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Historical Fiction July 2024 |
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The Briar Club : a novel
by Kate Quinn
In 1950 Washington, DC, at an all-female boardinghouse called Briarwood, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, drawing her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship, but when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the women must expose the true enemy in their midst.
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The heart in winter : a novel
by Kevin Barry
In 1891 Montana, Tom Rourke, a young poet and ballad-maker, and Polly Gillspie, the new bride of an extremely devout mine captain, falling madly in love, strike out west on a stolen horse, but with a posse of deranged gunmen in hot pursuit, the choices they make will haunt them forever.
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Jackie : a novel
by Dawn Clifton Tripp
This intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention offers a glimpse into the world of a deeply private woman who led many lives, forging a legacy out of grief and shaping history even as she was living it.
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The last song of Penelope
by Claire North
When her husband Odysseus returns at last, testing her loyalty and shedding blood to discover if she's been faithful to him all these years, Penelope must use all her cunning to win a war for the fate of Ithaca, the woman who guard it and her family, no matter what the cost.
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The secret keeper of Main Street : a novel
by Trisha R. Thomas
In 1954 Mendol, Oklahoma, a Black dressmaker with the gift of“second sight,” Bailey Dowery, when she touches the hand of bride-to-be Elsa, she's horrified by what she sees, and against her better judgment, helps Elsa, which puts her at the center of a murder investigation that threatens everyone she loves.
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Shelterwood : a novel
by Lisa Wingate
In 1990 Oklahoma, Valerie, a Law Enforcement Ranger reporting for duty at Horsethief Trail National Park, is immediately faced with the long-hidden burial site of three children, and working with the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police, unearths old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.
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Between the sound and sea : a novel
by Amanda Cox
"Her family name tarnished, Josephina escapes to a remote North Carolina island to oversee the restoration of a lighthouse--one complete with ghost stories, rumors, and notes tucked into the old stone walls. Perhaps if she can untangle the secrets of thepast she can restore a family's reputation and correct the course of her own life in the process"
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Beyond ivy walls
by Rachel Fordham
"Reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, a recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love"
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Of Gold and Shadows
by Michelle Griep
In Victorian England, Egyptologist Ami Dalton balances academic life with a covert role rescuing black-market artifacts. Oxford bachelor Edmund Price unexpectedly finds himself entangled with Ami, and as they delve into a newly acquired collection, an artifact rumored to be cursed surfaces, and they wonder if something nefarious is hiding among the shadows.
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Until our time comes : a novel of World War II Poland
by Nicole M. Miller
"The German invasion of Poland derails Adia Kensington's plans to learn from the greatest breeders of Arabian horses in the world, but brings a British spy to her aid. Amidst the Blitzkrieg and a tense occupation, the two clash over everything--except their efforts to save the horses."
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