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The Paper Bracelet by Rachael English
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEvery baby's bracelet held a mother's secret... Inspired by heartrending real events, the gripping new novel from No. 1 bestselling author Rachael English. Readers of Diane Chamberlain and Kathryn Hughes will love this book. 'A true storyteller who keeps you turning the pages' Cathy Kelly For almost fifty years, Katie Carroll has kept a box tucked away inside her wardrobe... -
![The Moonflowers by Abigail Rose-Marie]()
The Moonflowers by Abigail Rose-Marie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generations of women who depended on each other to survive.Tig Costello has arrived in Darren, Kentucky, commissioned to paint a portrait honoring her grandfather Benjamin. His contributions to the rural Appalachian town and his unimpeachable war service have made him a local hero... -
![The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew Reilly]()
The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTHE END IS HEREJack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth.Now he faces one last race-against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself-a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth.AN IMPOSSIBLE MAZEBut the road will be hard.For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly... -
![Into Temptation by Penny Vincenzi]()
Into Temptation by Penny Vincenzi
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInto Temptation, the third book of the Lytton family trilogy, shifts the focus to New York City and Barty Miller. Rescued from the slums as a baby by Celia Lytton and now living in New York, Barty heads more than half of the Lytton publishing house. Falling on bad times, the family is worried that Barty will make a business decision that would be devastating to them... -
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![At the Corner of King Street by Mary Ellen Taylor]()
At the Corner of King Street by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe author of The Union Street Bakery presents a new novel about a woman searching for a fresh start—while unable to forget the past… Adele “Addie” Morgan grew up in a house filled with pain and loss. Determined to live life on her own terms, Addie moves to the country and finds a job at a vineyard where she discovers stability, happiness, and—best of all—love with the kind owner, Scott... -
![Destroying Angel by S.G. MacLean]()
Destroying Angel by S.G. MacLean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWINNER OF THE 2019 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER'A gripping tale of crime and sedition' Sunday Times on The Black Friar'The best historical crime novel of the year' Sunday Express on The SeekerCaptain Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for the rule of the major-generals, he is now under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne at York... -
![Smiling at Heaven by Karen J. Hasley]()
Smiling at Heaven by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the fall of 1919, Thea Hansen’s world seems to spiral out of control. First, her dearly loved father dies suddenly from the influenza epidemic sweeping across the globe. Then her brother, Lloyd, returns from The Great War transformed into a brooding stranger. Could it get any worse? Yes, indeed... -
![The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis]()
The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirty-year absence, she finds that the once grand tobacco plantation she called home holds more secrets than she ever imagined... -
![Margot's Secret by Roberta Kagan]()
Margot's Secret by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmid the chaos of Hitler's conquest of Europe, a family teeters on the edge of utter destruction.Trudy is still obsessed with her sister's husband, Max. But Max is torn between his loyalty to his wife, Margot, and giving in to Trudy, who might turn him in for the murder of her husband, the SS officer Rudolph...Categorized as:
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![The Lurid Possibility of Murder by Beth Byers]()
The Lurid Possibility of Murder by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOctober 1925 Severine DuNoir has returned home and continued to investigate the death of her parents. She has, however, reached a roadblock. As she tries to break through, she comes across an unexpected offer of help. While she delves into the history of her father’s life, she also starts to investigate the haunting of an elderly woman... -
![Mystery in the Darkest Shadow by Beth Byers]()
Mystery in the Darkest Shadow by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOctober 1925 The hunt for the person who killed Severine’s parents continues, and things are intensifying. She’s finally got a direction along with the most unexpected of helpers. Will she be able to find out why they were killed? As she presses forward, she again encounters the man in the shadows... -
![The Wicked Fringe of Mystery by Beth Byers]()
The Wicked Fringe of Mystery by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovember 1925Severine DuNoir has discovered who has been hunting her. Now she needs to discover why. As the foes circle each other, their friends and family get drawn into the conflict. Just who can Severine trust? How can she stop him? And what will happen to those she loves if she fails? She’s all too afraid the answer is one she won’t be able to live with... -
![Faith by Lesley Pearse]()
Faith by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow far can you trust a friend? 1995, Scotland. The prison of Cornton Vale. Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. For two years she's been battling for justic - insisting that she didn't kill her best friend, Jackie. Yet with her spirits at their lowest ebb, she receives a letter that takes her back to a different time and memory of an old love .. -
