Tudor England is a precarious place for booksellers Kate Gough and her brother John, who offer forbidden translations of the Bible. Caught between warring factions--led by English opponents of the...
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Author: Vantrease, Brenda RickmanSummary:Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Deveraux, JudeSummary:
In 1766 Scotland, Angus McTern leads a life of humble respectability--until Edilean Talbot arrives, pleading for his help. Angus can't deny the ache in his heart for the beautiful heiress, so...
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Author: Harris, C. S.Summary:
In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder draws Sebastian St. Cyr into the web of the royal court, where intrigue abounds and betrayal...
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Author: Gabaldon, DianaSummary:
Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to 1743 Scotland, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
No breath of scandal has ever touched the aristocratic Moidore family–until Sir Basil’s beautiful widowed daughter is stabbed to death in her own bed, a shocking, incomprehensible tragedy....
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Author: Gabaldon, DianaSummary:
In 1772, the rift between Britain and its American colonies has put a frightening word into the minds of all concerned: revolution. Violence has already reared its ugly head in rural North...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's ever-delightful and perennially best-selling series, amateur sleuth and philosopher Isabel Dalhousie is called upon to help when a matchmaker...
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Author: Putney, Mary JoSummary:
Guardians are humans with powers beyond those of ordinary people, such as controlling nature or knowing a person's deepest desires. In 18th century London, Gwynne Owens believes she did not...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
In a London hospital, a talented nurse is found strangled to death. As Inspector Monk searches for the killer, he uncovers a tragic evil that darkens every level of the city's society.
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Author: Gabaldon, DianaSummary:
Jamie Fraser knows from his time-traveling wife Claire that, no matter how unlikely it seems, America will win the Revolutionary War. But fighting for the eventual winner is no guarantee of safety...
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Author: Nix, GarthSummary:A short story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix, including an Old Kingdom novella, a short story set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the world of...
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Author: Gabaldon, DianaSummary:
Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first. Now that Claire knows Jamie survived the...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
The eminent Sir Lockwood Hamilton, a Member of Parlaiment, is murdered and his body is found on Westminster Bridge. Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte are just beginning to investigate...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
When a moneylender named William Weems is murdered, there is discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he devoured. But the plot thickens when Inspector Pitt finds a list of London's...
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
When the body of a boy is found in the filthy sewers of Bluegate Fields, Inspector Pitt is called to investigate. The boy was clearly upper class, so what was he doing in one of London's most...