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Historical Fiction August 2025 |
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| Angel Down by Daniel KrausAfter intense fighting in France's Argonne Forest during World War I, American Cyril Bagger is ordered along with four other misfits to "silence" the soldier stuck in No Man's Land producing unearthly screams -- but what they find is an injured angel wrapped in barbed wire, whom they agree to protect. Compelling and innovative in both structure and story, this is the buzzy latest by the author of Whalefall. |
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Fonseca
by Jessica Francis Kane
In 1952, pregnant Penelope Fitzgerald journeys to a remote Mexican town with her young son to pursue an inheritance, only to find rival claimants, a chaotic household full of artists and opportunists and a handsome stranger who could change everything.
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The Hounding
by Xenobe Purvis
Neighbors in a small village in 18th-century England are convinced five sisters are turning into dogs.
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L.A. women
by Ella Berman
In 1960s L.A., writer and Hollywood outsider Lane becomes envious when socialite and fellow writer Gala gains fame; ten years later she betrays Gala by writing a successful book based on her life—her only problem is Gala's now been missing for months.
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Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
by Rhys Bowen
In Surrey, England, 1938, blindsided by her husband's divorce appeal, Ellie impulsively heads to the South of France with housekeeper Mavis and elderly friend Dora until their Bentley breaks down in Saint Benet, where Ellie is drawn to fisherman Nico—but war looms.
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This Here is Love
by Princess Joy L. Perry
In seventeenth-century Virginia, enslaved girl Bless, freeborn Black child David, and indentured servant Jack Dane each grapple with survival, identity, and belonging as their lives converge on contested land, forcing them to redefine freedom, family, and love in a brutal new world.
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