![The Only Way Home by Jeanette Minniti]()
The Only Way Home by Jeanette Minniti
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner of the 2022 Colorado Authors League 1st Place Award in Historical Fiction!Desperate times. Danger on the rails. A journey to save a family.It is 1933 inside a sweltering courtroom in Macon, Georgia. Fifteen-year-old Robert sits on a bench awaiting sentencing after being picked up for vagrancy and spending a night in jail...Categorized as:
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![Before the Rain Falls by Camille Di Maio]()
Before the Rain Falls by Camille Di Maio
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter serving seventy years in prison for the murder of her sister, Eula, Della Lee has finally returned home to the Texas town of Puerto Pesar. She’s free from confinement—and ready to tell her secrets before it’s too late... -
![The Midnight House by Amanda Geard]()
The Midnight House by Amanda Geard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPeople disappear. Secrets remain... My Dearest T, Whatever you hear, do not believe it for a moment...1940: In south-west Ireland, the young and beautiful Lady Charlotte Rathmore is pronounced dead after she mysteriously disappears by the lake of Blackwater Hall... -
![Wakestone Hall by Judith Rossell]()
Wakestone Hall by Judith Rossell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE MAGICAL CONCLUSION TO STELLA'S AWARD-WINNING STORY From bestselling writer-illustrator Judith Rossell comes the thrilling and magical conclusion to her multi-award-winning novel, Withering-by-Sea...Categorized as:
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![Bring Me the Head of Ivy Pocket by Caleb Krisp]()
Bring Me the Head of Ivy Pocket by Caleb Krisp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the girl who ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE is trying to avoid! The completely unreliable and totally irrepressible Ivy Pocket must orchestrate a most daring and brilliant rescue in the wickedly funny conclusion to the Ivy Pocket trilogy. Neil Gaiman meets Lemony Snicket and the Series of Unfortunate Events in this hilarious series that the Huffington Post called “a must-read... -
![The Mysteries of Pemberley by Amy D'Orazio]()
The Mysteries of Pemberley by Amy D'Orazio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElizabeth Bennet made her sister a promise on her deathbed: to love and care for her son, young Charles Bingley, like her very own child. And so she did, for four years, until the boy's guardian, Fitzwilliam Darcy showed up in Meryton, insisting on removing the boy from his aunt, his life and everything he knew, to be raised at Pemberley... -
![Five Daughters Out at Once: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jayne Bamber]()
Five Daughters Out at Once: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jayne Bamber
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the untimely death of their parents, Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters are left to make their own way in the world, and the dubious decision to stay at Longbourn until they are forced out leads to chaos and confrontation two years later, when their cousin Mr. Collins comes to claim his inheritance...Categorized as:
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![The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker]()
The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSarai Walker has done it again. With The Cherry Robbers she upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal. --Maria SempleThe highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her "slyly subversive" (EW) cult-hit Dietland--a feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up... -
![Greyfriars House by Emma Fraser]()
Greyfriars House by Emma Fraser
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce a home full of love, all that remains in Greyfriars House are secrets and lies . . . On a remote Scottish island sits Greyfriars House, a house haunted by unspoken words and family mysteries. But once it was a happy and comforting place and in the summer of 1939, family and friends gather to forget their fears about the impending war... -
![The Mysterious Point of Deceit by Beth Byers]()
The Mysterious Point of Deceit by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeverine DuNoir has returned home and continued to investigate the death of her parents. She has, however, reached a roadblock. As she tries to break through, she comes across an unexpected offer of help. While she delves into the history of her father’s life, she also starts to investigate the haunting of an elderly woman...Categorized as:
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![The Vanished Bride of Northfield House by Phyllis M. Newman]()
The Vanished Bride of Northfield House by Phyllis M. Newman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEngland, 1922. Times are hard. Anne Chatham is a clever, modest young woman with little money, no prospects for marriage, and a never-shared secret—she can see spirits. Anne finds employment as a typist at Northfield House, the grand country manor of the Wellington family. Her employer, the wheelchair-bound Mr. Wellington, is kindly. His haughty wife is not... -
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![The Spinster's Fortune by Mary Kendall]()
