September 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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An Artful Dodge
by Karen Odden
London, 1879. Kit Jimeson has fingers so nimble she can nick a necklace off a lady in a crowded theater without raising alarm. But Kit is very close to leaving the life when her plans are brought to a halt. If Kit wants to walk away, she must carry out a heist that will demand every skill she possesses.
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A Chance for Kallie Mae
by Ann H. Gabhart
Kallie Bertram has two dreams: to learn to read and to one day marry Quinn Spencer. But her mother's death steals her chance to attend school, and family feuds tear Kallie and Quinn apart. When a school for adults offers them a chance to learn and rekindle their love, will family bitterness and disaster separate them forever?
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The Chateau on Sunset
by Natasha Lester
Hollywood, 1957. A sheltered young woman living at the Chateau Marmont falls under the spell of scandalous, secretive Theo Winchester, as all of Hollywood's glamour swirls around her.
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Children of the Wild
by Kevin Powers
1917. The lives of three young people will be dramatically transformed. As America joins the Great War, Roy and Ennis feel duty-bound to join the fight. In the crucible of conflict, the two forge a fierce bond. While, back in Virginia, Samantha endures unthinkable sacrifice in a corner of the world fractured by violence.
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Feast
by Catherine Kurtz
In 19th-century France, Minha's magical sense of taste saves a duc from poisoning, and her new role as poison taster thrusts her into the world of the nobility, where secrets and danger lurk around every corner.
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The Fire Agent
by David Baerwald
Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.
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A Fortune of Sand
by Ruta Sepetys
Detroit, 1927. Marjorie Lennox secretly applies to an elite arts program backed by a mysterious patron.
The building is grand. The talent is extraordinary.
And something is deeply wrong...
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The Girl from Tomorrow's Town
by Naomi Musch
1918. Meet Lily Mae Dodge, whose challenging journey to find her mother collides with tragedy on a circus train, killing dozens and splintering hope. Enduring Hope series.
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A Love Once Lost
by Jennie Goutet
They chose separate paths, never imagining fate (and the Grand Tour) would offer them a second chance. Bridwells' Grand Tour series.
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Nothing to My Name
by Kangkang Li Kovacs
Inspired by the author's own family history, and spanning the past hundred years of Chinese history, this multi-generational family saga explores how women survive the tsunamis of history.
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A Pair of Aces
by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
Eunice Carter, Manhattan’s first Black female prosecutor, and Polly Adler, a high-class brothel owner--two trail-blazing women on opposite sides of the law, who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York,
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Pollock's Last Lover
by Stephen P. Kiernan
In 2006, Sotheby’s sells a painting by Jackson Pollock for $140 million—the highest sum ever paid for a work of art. Two weeks later, an older woman named Ruth Kligman, in high heels and a dusty fascinator, contacts a smaller, less prominent auction house to announce that she was Pollock’s lover, and that he gave her his last painting.
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The Queen's Coronation
by Jennifer Ryan
Buckingham Palace, London, 1953. As a young Queen Elizabeth II prepares to take the throne, three women in her employ realize that just because a woman will soon be sitting upon the throne, it doesn't mean that society will change overnight—and if they want to carve places for themselves in this world, they'll have to do it together.
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Should the Waters Take Us
by Stephanie Soileau
In the shifting bayous of coastal Louisiana, on a rapidly disappearing spit of land, generations of Acadians have kept their heads above water any way they can, surviving for four centuries. When an offshore rig explodes and unleashes a catastrophic spill, the people of Pelerin Parish face a reckoning that tests the bonds of family and the survival of their way of life.
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The Spy Keeper of Marseille
by Roseanna M. White
Marseille, France, 1941. After her husband is killed in the war, Zelie Bellerose, hoping to help free her country from the Nazi regime, joins the Resistance. She is soon one of the most trusted operatives in the Alliance, and when their leader is imprisoned, she takes command, hiding her identity from all but a few.
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