James Rollins
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsTo save mankind’s future, the members of Sigma Force must make a devil’s bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat in this gripping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins... -
![A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander]()
A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter an unwanted past, Claire strives to create something that will last as an artist among Nashville's elite society in the 1860s. Claire Laurent's greatest aspiration is to paint something that will bring her acclaim. Yet her father insists she work as a copyist. A forger...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini]()
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMaster Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures an antique quilt called by three names -- Birds in the Air, after its pattern; the Runaway Quilt, after the woman who sewed it; and the Elm Creek Quilt, after the place to which its maker longed to return. That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm... -
![The Irish Inheritance by M.J. Lee]()
The Irish Inheritance by M.J. Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJune 8, 1921. Ireland. A British Officer is shot dead on a remote hillside south of Dublin. November 22, 2015. United Kingdom. Former police detective, Jayne Sinclair, now working as a genealogical investigator, receives a phone call from an adopted American billionaire asking her to discover the identity of his real father... -
![The City of Tears by Kate Mosse]()
The City of Tears by Kate Mosse
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFollowing on from the Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers, Kate Mosse's The City of Tears is the second thrilling historical epic in The Burning Chambers series, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown... -
![Crossing Into The Mystic by D.L. Koontz]()
Crossing Into The Mystic by D.L. Koontz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow and then, you see something that alters how you view the world. That's what teen orphan Grace MacKenna learns in this paranormal suspense novel, Into the Mystic, the first book in The Crossings Trilogy... -
![A Man With a Past by Mary Connealy]()
A Man With a Past by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFalcon Hunt awakens without a past, or at least not one he can recall. He's got brothers he can't remember, and he's interested in the prettiest woman in the area, Cheyenne. Only trouble is, a few flashes of memory make Falcon wonder if he's already married. He can't imagine abandoning a wife. But his pa did just that--twice... -
![Second Son by Pamela Taylor]()
Second Son by Pamela Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07DPVC1JC.It is the dawn of the Renaissance, a time when new ideas are just beginning to emerge. Alfred — the eponymous second son — comes of age in the enlightened court of his grandfather. Alfred is convinced that his life will be unremarkable, spent in diligent but mundane service to king and kingdom...Categorized as:
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![Above and Beyond: A Novel of the Civil War by Jessica James]()
Above and Beyond: A Novel of the Civil War by Jessica James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbove and Beyond is the winner of the 2014 John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction and a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Award contest and the USA Best Book Award contest. “Jessica James has a gift for reaching into the past and bringing it back to life.” – Tiffany Kohler “Another great story with lots of imagery, intrigue, and intricate details. The words are like magic...Categorized as:
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![Finding Mercy: A Novel by Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley]()
Finding Mercy: A Novel by Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Mercy abandons Captain Elijah Hale to search for her true identity, he goes after her. With the threat that bounty hunters might be hot on her trail, Mercy does all she can to stay ahead of the danger, frustrating both the bad men who are after her—and Captain Hale who wants to find her and escort her safely home...Categorized as:
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![Heir of Hope by Stephenia McGee]()
Heir of Hope by Stephenia McGee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy dear one, You come to me in my dreams and we talk of things that cannot be explained in this life. How we have been brought together, I do not know, but I do wish to see you again… A Mississippi Plantation: 150 years after the Civil War nearly tore a nation asunder, the battle for freedom still rages in the heart of Ironwood's newest mistress... -
![Rebellion by Robyn Young]()
Rebellion by Robyn Young
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is the late thirteenth century, and King Edward of England marches on Scotland intent on conquest, his campaign to unite the British Isles under one crown inspired by an Arthurian prophecy. He has already crushed Wales; now he need only find the staff of St. Malachy, the symbol of Irish nationhood, to achieve his heart’s desire.Only one man can thwart Edward’s ambition... -
![Traces of Mercy by Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley]()
Traces of Mercy by Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt the war’s end, a young woman suffers an accident that leaves her unconscious and alone. Waking with amnesia, she takes the name Mercy and wants more than anything to find out the truth of her past. But then a handsome stranger arrives, who may hold the key to everything she has forgotten. What he knows could devastate her future, and even end her life... -
![The Legions of the Mist by Damion Hunter, Amanda Cockrell]()
The Legions of the Mist by Damion Hunter, Amanda Cockrell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn awe-inspiring account of the final days of Rome’s forgotten legion The Ninth Hispana was once the pride of the Roman Army, wreathed in honour for numerous successful campaigns. But by the time it was joined by Centurion Justinius Corvus, it had clearly fallen on hard times...Categorized as:
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![Mail Order Mystery by Cynthia Woolf]()
Mail Order Mystery by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCivil war devastated the country and left Rachel Sawyer stranded in a dead-end job as a seamstress with no prospects for marriage. Men are thin on the ground in Massachusetts, so Rachel and her best friend travel west, to Seattle, with the handsome Talbot brothers...Categorized as:
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![The Last Odyssey by James Rollins]()
The Last Odyssey by James Rollins
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTo save the world and our future, Sigma Force must embark on a dangerous odyssey into an ancient past whose horrors are all too present in this page-turning thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins that combines cutting-edge science, historical mystery, mythology, and pulse-pounding action...Categorized as:
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![A Wounded Realm by K.M. Ashman]()
A Wounded Realm by K.M. Ashman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGruffydd ap Cynan is missing, his army scattered. Twelve long years have passed since the king was taken prisoner and his people think him long dead. In the dirty shadows of Chester Castle, a beaten prisoner looks up from the squalor of the street. Dressed in rags, mocked and pelted with filth, he seems a broken man. Yet deep inside, the desire for freedom burns like the hottest furnace... -
![Golden Earrings by Belinda Alexandra]()
Golden Earrings by Belinda Alexandra
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA powerful saga of family, love, honour and betrayal You who judge me: come! Let me tell you a story … Paloma Batton is the granddaughter of Spanish refugees who fled Barcelona after the Civil War... -
![Fired Up by Mary Connealy]()
Fired Up by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. It may have something to do with the traitors he dealt with during the Civil War, or it might be related to the recent incident with Flint Greer and the ranch...Categorized as:
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![The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini]()
The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the fourth novel of the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, Sylvia Compson searches for evidence of her ancestors' courageous involvement in the Underground Railroad... -
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![From a Distance by Tamera Alexander]()
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat happens when the realization of a dream isn't what you imagined... and the secret you've spent a lifetime guarding is finally laid bare? Determined to become one of the country's premier newspaper photographers, Elizabeth Westbrook travels to the Colorado Territory to capture the grandeur of the mountains surrounding the remote town of Timber Ridge...Categorized as:
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![On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright]()
On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1885.Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor--a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior--Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property... -
![In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke]()
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe sixth Dave Robicheaux novel from SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author James Lee Burke... -
![Crucible by James Rollins]()
Crucible by James Rollins
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, told with his trademark blend of cutting edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action... -
![Texas by James A. Michener]()
Texas by James A. Michener
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSpanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states... -
![Beyond These War-Torn Lands by Cynthia Roemer]()
Beyond These War-Torn Lands by Cynthia Roemer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe War brought them together ~ Would it also tear them apart?While en route to aid Confederate soldiers injured in battle near her home, Southerner Caroline Dunbar stumbles across a wounded Union sergeant. Unable to ignore his plea for help, she tends his injuries and hides him away, only to find her attachment to him deepen with each passing day...Categorized as:
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