The Spinster's Fortune by Mary Kendall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMoonlit alleys, shadowy tunnels, and buried secrets…Summer of 1929.Of supposed unsound mind without a penny to her name, Blanche Magruder lies alone in a home for the aged and infirm.Meanwhile, her house, a crumbled ruin in the heart of Georgetown, Washington, D.C., is pillaged nightly by thieves looking for treasure rumored to be hidden there... -
![The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood]()
The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Eyre meets The Secret Garden in this gothic tale set in 1897 Yorkshire.Solicitor Vaughan Springthorpe knows perfectly well that Sir Peter Spencer’s offer of employment seems too good to be true: he hires her sight unseen and offers a suspiciously large salary to prepare the sale of his crumbling Yorkshire estate... -
![The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright]()
The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor over a century, the town of Gossamer Grove has thrived on its charm and midwestern values, but Annalise Forsythe knows painful secrets, including her own, hover just beneath the pleasant faade. When a man is found dead in his run-down trailer home, Annalise inherits the trailer, along with the pictures, vintage obituaries, and old revival posters covering its walls... -
![The Uncountable Cost of Mystery by Beth Byers]()
The Uncountable Cost of Mystery by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsApril 1926 Severine DuNoir and friends have left New Orleans and started on the trail to just what happened to Jane Oliver.Things are confused and emotions are intense as they find Jane. The relief of finding their missing loved one fades as they have to face what they’ve found? Will their friendship survive? Where do they go from here?Book SIX in the Mysteries of Severine DuNoir... -
![The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch]()
The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOxmoon, the rambling old mansion on a sprawling estate in Wales, has been for generations, the dream, the downfall, and the destiny of the wealthy Godwin family... -
![The Orphan House by Ann Bennett]()
The Orphan House by Ann Bennett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo women uncover the secrets of the past in this emotional and poignant story that’s perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate and Kristina McMorris. 1934: Connie Burroughs loves living in the orphanage that her father runs in the English countryside... -
![Sins of the Fathers by Susan Howatch]()
Sins of the Fathers by Susan Howatch
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFull of fascinating dialogue, surprising twists of plot, and well-developed, memorable characters, a stunningly successful work of fiction. NASHVILLE BANNERThis is the tumultuous novel of men and women pitted against a world of wealth, power, and privilege.. -
![My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport]()
My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on the true story of the Collyer brothers.Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyer's brownstone after their deaths, Davenport constructs a tale of the Holt brothers, one a failing concert pianist and the other a naval architect, and the events that prompted them to become recluses in later life... -
![The Fledgling by Elizabeth Cadell]()
The Fledgling by Elizabeth Cadell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVitorina's escort from Lisbon to London wore a cloak of respectability which convinced the child's father and aunts, but even before the ten-year-old girl had made her disconcerting discovery of his theft from the rich, private chapel of her home, she had begun to take his measure. Circumstances, plus some contrivance on her own part, enabled the youngster to shake him off...Categorized as:
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![Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson]()
Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat secret grips Corvus Hall?Visiting the Great Exhibition to view the wax anatomical models of the famous but reclusive Dr Silas Strangeway, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find a severed hand, perfectly dissected and laid out amongst the exhibits... -
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![The House at Helygen by Victoria Hawthorne]()
The House at Helygen by Victoria Hawthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'DARK, DISTURBING AND UTTERLY COMPELLING' LIZ FENWICKAn atmospheric historical suspense novel rich with familial secrets. The House at Helygen is a twisted tale of dark pasts, murderous presents and uncertain futures.2019 When Henry Fox is found dead in his ancestral home in Cornwall, the police rule it a suicide, but his pregnant wife, Josie, believes it was murder... -
![Homecoming by Kate Morton]()
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of the grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia... -
![My Brother's Crown by Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould]()
My Brother's Crown by Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Christy award-winning authors Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould comes a brand-new sweeping family saga. Close-knit cousins are individually led on a redemptive journey as they follow the threads of their family's mysterious past and discover how it impacts the future... -
![Sweet Wattle Creek by Kaye Dobbie]()
Sweet Wattle Creek by Kaye Dobbie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe chance discovery of an antique wedding dress weaves together the fascinating stories of three women from different eras: Sophie, in hiding from a troubled past; Belle, who must lose everything to learn what really matters; and Martha, forced to give up those she loves in order to avoid exposure... -
![Mine to Tell by Colleen L. Donnelly]()
