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Alex Cross's TRIAL

James Patterson

Separated by timeFrom his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's...

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Published: Apr 2010

A Reliable Wife

Robert Goolrick

Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Lan...

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Published: Jan 2010

Highlander Most Wanted: The Montgomer...

Maya Banks

Maya Banks, the New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance, romantic suspense, and contemporary romance, has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Highlander Most...

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Published: Feb 2013

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

Memoirs' tells a captivating second story between the exquisitely crafted lines of the central tale. Themes of survival and ambition, of exploitation and renewal filter through this parallel narrative into the reader's consciousness.....

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Published: Jan 1999

The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, li...

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Published: Oct 2007

Life After Life: A Novel

Kate Atkinson

"One of the best novels I've read this century. Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe LIFE AFTER LIFE: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound."--Gillian Flynn, author o...

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Published: Sep 2013

Never Seduce a Scot: The Montgomerys ...

Maya Banks

This sinfully sexy new romance from Maya Banks features a remarkable woman whose rare gift teaches a gruff Scottish warrior how to listen with his heart.b  Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but o...

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Published: Sep 2012

The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Cousins...

Philippa Gregory

#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory's stunning novel of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of King Edward IV of England.The Kingmaker's Daughter is the gripping story of the daughters...

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Published: Apr 2013

Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel (John Ma...

Hilary Mantel

WINNER OF THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year byThe New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post• Publishers WeeklyNamed a Best Book of the Year byThe New Y...

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Published: Apr 2013

The Bridegroom Wore Plaid

Grace Burrowes

In an effort to preserve the family estate, Ian MacGregor, the Earl of Balfour, must marry for money. When a promising match emerges in the form of Genie Daniels, a rich English heiress, Ian begins devising a strategy to woo her. When...

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Published: Dec 2012

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Kim Michele Richardson

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything―everything except books, that is.  Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own  traveling librarian, Cussy Mary...

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Published: May 2019

Sold on a Monday

Kristina McMorris

From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes another unforgettable novel inspired by a stunning piece of history. 2 CHILDREN FOR SALEThe sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be foun...

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Published: Sep 2018

Master and Commander (Movie Tie-In Ed...

Patrick O'Brian

MASTER AND COMMANDER is the first volume in the O'Brian's delightful series about the English Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Jack Aubrey (a captain in the Royal Navy) and Stephen Maturin (who will become his ship's surgeon ...

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Published: Oct 2003

The Invention of Wings: A Novel

Sue Monk Kidd

From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a New York Times bestselling novel about two unforgettable American women.Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hop...

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Published: May 2015

Pegasus: A Novel

Danielle Steel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a rich historical novel of family and World War II, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel unfurls a powerful saga that spans generations and continents. This is a story of courage, friendship,...

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Published: Nov 2015

An Echo in the Bone (Outlander)

Diana Gabaldon

In this new epic of imagination, time travel, and adventure, Diana Gabaldon continues the riveting story begun in Outlander. Jamie Fraser is an eighteenth-century Highlander, an ex-Jacobite traitor, and a reluctant rebel in the Ameri...

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Published: Jun 2010

The Orphan's Tale

Pam Jenoff

"Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. " —Library Journal"Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion…. I read this novel in a headlong rush.&qu...

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Published: Jan 2017

Remember When

Judith McNaught

Judith McNaught's last enchanting bestseller, Until You, was hailed as 'brilliantly done and completely entertaining... ripe plot twists... a fine supporting cast' (Ocala Star-Banner). Now, with more than fourteen million books in pr...

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Published: Oct 1997

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

The #1 International BestsellerThis beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov—an unforgettable love sto...

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Published: Sep 2018

Black Sheep

Georgette Heyer

Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle.Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his ...

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Published: Jun 2008

The Shoemaker's Wife

Adriana Trigiani

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career—a breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star...

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Published: Dec 2012

The Sanctuary

Raymond Khoury

After centuries of destruction, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever.

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Published: Aug 2008

The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for ...

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Published: Jun 2017

Red Sky at Morning

Richard Bradford

The classic coming-of-age story set during World War II about the enduring spirit of youth and the values in life that count.

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Published: Jun 1999

We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

Georgia Hunter

Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds "Lo...

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Published: Feb 2018

The Light Between Oceans: A Novel

M. L. Stedman

AFTER FOUR HARROWING YEARS ON THE WESTERN Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat co...

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Published: Apr 2013

Lilac Girls: A Novel

Martha Hall Kelly

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of The Nightingale and Sarah's Key, inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love...

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Published: Feb 2017

Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of D...

Ariana Franklin

The "richly detailed, almost indecently thrilling" (New York Times) follow up to The Serpent's Tale When a fire at Glastonbury Abbey reveals two skeletons, rumor has it they may belong to King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. Ki...

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Published: Mar 2010

The Samurai's Garden

Gail Tsukiyama

divThe daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to...

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Published: May 1996

The Valley of Amazement

Amy Tan

Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity, that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chines...

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Published: Jul 2014
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