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![The Sky Beneath Us by Fiona Valpy]()
The Sky Beneath Us by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn inspiring, uplifting story of love and loss, courage and adventure, from the bestselling author of The Skylark’s Secret.1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women... -
![Come High Water by Carolyn Brown]()
Come High Water by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBridget O'Shea had sworn she'd never fall in love again. She had a hotel, The Black Swan, to operate alone, since her sisters - Catherine and Alice - had both married the previous year. And then there was Ella, her lovely baby daughter. The hotel and Ella took up all her time and energy... -
![For All Their Lives by Fern Michaels]()
For All Their Lives by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the wildly beloved bestselling author Fern Michaels, a haunting portrait of love and war—and the passionate woman swept into an epic of desire, heartbreak, and destiny. Casey Adams, a dedicated nurse, loses her heart overseas to idealistic officer Mac Carlin, the rebellious scion of a wealthy family. Then tragedy strikes... -
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![To Hunt the Hunter by Emma V. Leech]()
To Hunt the Hunter by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGirls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen.Eleven girls – Eleven dares in a hat. Twelve passionate stories. Who will dare to risk it all?To Hunt the Hunter A doomed love affair.. -
![Choices by Carolyn Brown]()
Choices by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDouglass Esmeralda Sullivan has just discovered that all men are gutter rats, all except for her six half-Irish, half-Mexican brothers, and sometimes she's not so sure about them. She's sitting in the middle of a dusty road on a hot Texas day, fuming because she's made a horrible mistake concerning Raymond Pierce, a despicable Yankee, one who has led her down the daisy path to destruction...Categorized as:
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![Augusta by Carolyn Brown]()
Augusta by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAugusta "Gussie" Dulan is the only Dulan sister to make it all the way to California on the wagon train for brides. Each of her four sisters has taken off along the trail to marry up with a man they fell in love with and now Gussie is hoping to find a man to love here at the end of the trail... -
![A Maiden's Voyage by Rosie Goodwin]()
A Maiden's Voyage by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThursday's child has far to go . . . 1912, London.Eighteen-year-old Flora Butler is going up in the world. She has the prized position of lady's maid to young Constance Ogilvie, and is able to provide for her beloved parents and four younger siblings. She has even fallen in love, and though she does not feel quite ready to marry the charming Jamie Branning, her future seems clear...Categorized as:
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![The Trader's Reward by Anna Jacobs]()
The Trader's Reward by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1871. When Fergus Deagan's wife dies in childbirth, she makes him promise to take their family from Ireland to Western Australia to join his brother Bram, and also to marry again to make sure their children don't miss out on a mother's love. Disowned by her father for becoming pregnant, Cara Payton bears a stillborn baby... -
![The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman]()
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThere on her forearm, next to a small brown birthmark, were six tattooed numbers. 'Do you remember me now?' he asked, trembling. She looked at him again, as if giving weight and bone to a ghost. 'Lenka, it's me,' he said. 'Josef. Your husband.' During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef...Categorized as:
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![A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French]()
A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiled You'll come a‐waltzing Matilda with me...' In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie and he's wanted by the troopers...Categorized as:
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![The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris]()
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis edition is edited and updated for younger readers (12 and older), and also contains extra materials, including classroom discussion points, additional photos, maps and documents and other educational resources. I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau...Categorized as:
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![Daughter of the Reich by Louise Fein]()
Daughter of the Reich by Louise Fein
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime. She must choose between loyalty to her country or a love that could be her destruction… As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich...Categorized as:
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![McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller]()
McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen news came that there was trouble back in Texas, Holt McKettrick left his mail-order bride at the altar and never looked back. He just hoped he'd be in time to save the man who raised him as a son and stop his best friend from hanging... -
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![With You Always by Jody Hedlund]()
