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A romance set on the highways of old EnglandOn a cool crisp night in the Epping Forest, a stagecoach was moving amongst the shadows of a full silver moon."the moonlight gives the forest a magical glow", said Mary Gregory a passenger in the coach. The other passenger was her brother, Magistrate Sir Thomas Gregory, but he thought it felt less magical but more eerie and dangerous. He was seeing highwaymen and footpads in every shadow. The driver was...
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a finalist for the National Book Award
"Brilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous." -New York Times Book Review
From the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, comes Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ("The Catch-22 of the Iraq War" -Karl Marlantes).
Three minutes and forty-three seconds of intensive...
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This incredible debut historical novel-in the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson-tells the fascinating story of a young mother who flees her home on the rocky cliffs of Cornwall and the daughter who finds her way back, seeking answers.
Cornwall, 1940. Back in England after the harrowing evacuation at Dunkirk, WWII Red Cross nurse Anna Trenowyth is shocked to learn her adoptive parents Graham and Prue Handley have been killed in an...
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London 1586For Adrian Thorne, every touch is a new hell, revealing the sorrows, the sins, the sadistic crimes of others-except for his one touch of heaven-Lady Claire Darren.Rescued from the mental and physical torture of Bedlam Asylum, Sir Adrian seeks to regain his stolen birthright. He wants only solitude and peace. His fears run so deep he vows never to drag Claire into the darkness that haunts him.But Claire knows she's found her heart, her soul,...
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Karolina Inn Runes Karolina was beautiful. Named after the State she was born. A rich heiress with fiery red hair whose heart could not be tamed. Her father wanted her to settle down and marry, or else, he would cut her out of his will. Its not that he didn't love her, its just that it was the only way he knew she would settle down. All she seemed to care about was her career! She wanted to attend the university to be trained as a nurse instead. That...
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Mairi is the object of hate and scorn for Lady Agnes who has never been able to bear a child to term. Mairi discovers her stepmother is having an affair with a member of a rival clan, and Agnes in her rage, commits an unforgivable act of violence upon Mairi. While being tended to by her clan's healer, Mairi becomes delirious, and begs the powers that be for deliverance. The fates have delivered their promise in the form of Finbar MacGowan. Finbar...
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From acclaimed author Karen Brooks comes this intriguing novel rich in historical detail and drama as it tells the unforgettable story of Queen Elizabeth's daring, ruthless spymaster and his female protégée.
In Queen Elizabeth's England, where no one can be trusted and secrets are currency, one woman stands without fear.
Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London's most ingenious locksmith. She has apprenticed with her
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A mesmerizing historical novel of Renaissance Europe. "Stunning." -Reader's Favorite 5-star Review 1459, Island of Rhodes, Greece. No one suspects Anica Foscolo is responsible for her Venetian father's exquisite portraits, least of all her wealthy fiancé. But her father's vision is failing, and with every passing day it's more difficult to conceal the truth. When a powerful knight of the Order of St. John threatens to reveal all, Anica must act quickly...
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A thrilling historical tale of Renaissance Europe A broken promise. A bitter conflict. And a woman's elusive chance to love or die. 1458. Young Frenchwoman Estelle de Montavon sails to Cyprus imagining a bright future as tutor to a princess. Instead, she is betrayed by those she loves most-and forced into a dangerous new world of scheming courtiers, vicious power struggles, and the terrifying threat of war. Determined to flee, Estelle enlists the...
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A mesmerizing novel of Renaissance Europe.She followed her heart. But at what cost?France, 1450. Sophie, the spoiled favorite child of a wealthy merchant, secures a love match with Cédric, a dashing noble-born falconer. But their isolated life in the mountains is not what she'd imagined. When Cédric is offered a job with the mighty Knights Hospitaller on the Greek island of Rhodes, Sophie jumps at the chance to improve their fortunes.She quickly...
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"The creative sisterhood of Little Women, the social scandal of Edith Wharton and the courtship mishaps of Jane Austen. . . . The Fifth Avenue Artists Society is delightful." - New York Daily News
In a family of four artistic sisters on the outskirts of Gilded Age New York high society, the oldest-an aspiring writer-is caught between the boy next door and a mysterious novelist who inducts her into Manhattan's most elite artistic salon which...
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In Dearest Cousin Jane, an enchanting new novel that draws on historical fact, Jill Pitkeathley paints a luminous portrait of the true-life cousin of a literary legend-from her flirtatious younger years to her profound influence on one of the world's most beloved authors.
Free-spirited and seductive-outrageous, precocious, and a well-known flirt-Countess Eliza de Feuillide has an unquenchable thirst for life and a glamorous air that captivates everyone...
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The writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an authentic Renaissance man: excellent in poetry, drama, literature, science, philosophy, painting, and politics, considered by many as the principal author of the German language. "Elective Affinities" is one of his major works. When Goethe chose this title, "Wahlverwandtschaften" was a technical term used only in chemistry. The connotations later acquired - in German and other languages - are largely due...
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"A fantasia of a double tale skimming through the art capitals of Europe with double muses, double love pursuits, double Raphaels, even double authors, a tale dripping with idealized romantic settings, mystery, art, and a touch of magic, The Sidewalk Artist will keep readers wondering what is real and what is artifice--as fine paintings always do."
--Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue
While in Europe researching her next novel, twenty-something...
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Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, never met a predicament he couldn't charm his way out of. Then a tryst with a government official's wife during a bit of casual espionage in France condemns him to a decade in a dungeon, leaving him a shadow of his former self. Yet his greatest challenge may be the enigmatic spy sent to free his body-the only woman who might heal his soul.
Cassie Fox lost everything in the chaos of revolution, leaving only a determination...
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Once a month, the refinery workers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. They journey down from the mountains searching for earthly bliss and hoping to encounter Sayonara, the legendary Indian prostitute who rules their squalid paradise like a queen. Beautiful, exotic, and mysterious, Sayonara, the undisputed barrio angel, captivates whoever crosses her path. Then, one day, she violates the unwritten rules...
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Torn from her land by a false betrothal! The fate of her very soul lies in danger, whichever decision she makes Sixteenth Century France:Young Abbie Bourgogne finds herself caught in a web of switched identities on the way to a contracted marriage. It will take her far from the home and vineyards only she can manage if her family's business can be saved. Would-be vagabond Jean-Marc has contracted a bride for his brother. With sons from that marriage...
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Lightning and thunder crash around her as Elizabeth runs from her pursuer. She rests for only a moment ... or so she thinks. Castles ... swords ... men of war ... Elizabeth is stunned! How did she arrive in England? Who brought her here? As she struggles to uncover the events that landed her at Fairwick Castle, nothing is as it should be. Danger surrounds her. Forced to put her trust in the arrogant Lord Nicolas Fairwick, Elizabeth prays for God's...
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A blessing in disguise. A difficult choice. A love affair cut short. When Isabel discovered she was pregnant, she cherished it as a gift from her beloved. She refused to forfeit the child, even if it meant leaving the barony or concealing her condition from Agares, whose rumored engagement to Lady Sepia of the Ducal House of Schade suggested Isabel might never see him again in any case. Following her expulsion from the barony and the relinquishment...
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