Mine to Tell by Colleen L. Donnelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnabelle Crouse is determined to reopen her great-grandmother's boarded-up house--and her shunned life. Many years earlier, after an unexplained absence, Julianne was relegated to a separate home by a rigidly unforgiving husband, and the Crouse women have suffered the disgrace of her assumed guilt ever since... -
![Hold on to your Dreams by Beryl Matthews]()
Hold on to your Dreams by Beryl Matthews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon 1899. Gertrude Melrose is preparing for a New Year party when her brother enters her room. She knows he wants money from her and refuses at once. She loves her brother but he is in with a disreputable crowd and losing heavily at the gaming tables. He has already gambled away his inheritance and she cannot allow him to do that with hers... -
![The Resurrectionist by Paul T. Scheuring]()
The Resurrectionist by Paul T. Scheuring
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's 1820, and the physicians of London are on fire to unlock the secrets of human anatomy, some consorting with criminals to get their scalpels into a fresh body. Job Mowatt has become such a criminal—a body snatcher, a resurrectionist. The wages are just enough to keep his brilliant daughter, Ivy, clean and safe in London's worst slum... -
![The Girl from Oto by Amy Maroney]()
The Girl from Oto by Amy Maroney
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“An exquisite novel.” Martha Conway, author of Thieving Forest A Renaissance-era woman artist and an American scholar. Linked by a 500-year-old mystery… The secrets of the past are irresistible—and dangerous. 1500: Born during a time wracked by war and plague, Renaissance-era artist Mira grows up in a Pyrenees convent believing she is an orphan...Categorized as:
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![With Hope by Dorothy Garlock]()
With Hope by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOklahoma, 1932: Trouble seems to be rolling up like the dust on the dry yellow horizon beyond Henry Ann's farm. Her father is dead and her two rebellious half-siblings are now her responsibility. Then Tom Dolan, a new neighbor, comes into her life bringing both a ray of hope and burdens of his own. Before they can fully love each other, tragedy strikes. Tom is suspected of murder.. -
![Hope's Highway by Dorothy Garlock]()
Hope's Highway by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Depression-era America, U.S. Route 66 beckoned to those who yearned for a better life. Now beloved author Dorothy Garlock celebrates the dreamers who rode westward on... HOPE'S HIGHWAY Margie Kinnard is thrilled when the father she barely knows agrees to take her to California. For years, she's yearned to try her luck in Hollywood... -
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![The Rich Shall Inherit by Elizabeth Adler]()
The Rich Shall Inherit by Elizabeth Adler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMillions of dollars will belong to the person who can prove he or she is a descendant of the mystery woman called Poppy Mallory. Millions of lies have been told along California's Gold Coast, in Paris's demimonde, and Italy's dangerous underworld, to hide the identity of her daughter . . . or son... -
![The Lynmara Legacy by Catherine Gaskin]()
The Lynmara Legacy by Catherine Gaskin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe sweeping saga of two remarkable women, their courage, ambitions, and the men they love - from New York in the Great Depression to England during the Second World War. By the bestselling author of The Property of a Gentleman and Sara Dane. ANNA - the proud, determined Russian nightclub pianist. She was humiliated and rejected by the English aristocracy, and the man she loved... -
![The Virgin Who Vindicated Lord Darlington by Anna Bradley]()
The Virgin Who Vindicated Lord Darlington by Anna Bradley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the women of the Clifford Charity School for Wayward Girls fearlessly bring corrupt aristocrats to justice, they put their lives—and their hearts—on the line... Going undercover as a governess is a first for Cecilia Gilchrist. But once she's installed in Darlington Castle, discovering whether the mysterious marquess murdered his wife proves more daunting than she imagined... -
![What You Deserve by Adele Clee]()
What You Deserve by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove — Betrayal — A wicked deception. A gentleman desperate to numb the pain of the past. Tristan Wells lost everything the day he discovered love was nothing more than a bitter lie. Now, having spent five years working for the Crown in France, his brother’s death forces him to return to London... -
![The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church]()
The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA searing book club read for fans of Ellen Marie Wiseman and The Girls with No Names set in the Baby Scoop Era of 1960s and the women of a certain condition swept up in a dark history.It's the 1960s and Lorraine Delford has it all – an upstanding family, a perfect boyfriend, and a white picket fence home in North Carolina...Categorized as:
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![Veil of Doubt by Sharon Virts]()
Veil of Doubt by Sharon Virts
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a mother is charged with murder in a town already convinced of her guilt, can defense attorney Powell Harrison find truth and justice in a legal system where innocence is not presumed? Emily Lloyd, a young widow in Reconstruction-era Virginia, is accused of poisoning her three-year-old daughter, Maud...
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