With You Always by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Riveting Look at the Orphan Train from Historical Novelist Jody Hedlund When a financial crisis in 1850s New York leaves three orphaned sisters nearly destitute, the oldest, Elise Neumann, knows she must take action. She's had experience as a seamstress, and the New York Children's Aid Society has established a special service: placing out seamstresses and trade girls... -
![Yankee Stranger by Elswyth Thane]()
Yankee Stranger by Elswyth Thane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn the eve of the Civil War, Eden Day encounters Cabot Murray on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. As they shelter together from a passing thunderstorm, they fall in love. The obstacles to their future are instantly obvious. Hers is a prominent Virginia family, and he is a Yankee newspaperman. Their country is about to split apart, and they will be on opposite sides...Categorized as:
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![Walk About by Aaron Fletcher]()
Walk About by Aaron Fletcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWrested from the primordial Australian wilderness, Tibooburra Station had taken the blood, sweat and tears of generations of Kerricks and given them a magnificent heritage in return. But now the golden legacy of the outback station was threatened by the disappearance of the young boy who would one day inherit it all... -
![Under the Midnight Sun by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse]()
Under the Midnight Sun by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTayler Hale is ahead of her time as one of the first women naturalists. She has always loved adventure and the great outdoors, and her remote job location also helps keep her away from the clutches of the man to whom she once made a foolish promise. It seems she must keep running, however, and in secret, her boss from Yellowstone arranges for a new job . . . in Alaska...Categorized as:
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![The Rebel by Tess Thompson]()
The Rebel by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe watches helplessly as the man she loves leaves to fight with the Allies overseas. He promises her he will return to her alive and well. Will he be able to keep his promise, or will he be yet another lost soldier in a war against tyranny?After four years at a university, Delphia Barnes returns home to Emerson Pass as America prepares to join the war...Categorized as:
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![Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar]()
Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Angels of the Resistance brings to life a deadly-effective and deeply moving sisterhood.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose CodeFrom the bestselling author of The Flight Girls comes a story inspired by true events, about courageous women who risked everything for country, for family, and for each other...Categorized as:
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![The Girl on the Carpathia - A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts]()
The Girl on the Carpathia - A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA tragic collision with an iceberg. A ruthless quest to assign blame. Can one young woman stand her ground in the face of a deadly mob? North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston longs to bury her family’s shame. Struggling to start a new life on board the Carpathia, she’s startled by her own tenacity as she helps rescue the Titanic’s desperate survivors... -
![The Duke’s Unexpected Love by Alexa Aston]()
The Duke’s Unexpected Love by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA virgin widow running her own company. A man who returns home after years at sea. An oddly-matched couple—who may not be so incompatible after all . . . James Jones recalls little of his past, only remembering being taken as a young boy and growing up on the Seven Seas...Categorized as:
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![Green City in the Sun by Barbara Wood]()
Green City in the Sun by Barbara Wood
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA magnificent saga of two proud and powerful families—one British, one African—and their battle over Kenya’s destiny in the twentieth century.In 1917, Dr. Grace Treverton arrives in Kenya, determined to bring modern medicine to the African natives. Her brother, Sir Valentine Treverton, has his own dream for the British protectorate: to establish an agricultural empire to rival any in England... -
![Flight of a Maori Goddess by Sarah Lark, D.W. Lovett]()
Flight of a Maori Goddess by Sarah Lark, D.W. Lovett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSarah Lark’s epic Sea of Freedom trilogy reaches its sweeping conclusion in a story of courage, strength, and sisterhood. The dawning twentieth century brings change to New Zealand—and new opportunities for any woman bold enough to grasp them. Atamarie Turei, whose mother fought for suffrage, has enrolled as the first female student at the Canterbury College of Engineering... -
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![Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A passionate, heartwarming story of the iconic MacLarens of Fire Mountain. This captivating historical western romance grabs your attention from the start with an engrossing story encompassing two romances set against the rugged backdrop of the burgeoning western frontier.” Connor MacLaren’s search has already stolen eight years of his life...Categorized as:
