On the night of her sixteenth birthday and before her father has the chance to force her to marry a complete stranger, Princess Margaret sneaks away from the riches and safety of the palace. Torn between her fate and freedom, Princess...
Historical fiction
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Author:Davis, April MichelleSummary: - Author:Overholt, CuylerSummary:
To stop the trafficking ring plaguing her city, Dr. Genevieve Summerford must dive into New York's underworld In early 1900s New York, the formidable crime syndicate known as the Black Hand has been terrorizing the city's Italian...
- Author:Dallas, SandraSummary:
It is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband Will has joined the Kansas volunteers to fight the Conferedates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps...
- Author:Goolrick, RobertSummary:
When a wealthy man first meets his mail-order bride in 1907, he realizes this statuesque beauty is anything but a "simple missionary's daughter." But he doesn't know of her devious plan to leave Wisconsin as a rich widow. Nor does she...
- Author:Armstrong, KelleySummary:
"A great read." --Charlaine Harris In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland--in an unfamiliar body--with a killer on the loose. May...
- Author:Dunmore, EvieSummary:
"Rich with subplot, historical detail and beautifully descriptive writing that keeps the pages turning until the delightfully unconventional happy ending."—NPR An Indie Next/LibraryReads pick! An Apple Must Listen Audiobook for...
- Author:Morgan-Cole, Trudy J.Summary:
In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16...
- Author:Adderson, CarolineSummary:
In this witty and colourfully peopled novel, Caroline Adderson effortlessly plunges the reader into a nineteenth-century Russian tragicomedy. Aspiring painter Masha C. is blindly devoted to Antosha, her famous writer-brother. Through...
- Author:McClintock, NorahSummary:
"In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster - only to land in another. After a massive potato famine strikes Ireland, thirteen-year-old Johanna Leary flees to Canada with her family. But typhus and other illnesses...
- Author:Snelling, LauraineSummary:
Can her dreams for the future—and a budding romance—survive the trouble that comes calling? Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep her family homestead running and to fulfill their dream of starting a seed catalog, with or without her...
- Author:Chisholm, P. F.Summary:
In 1592, Sir Robert Carey, a handsome courtier fleeing his creditors, his father’s wrath, and the close scrutiny of his Queen, came north to Carlisle to take up his new post as Deputy Warden of the West March. The presence of his true...
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
Lady Alathea Morwellan is desperate to save the lives and fortunes of the siblings left in her care by her late father. Disguised all in black, she approaches the dashing Gabriel Cynster and is relieved when he accepts her plea for help...
- Author:Doherty, SusanSummary:
Set in 1936 Montreal, this is the story of Lawrence Nolan, a fifteen-year-old piano prodigy who is forced to keep the shameful secret of his mother's mental illness as he attempts to raise himself and his younger brother. When his...
- Author:Chevalier, TracySummary:
An immersive, moving story of a woman coming into her own at the dawn of the Second World War, from internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier 1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiance, Violet...
- Author:Boekweg, SheenaSummary:
In 1927, seventeen-year-old Elsie and three other teenage girls compete for the heart of a boy who will be president. But Elsie starts to wonder what would happen if the name on that future ballot was hers.
- Author:Williams-Garcia, RitaSummary:
1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's indifference, to sit for a portrait. But there are other important stories to be...
- Author:Hardinge, FrancesSummary:
A Skinful of Shadows is a dark YA historical fantasy set in the early part of the English Civil War. Kate is an illegitimate daughter of the aristocratic Fellmotte family, and as such, she shares their unique hereditary gift: the...
- Author:Hodd, ThomasSummary:
Nova Scotia-born Will R. Bird miraculously survived the First World War and returned to Nova Scotia. Determined to tell the stories of the brave soldiers who served, Bird became one of the most prolific authors on the subject,...
- Author:Pajer, BernadetteSummary:
Can death bring a man back to life? When UW Professor Benjamin Bradshaw discovers a despised colleague dead inside the Faraday Cage of the Electric Machine, his carefully controlled world shatters. The facts don't add up, the police...
- Author:Martin, MelanieSummary:
A Royal Newfoundland Regiment Love Story
In the summer of 1914, Daniel Beresford’s innocent love affair with the merchant’s daughter is discovered, forcing him to make an impossible decision to save his family from financial ruin...
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