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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 87 ratingsA remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.“Treat yourself to this book, please - I can’t recommend it highly enough.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love)“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers...Categorized as:
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![Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLOVE IN A STRANGER'S EYES...ELLYIn town, they called her "Crazy Widow Dinsmore." But Elly was no stranger to their ridicule--she had been an outsider all her life, growing up in a boarded-up old house under the strict eye of her eccentric grandparents. Now she was all alone, with two little boys to raise, and a third child on the way... -
![Years by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Years by LaVyrle Spencer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLINNEAEager to begin her first teaching position, lovely Linnea Brandonberg stepped off the train looking as grown up as her eighteen years would allow. The golden fields and fragrant wheat of Alamo, North Dakota, were as new and different as the Westgaard family with whom she would live... -
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Seven Summer Nights by Harper Fox
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s 1946, and the dust of World War Two has just begun to settle. When famous archaeologist Rufus Denby returns to London, his life and reputation are as devastated as the city around him.He’s used to the most glamorous of excavations, but can’t turn down the offer of a job in rural Sussex. It’s a refuge, and the only means left to him of scraping a living...Categorized as:
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![Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer]()
Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDebut Author Delivers Sweet Heartwarming Historical Fiction Rebekah Hendricks dreams of a life far beyond her family's farm in Oklahoma, and when dashing aviator Arthur Samson promised adventure in the big city, she is quick to believe he's the man she's meant to marry...Categorized as:
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![Semper Fi by Keira Andrews]()
Semper Fi by Keira Andrews
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe war is over. The battle for love has just begun.As Marines, Cal and Jim depended on each other to survive bloodshed and despair in the Pacific. Relieved to put the horrors of war behind him, Jim went home to his apple orchard and a quiet life with his wife and children... -
![Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian]()
Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England. James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor...Categorized as:
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![On Folly Beach by Karen White]()
On Folly Beach by Karen White
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes a story of old wounds and second chances, set in the small South Carolina town of Folly Beach. To most people, Folly Beach is simply the last barrier island before reaching the great Atlantic. To some, it’s a sanctuary for lost souls.. -
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The Blue Star by Tony Earley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley's bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War Two. Jim Glass has fallen in love, as only a teenage boy can fall in love, with his classmate Chrissie Steppe... -
![The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan]()
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe village of Chilbury in Kent is about to ring in some changes.This is a delightful novel of wartime gumption and village spirit that will make your heart sing out.Kent, 1940.In the idyllic village of Chilbury change is afoot. Hearts are breaking as sons and husbands leave to fight, and when the Vicar decides to close the choir until the men return, all seems lost...Categorized as:
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![Christmas Homecoming by L.A. Witt]()
Christmas Homecoming by L.A. Witt
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAugust 1939. Roger Miller and Jack O’Brien have been close since childhood. By the time they realize there’s more between them than friendship, Jack is leaving their sleepy Iowa town for college. But they console themselves knowing he’ll be home for Christmas. Right? It is Christmas before they see each other again, but that Christmas comes six years and a world war later...Categorized as:
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![Home by Nightfall by Alexis Harrington]()
Home by Nightfall by Alexis Harrington
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1918, Susannah Braddock is devastated by the news that her beloved husband, Riley, has been killed in battle in France. Heartbroken, she turns to Tanner Grenfell for support. Though technically the Braddocks’ hired hand, Tanner has been helping Susannah run the family horse farm since Riley shipped out, and he has become a true and trusted friend...Categorized as:
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![The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse : A Novel of Love and War by Alexander McCall Smith]()
The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse : A Novel of Love and War by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the beloved and best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a heartwarming tale of hope and friendship set amid the turmoil of World War II.Val Eliot, a young woman working on an English farm during the war, meets Mike, a U.S. Air Force pilot stationed nearby... -
![Between the Devil and Ian Eversea by Julie Anne Long]()
Between the Devil and Ian Eversea by Julie Anne Long
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe might look like an angel... The moment orphaned American heiress Titania “Tansy” Danforth arrives on English shores she cuts a swath through Sussex, enslaving hearts and stealing beaux. She knows she's destined for a spectacular titled marriage—but the only man who fascinates her couldn't be more infamous...or less interested. ...but it takes a devil to know one..Categorized as:
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![The Stars Are Not Yet Bells by Hannah Lillith Assadi]()
The Stars Are Not Yet Bells by Hannah Lillith Assadi
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA story of secrets, loss, and the betrayals of memory: a lyrical novel of an aging woman confronting her romantic past under the mysterious skies of her island home Off the coast of Georgia, near Savannah, generations have been tempted by strange blue lights in the sky near an island called Lyra...Categorized as:
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![The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson]()
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love and war that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set.East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful... -
![After the War Is Over by Jennifer Robson]()
After the War Is Over by Jennifer Robson
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France returns with her sweeping second novel—a tale of class, love, and freedom—in which a young woman must fnd her place in a world forever changed After four years as a military nurse, Charlotte Brown is ready to leave behind the devastation of the Great War...Categorized as:
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![The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner]()
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 28 ratings* INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER *"This novel delivers sweet, smart escapism." —People"Fans of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will adore The Jane Austen Society… A charming and memorable debut, which reminds us of the universal language of literature and the power of books to unite and heal...Categorized as:
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![The Silent Stars Go By by Sally Nicholls]()
The Silent Stars Go By by Sally Nicholls
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA beautiful, bittersweet WWI romance lights up an English village at Christmas with harrowing secrets, love lost and found, and the breathtaking power of forgiveness.Vivid and achingly real, Sally Nicholls’s latest historical romance explores the fallout from an unexpected pregnancy during the First World War. It’s Christmastime, 1919... -
![The Cove by Ron Rash]()
The Cove by Ron Rash
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows once again this masterful novelist at the height of his powers.Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel...Categorized as:
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![Clair de Lune: A Novel by Jetta Carleton]()
Clair de Lune: A Novel by Jetta Carleton
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unexpected treasure: A long-lost novel of innocence threatened, by the author of the beloved classic The Moonflower Vine . The time: 1941, at the cusp of America’s entry into World War II. The place: southwest Missouri, on the edge of the Ozark Mountains...Categorized as:
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![Home by Morning by Alexis Harrington]()
Home by Morning by Alexis Harrington
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOctober 1918: En route from New York to Seattle, Jessica Layton stops for a visit in her hometown of Powell Springs, Oregon, and comes face-to-face with Cole Braddock, her first and only love from years ago. Now Jessica is a highly accomplished clinical physician preparing for an exciting new job in Washington, and Cole is a successful horse breeder who is courting her sister Amy...Categorized as:
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![Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick]()
Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the Valley of Virginia. All he has with him are two suitcases: one contains his few possessions, including a fine set of butcher knives; the other is full of money. A lot of money...Categorized as:
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