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![Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill MacLaren is a hardened, plain-speaking bounty hunter. His life centers on finding men guilty of horrendous crimes and making sure justice is done. There is no place in his world for the carefree attitude he carried years before when a tragic event destroyed his dreams. Amanda is the daughter of a successful Colorado rancher...Categorized as:
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![Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Smart, tough, and capable, the MacLarens protect their own no matter the odds. Set against America’s rugged frontier, the stories of the men from Fire Mountain are complex, fast-paced, and a must read for anyone who enjoys non-stop action and romance.” Drew MacLaren is focused and strong...Categorized as:
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![Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson]()
Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinalist 2019 Canadian Book Club AwardsShortlisted for the 2017 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction2017 IPPY Silver Medal WinnerSet in 1906 along the unspoiled shores of Lake Manitoba, Be Still the Water brings us into the fold of the Gudmundsson Family—immigrants determined to begin life anew in the Icelandic farming and fishing community of Siglunes...Categorized as:
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![America's Wife by Celeste De Blasis]()
America's Wife by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1776. Addie’s world has changed beyond recognition. From her privileged position amongst Boston’s elite, she has embraced a dangerous new life with the American Revolutionary Army. While childhood sweetheart Silas risks all on the front lines, Addie waits anxiously for news. And when Silas does not return from the Battle of Monmouth, her worst fears come true... -
![The Trader's Sister: The Traders, Book 2 by Anna Jacobs]()
The Trader's Sister: The Traders, Book 2 by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIsmay Deagan has one wish in the world - to leave Ireland and join her brother, Bram, in Australia. However, her father has other ideas and orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn, even though she loathes him. But after Rory brutally attacks her Ismay realises she has to escape... -
![Faster Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Faster Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeadstrong, brash, confident, and complex, the MacLarens of Fire Mountain will captivate you with strong characters set in the wild and rugged western frontier. Handsome, ruthless, young U.S. Marshal Jamie MacLaren had lost everything—his parents, his family connections, and his childhood sweetheart—but now he’s back in Fire Mountain and ready for another chance...Categorized as:
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![The Trader's Dream by Anna Jacobs]()
The Trader's Dream by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland to join him in Australia, where he now runs a successful trading business. But when a typhus epidemic strikes Ireland, it leaves the Deagan family decimated. And, with other family members scattered round the world, it is left to Maura Deagan to look after her orphaned nieces and nephew... -
![The Girl From the Workhouse: A heart-breaking, emotional family saga by Lynn Johnson]()
The Girl From the Workhouse: A heart-breaking, emotional family saga by Lynn Johnson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven in the darkest of times, she never gave up hope Staffordshire, 1911. Ginnie Jones’s childhood is spent in the shadow of the famous Potteries, living with her mother, father and older sister Mabel. But with Father’s eyesight failing, money is in short supply, and too often the family find their bellies aching with hunger. With no hope in sight, Ginnie is sent to Haddon Workhouse... -
![The Time for Love by Stephanie Laurens]()
The Time for Love by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens explores what happens when a gentleman intent on acquiring a business meets the unconventional lady-owner, only to discover that she is not the biggest or the most lethal hurdle they and the business face... -
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![The Trader's Gift by Anna Jacobs]()
The Trader's Gift by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBram Deagan has a thriving trading business, a beautiful wife and a growing family. Since he has a gift for matchmaking and wishes to see his friends Dougal and Mitchell happily married too, he doesn't hesitate to suggest they find wives. In England, Eleanor Prescott has not forgotten the ship's captain who was a true friend to her. Dougal McBride told her to come to him if she was free... -
![A Stranger in Honeyfield (The Honeyfield series) by Anna Jacobs]()
A Stranger in Honeyfield (The Honeyfield series) by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBella’s fiancé is killed during WW1. Phillip was from of higher social class and at the funeral she’s scorned by his family. Even her own mother says no good ever came of a woman trying to marry someone so different. Poor Bella feels she has no one to turn to, so finds war work and moves away from home. Then a lawyer contacts her because she’s been left something in Phillip’s will...Categorized as:
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![Kiss The Rake Hello by Tracy Sumner]()
Kiss The Rake Hello by Tracy Sumner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCortland DeWitt is the most infamous second son in England. Twin to a duke, he thankfully lost out on the ducal title by a mere three minute's grace. And he's never looked back, living his life with one rule and one rule only: no attachments.But to Alexandra Mountbatten, the fearless woman who's known him since childhood, Cort is merely the loathsome boy next door...Categorized as:
