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The Season
by Sarah MacLean
A young woman navigates the treacherous waters of high society in search of a husband. But love and scandal threaten to derail her plans.
Murder, treason, ball gowns, and boys . . . Regency London has never been so deliciously treacherous, adventure-filled, or . . . romantic, from, New York Times, and, USA Today, bestselling author ... (Barnes & Noble)
The American Lady
by Petra Durst-Benning
A young German woman travels to America in the 19th century to start a new life, facing challenges and finding love.
Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the trouble is she doesn’t know precisely what she ... (Goodreads)
Highland Velvet
by Jude Deveraux
A Scottish laird and an English lady fall in love amidst clan wars and political intrigue.
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0671739727 here.Bronwyn MacArran was a proud Scot. Stephen Montgomery was one of the hated English.He came to Scotland as a conqueror, saw her ... (Goodreads)
Akin
by Emma Donoghue
A retired professor and his 11-year-old great-nephew embark on a trip to France, uncovering family secrets and forging a new bond.
A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets in the next masterpiece from ... (Goodreads)
The Last Nude
by Ellis Avery
A fictionalized account of the relationship between painter Tamara de Lempicka and her muse, Rafaela Fano, set in 1920s Paris.
Set primarily in 1920s Paris, The Last Nude is told through two perspectives: a young Italian-American named Rafaela Fano, and the Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka . Rafaela, a 17-year-old ... (Wikipedia)
The Royal Secret
by Lucinda Riley
A young woman discovers a hidden family secret that leads her on a journey to uncover the truth about her past and her true identity.
Note to readers: In the UK, this book is published under the title, The Love Letter,. “Plenty of twists, flashbacks, and a dash of romance keep the suspense high. For anyone looking for a dose of ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Last Romantics
by Tara Conklin
Four siblings navigate life after their father's death and their mother's subsequent breakdown, exploring love, loss, and family bonds.
The, New York Times, bestselling author of, The House Girl, explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of, Commonwealth, and, The Interestings.,“The ... (Barnes & Noble)
No Greater Love
by Danielle Steel
A young woman's journey through love, loss, and self-discovery as she navigates the challenges of life.
In 1912, after visiting her aunt and uncle in England, Edwina Winfield, her parents, younger siblings and her fiancé, Charles, travel back to the United States on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic ... (Wikipedia)
The Woman in the White Kimono
by Ana Johns
A forbidden love story set in post-WWII Japan, where a young woman must choose between tradition and her heart's desire.
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them. Japan, 1957 . Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage would secure her family’s status in ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Man of My Dreams
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Hannah Gavener navigates through her relationships with men, family, and herself in this coming-of-age novel.
Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah’s own life, her parents’ marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between ... (Goodreads)
The Queen of the Night
by Alexander Chee
A legendary soprano's past is revealed as she navigates the treacherous world of 19th century Parisian opera.
Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singer’s chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she ... (Goodreads)
Beneath a Marble Sky
by John Shors
A historical fiction novel set in 17th century India, following the construction of the Taj Mahal and the love story behind it.
Journey to dazzling seventeenth-century Hindustan, where the reigning emperor, consumed with grief over the tragic death of his beloved wife, commissioned the building of a grand mausoleum as a ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Ring
by Danielle Steel
A young woman's life is turned upside down when she inherits a valuable ring, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and love.
During World War II , a young aristocratic German woman, Ariana von Gotthardt, is separated from her family and imprisoned. After being freed she falls in love with military officer Manfredd von ... (Wikipedia)
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Joseph Bruchac
The story of Navajo code talkers who used their language to create an unbreakable code during World War II.
Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their ... (Goodreads)
The Gifted School
by Bruce Holsinger
The cutthroat competition among parents to get their children into a new gifted school leads to secrets, betrayals, and moral dilemmas.
Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a group of friends and families that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the ... (Goodreads)
Monsoon
by Wilbur Smith
A tale of adventure, love, and betrayal set in colonial India during the monsoon season.
Monsoon, a Courtney Family Adventure from Wilbur Smith One man. Three sons. A powerful destiny waiting to unfold. Monsoon is the sweeping epic that continues the saga begun in Wilbur Smith's ... (Goodreads)
The Other Half of Augusta Hope
by Joanna Glen
Augusta Hope seeks to find her place in the world, while her twin sister Julia struggles with her own demons.
Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the ... (Goodreads)
Aztec
by Gary Jennings
Epic historical fiction, following a boy's journey to manhood in the Aztec Empire.
Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark ... (Goodreads)
In Twenty Years
by Allison Winn Scotch
College friends reunite after 20 years and confront secrets, regrets, and missed opportunities.
Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Island Beneath the Sea
by Isabel Allende
Epic story of a young slave's journey of resilience, emancipation and freedom.
The story opens on the island of Saint-Domingue (current day La Hispaniola ) in the late 18th century. Zarité (known as Tété) is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white ... (Wikipedia)
Half a World Away
by Mike Gayle
A man discovers he has a teenage daughter he never knew existed, and must navigate the challenges of building a relationship with her.
Strangers living worlds apart.,Strangers with nothing in common.,But it wasn’t always that way…,Kerry Hayes is single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaning ... (Goodreads)
Rabbit Redux
by John Updike
A man's mid-life crisis leads him to grapple with the moral and social issues of his time.
Rabbit Redux finds former high-school basketball star Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom working a dead-end job as a Linotype operator at the local printing plant. Thirty-six, he feels that he is quickly ... (Wikipedia)
Beach Rental
by Grace Greene
A woman rents a beach house to escape her troubled life, but finds unexpected love and healing.
On the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, in the small town of Emerald Isle... Juli Cooke, hard-working and getting nowhere fast, marries a dying man, Ben Bradshaw, for a financial settlement, not ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
A brother and sister navigate their lives after being exiled from their childhood home, the opulent Dutch House.
New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019 Named one of the Best Books of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Secret River
by Kate Grenville
A convict’s journey for redemption and a new life in the Australian Outback.
The early life of William Thornhill is one of Dickensian poverty, depredation and criminality. , After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced to ... (Wikipedia)
The Voyage Out
by Virginia Woolf
A young woman's journey of self-discovery and awakening as she navigates through life, love, and loss.
Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with ... (Wikipedia)
The Virgin Blue
by Tracy Chevalier
A Frenchwoman's search for her past intertwines with the emotions of a present-day American researcher.
Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin—two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her ... (Goodreads)
The Sunshine Sisters
by Jane Green
Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their narcissistic mother, confronting their past and present struggles along the way.
The, New York Times, bestselling author of, Falling, presents a warm, wise, and wonderfully vivid novel about a mother who asks her three estranged daughters to come home to help her end her life. ... (Goodreads)
Lanny
by Max Porter
A young boy named Lanny disappears from a small English village, and the community comes together to search for him.
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller and Booker Prize Longlisted novel Lanny by the author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. There’s a village sixty miles outside London. It’s no different from ... (Goodreads)
The Reckless Oath We Made
by Bryn Greenwood
A knight-obsessed woman and a man with a brain injury form an unlikely bond and embark on a dangerous mission.
Zee is nobody's fairy tale princess. Almost six-foot, with a redhead's temper and a shattered hip, she has a long list of worries: never-ending bills, her beautiful, gullible sister, her ... (Goodreads)
