February 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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At Morning's Light
by Lauraine Snelling
In 1890, in her new homeland of Iowa, Maya Bredesen must risk heartbreak and uncertainty for her dreams to flourish. Home to Green Creek series.
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Canticle
by Janet Rich Edwards
Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. When her father promises her in marriage to a merchant, Aleys runs away from home, finding shelter among the beguines, a fiercely independent community of religious women who refuse to answer to the Church.
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Crossing the Line
by James D. Shipman
In the dark heart of the Krakow Jewish ghetto, three women-each a world apart-are drawn together by an unthinkable twist of fate. Irena, Natalia, and Elsa must navigate a deadly game of survival, risking everything to outsmart the Nazis and save countless lives.
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Daughter of Genoa
by Kat Devereaux
Kat Devereaux returns with a thrilling adventure set in the war-torn 1940s and inspired by true events, about Anna, a young woman who risks everything to help Jewish Italians flee the fascists, and falls in love with the brave aviator behind a daring secret rescue operation.
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A Death in Berlin
by Simon Scarrow
Berlin. 1940. Hitler's rule casts a menacing shadow over the city. As the distant war moves closer, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is walking a tightrope. If his secret relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed, his career will be over. And her fate will be far, far worse.
Berlin Wartime Thriller series.
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Hope and Destiny
by Niklas Natt Och Dag
1434: The unified kingdoms of northern Europe are cracking at their seams as a peasant rebellion erupts in the north. Sent by his family to find a foothold in this rising revolutionary movement is young Magnus, who must win trust and favor no matter the cost.
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Huguette
by Cara Black
After Libération, spring 1945: Seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure is a survivor. The war has taken everything from her. Forced to reinvent herself, she must outrun her father’s enemies, who want her dead.
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The Italian Secret
by Tara Moss
Pacific Ocean, 1907. A girl embarks on a journey to begin a new life far from home.
Naples, 1943. A woman shelters underground from a wartime air raid, praying her husband will return home.
Sydney, 1948. Billie Walker, a wartime investigative journalist, uncovers a dusty box whose contents just might explain how they all are connected.
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Murder in Manhattan
by Julie Mulhern
This writer just found her next scoop...and it’s deadly.
New York, 1925. Freddie Archer frequents speakeasies and parties with her friends Dorothy Parker and Tallulah Bankhead. And the best part is that it’s all in a day’s work. Freddie loves her job writing the nightlife column. But Freddie’s latest piece just won her a bit more attention than she bargained for—from the police.
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The Restoration Garden
by Sara Blaydes
Julia Esdaile is hired to restore the historic gardens at Havenworth Manor to their original splendor. For the enigmatic lady of the manor, elderly Margaret Clarke, the reason for the restoration is the deeply private story of a promise made a lifetime ago, and a vow to keep it before she dies.
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Sharpe's Storm
by Bernard Cornwell
If any man can do the impossible, it’s Richard Sharpe.
1813. France is a battlefield. And Major Richard Sharpe finds himself saddled with an unexpected burden: Rear Admiral Sir Joel Chase, dispatched by the Admiralty with sealed orders. Sharpe’s mission from Wellington is clear: Keep Sir Joel alive. Sharpe series.
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Sonora
by Jenni L. Walsh
Inspired by a true story of one of the first female horse divers, Sonora explores a world of daring feats and extraordinary adventures set in the heyday of the American carnival scene.
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The Turing Protocol
by Nick Croydon
In the midst of World War Two, Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing finds himself on the brink of a discovery that will change the world: a way to send a message back into the recent past.
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