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![The Trader's Wife by Anna Jacobs]()
The Trader's Wife by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSingapore in the 1860s is exotic and yet terrifying for a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, Isabella Saunders accepts an offer from a Singapore merchant to teach him English and live with his family... -
![Hyperversum: Il cavaliere del tempo by Cecilia Randall]()
Hyperversum: Il cavaliere del tempo by Cecilia Randall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSono passati tre anni dal momento in cui Ian e Daniel si sono salutati prendendo strade (e secoli) molto diversi tra loro. Di tanto in tanto, Daniel non può fare a meno di ritentare una partita con Hyperversum, nella speranza di incontrare nuovamente l'amico...Categorized as:
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![Unbroken by Carolynn Amara]()
Unbroken by Carolynn Amara
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Alex Ramirez returns home from Afghanistan, his wife is thrilled to have her husband back. But the man that returns isn't the same fresh-faced eager soldier that boarded the plane so many months ago. He may have left the war in another country but the one that brews inside follows him everywhere he goes...Categorized as:
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![Territory by Judy Nunn]()
Territory by Judy Nunn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA priceless 16th century locket threads two riveting stories together in this saga set in and around Darwin, Australia’s ultimate frontier town... -
![Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly]()
Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family. Because they and their countrymen must sell both their catch and their crops to pay exorbitant rents, potatoes have become their only staple food...Categorized as:
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![Song of the Spirits by Sarah Lark, D.W. Lovett]()
Song of the Spirits by Sarah Lark, D.W. Lovett
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSong of the Spirits continues the soaring saga begun with In the Land of the Long White Cloud, as the founding families of colonial New Zealand experience trials and triumphs of friendship, romance, and unforgettable adventure... -
![The Lane Betrayal by John A. Heldt]()
The Lane Betrayal by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of the critically acclaimed Northwest Passage, American Journey, and Carson Chronicles series comes the first book in the Time Box saga.Virginia physicist Mark Lane has a problem. Weeks after privately creating two time machines, he learns his corporate partner wants to use the portable devices for nefarious purposes...Categorized as:
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![The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah]()
The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Devil Behind Us is the much-anticipated sequel to The Devil Between Us.After enduring unimaginable tragedy and heartbreaking loss, Jessica “Jesse” Pratt has actually found happiness in her life again. A relationship she once thought lost forever has been restored. She has managed to win the heart of Abby, the woman she loves. And, she is no longer forced to hide her true identity... -
![Sebastian by Christoph Fischer]()
Sebastian by Christoph Fischer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebastian is the story of a young man who has his leg amputated before World War I. When his father is drafted to the war it falls on to him to run the family grocery store in Vienna, to grow into his responsibilities, bear loss and uncertainty and hopefully find love...Categorized as:
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![The Dancing Years by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Dancing Years by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1919. As the euphoria of the Armistice fades, the nation counts the cost: millions dead or disabled, unemployment, strikes and shortages. As prices and taxes rise, it becomes harder to remember what the war was for... -
![Where Rainbows End by AnneMarie Brear]()
Where Rainbows End by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom an author hailed for her “great characters”—a brave young woman finds love and adventure in the harsh frontier of nineteenth century Australia (Jo Lambert). After a scandal drove them from their native England, the Noble family have travelled to the other side of the world to start a new life in the Australian colonies... -
![The G.I. Bride (Memory Lane) by Eileen Ramsay]()
The G.I. Bride (Memory Lane) by Eileen Ramsay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTruro, Cornwall, 1941After the Blitz took her parents, April decided to leave London for Cornwall. Training as a nurse, she finds hope in the new friends she makes and the American G.I.s that arrive. But when a bomb lands close to home she'll need courage she never knew she had...Categorized as:
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![The Husband Hunt by Karen Kirst]()
The Husband Hunt by Karen Kirst
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWanted: A Husband Sophie Tanner gave up hoping for Nathan O'Malley's approval—and love—long ago. Getting married is the only way to protect her younger brother and keep her family's Smoky Mountain farm. As much as she'd like Nathan to be the groom, he can't seem to get past their friendship…or their differences...
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