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The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks
In a testimony to the lasting power of love, a man tells an elderly woman a story from a faded old notebook, his voice relating the heartbreaking tale of two lovers and their fifty-year journey to happiness.
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
When her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season. By the best-selling author of The Nightingale.
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The Japanese Lover
by Isabel Allende
A multigenerational epic by the New York Times best-selling author of The House of the Spirits follows the impossible romance between a World War II escapee from the Nazis and a Japanese gardener's son, whose story is discovered decades later by a care worker who would come to terms with her past.
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Verona Comics
by Jennifer Dugan
Meeting at a comic convention prom, the cellist daughter of an indie comic shop owner and the disgraced son of comic superstore titans navigate a secret romance that is complicated by anxiety, their feuding parents and an approaching audition.
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Beren and Lúthien
by J. R. R. Tolkien
An important chapter in the saga of The Silmarillion, first conceived by Tolkien at the end of his service in World War I, follows the romance between an immortal elf and a mortal whose worthiness is put to an impossible test.
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at Seattle's Panama Hotel, Henry Lee embarks on a personal quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment and of Keiko, a Japanese girl whose love transcended cultures and generations.
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The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
A vivacious dance-hall girl in 1930s colonial Malaysia is drawn into unexpected danger by the discovery of a severed finger that is being sought by a young houseboy who would protect his late master's soul.
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The Winemaker's Wife
by Kristin Harmel
The author of the international best-seller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II.
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
by Sara Collins
A servant and former slave enduring a sensational trial for her employers' murders reflects on her Jamaican childhood and her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist whose questionable ethics set the stage for a forbidden affair.
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Daughter of the Reich
by Louise Fein
Questioning her dutiful support of her Nazi father in the wake of her growing attraction to a longtime Jewish friend, Hetty embarks on a secret affair that is challenged by rising anti-Semitism.
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Along the Infinite Sea
by Beatriz Williams
Fixing up and selling a rare vintage Mercedes in the hopes of earning enough to provide for her illegitimate baby, Pepper Schuyler is taken under the wing of the car's owner and learns about its astonishing ties to star-crossed lovers in pre-World War II Europe. By the New York Times best-selling author of A Hundred Summers.
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Calling Me Home
by Julie Kibler
A debut novel inspired by the author's grandmother's forbidden love with a black man follows the experiences of hairdresser and African-American single mom Dorrie, who while struggling with difficult family dynamics reluctantly agrees to drive an octogenarian client to a funeral several states away.
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Mothering Sunday : a romance
by Graham Swift
Sharing what she believes will be a last tryst with a longtime secret lover on the eve of his marriage, a woman reflects on the years they have spent together and her journey of self-discovery against a backdrop of 20th-century history. By the award-winning author of Waterland.
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The Kennedy Debutante
by Kerri Maher
The author of This Is Not a Writing Manual reimagines the life of rebellious Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy against a backdrop of 1930s London society, where she pursues a forbidden love with the strictly Protestant heir to the Devonshire dukedom.
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A Paris Affair : stories
by Tatiana de Rosnay
The best-selling author of Sarah's Key presents an irreverent collection of stories that feature protagonists who pursue forbidden goals with tragic, humorous and heartfelt results.
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The Convert
by Stefan Hertmans
Abandoning her privileged life after falling in love with a Jewish man, a Medieval Christian noblewoman embarks on a dangerous journey to southern France, where their brief happiness is upended by the vicious anti-Semitism of the First Crusade.
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The Burning Chambers
by Kate Mosse
A bookshop owner's daughter who has received an anonymous warning and a young Huguenot convert who needs her help to survive navigate escalating religious divides and the abandonment of friends in 16th-century Toulouse. By the best-selling author of Citadel
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The Woman in the White Kimono
by Ana Johns
A novel inspired by true events traces the intertwined stories of a young woman from 1950s Japan who must choose between her heart and home, and a journalist in modern America who discovers her father's long-buried secrets.
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Since We Last Spoke
by Brenda Rufener
Estranged after a fatal car accident involving their older siblings leads to a restraining order between their bitter families, Aggi and Max reunite at a lakehouse party and reflect on how they had just fallen in love before they were separated.
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Pulp
by Robin Talley
Two gay teens, one coming of age in the closet in 1955 and the other who is openly out in the present day, are unexpectedly connected by their shared interest in the literary legacy of lesbian pulp fiction. By the best-selling author of Our Own Private Universe.
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The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom
by Alison Love
Years after an electric chance encounter in a seedy ballroom, a struggling Italian singer and a hostess-turned-British society wife meet again on the dawn of World War II and are unable to resist their feelings for each other as they are separated by Italy's war on England.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign
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The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
A saga of three generations of the indomitable Cleary family begins in the early 1900s when Paddy Cleary, a poor New Zealand farm laborer, moves his wife and children to the Australian sheep station owned by his rich sister
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
Describes the humorous adventures during the childhood of an eccentric girl, whose mother unsuccessfully tries to protect her from temptations.
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Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, Gentleman, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lily, but Sue's growing pity for their helpless victim could destroy the plot. By the author of Tipping the Velvet.
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