August 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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The Boleyn Secret
by Alison Weir
From her dying mother Katherine Carey, cousin of Anne Boleyn, learns the life-shattering truth that the family has been hiding for years. It is a secret that follows Katherine throughout her life, as she flees religious persecution with her husband and lives abroad in fear, returning home only when Elizabeth becomes queen.
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The Brunswick
by Callie Murray
In 1939 Georgia, Cora Cain runs The Brunswick, her family's struggling store and hotel. When Thomas Watkins arrives a connection sparks. But their relationship and courage are tested when they shelter Jewish refugee children from Austria.
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Daughter of the Rebellion
by Jamie Ogle
Rome, AD 403. Adelgard has been imprisoned in a Roman gladiator school, becoming a legendary warrior. But when not even her fame is enough, she must fight to save herself and those she loves.
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Echoes of Infamy
by Shaina Steinberg
In late-1940s Los Angeles, former spies Evelyn Bishop and Nick Gallagher dig into shady real estate dealings, murder, and the appalling aftereffects of WWII-era Japanese American internment.
Bishop & Gallagher Mystery series.
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The Forgotten Midwife
by Laura Anthony
Set in the dual timelines of present-day New Jersey and 1950s Ireland, and based on real historical events, comes a powerful, poignant novel of sisterhood, family secrets, and resilience.
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A Founding Mother
by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
In the heart of revolutionary Boston, Abigail Adams raises her children amid riots, blockades, and the outbreak of war. While her husband, John Adams, rises from country lawyer to nation-builder, Abigail builds her own independence, using her wit, willpower, and wisdom to help shape the fledgling republic.
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The Foursome
by Christina Baker Kline
A boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in 19th century North Carolina--Kline's own distant relatives--who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.
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A Harlem Wedding
by Tiffany L. Warren
The dramatic story of the Harlem Renaissance and its most famous Black debutante, Yolande Du Bois, daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois, whose spectacular wedding to poet Countee Cullen was the society event of the year...even though the bride and groom were not-so-secretly in love with other people.
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The Hope Keeper
by Heather Webb
1919, Washington D.C. Elisabeth Beaumont comes from a renowned jeweler family, but now she's struggling to run the failing family business on her own. Desperate for work, she approaches the affluent crowd headed by wealthy socialite Evalyn McLean, owner of the world's most infamous gemstone, rumored to curse all who travel within its orbit: the Hope Diamond.
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Inferno
by Conn Iggulden
AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power—glittering with wealth, drowning in intrigue. On Palatine Hill, Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young man adored for his beauty and brilliance, feared for his temper, intoxicated by his own power. Nero has learned that power is never shared, only seized. Nero Trilogy.
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The Lost Story of Via Belle
by Melanie Dobson
Searching for a story to adapt for film, an aspiring screenwriter becomes captivated by a bestselling classic novel and the mysterious disappearance of the woman who wrote it.
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The Original
by Priya Parmar
Young Katharine Hepburn makes two decisions: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Surrounded by a legendary circle of intimates, Kate navigates a web of Hollywood sex, ambition, and betrayal. As her career ascends, she faces an agonizing choice: be the star everyone wants her to be, or risk everything to become the woman she always was.
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A Perfect Hand
by Ayelet Waldman
When a visiting valet named Charlie, catches her eye, lady's maid Alice begins to understand the constraints of her position. In a ploy to spend time with the object of her affection, Alice attempts to plot a romance between her employer, Lady Jemima Alderwick, and Charlie’s employer, one Baronet Sir Nigel Wynstowe.
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These Empty Places
by Sarah Loudin Thomas
When Claire is given a second chance at love and Lena a tempting chance at wealth, both women must release the past to fill tomorrow with promise.
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Where the Sea Lavender Grows
by Kitty Johnson
Elise, an artist grieving the loss of her son and a fracturing marriage, is in North Norfolk to restore Marsh House to its former glory. Elise makes an immediate connection to the house and its history when an old photograph draws Elise into Lilias’s heartbreaking past.
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The Yankee Sphinx
by Mark Frost
Inspired by the author's own family, a novel of Will Hassett, one of FDR's closest wartime advisors and witness of the president's final days.
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