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  • Shadow princess : a novel
    Author:
    Sundaresan, Indu
    Summary:

    Trapped in the shadow of the magnificent tomb their grief-stricken father is building for his beloved wife's passing, the emperor's daughters compete for everything. They are forbidden to marry and instead choose to back...
  • Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the french revolution
    Author:
    Knight, E., Webb, Heather, Perinot, Sophie, Kamoie, Laura, Dray, Stephanie, Quinn, Kate
    Summary:

    Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers-six unforgettable women whose...
  • One good deed
    Author:
    Baldacci, David
    Summary:

    It's 1949. War veteran Aloysius Archer is hired to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman. But when a murder takes place right under Archer's nose, police suspicions rise against him.
  • Ninety-three
    Author:
    Hugo, Victor
    Summary:

    Hugo's last novel about 1793, the year of the guillotine in France, captures the moment that shaped the destiny not only of France but of all European monarchy.
  • Mrs. Lincoln's sisters : a novel
    Author:
    Chiaverini, Jennifer
    Summary:

    Elizabeth Todd Edwards reels from news that her sister Mary, widow of President Lincoln, has attempted suicide. If Mary's sisters can put past grievances aside, will their love be powerful enough to save her?
  • Mrs. Hemingway
    Author:
    Wood, Naomi
    Summary:

    Narrated by Hemingway's four wives--Hadley, Fife, Martha, and Mary--this novel paints a complex portrait of the man behind the legend and the women behind the man.
  • Mistress of mourning : a novel
    Author:
    Harper, Karen
    Summary:

    A young widow and candlemaker, Varina Westcott, agrees to travel to Wales to investigate the suspicious death of the newly married Prince Arthur as a secret request of Queen Elizabeth of York, the wife of Henry VII. But with each clue,...
  • Miss Benson's beetle
    Author:
    Joyce, Rachel
    Summary:

    It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson--a sensible schoolmarm and lonely spinster--is just trying to get through life. But one day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and her tidy,...
  • Midnight train to Prague : a novel
    Author:
    Windley, Carol
    Summary:

    In 1927, as Natalia Faber travels from Berlin to Prague with her mother, she learns the truth about her father and meets Dr. Magdalena Schaefferová, whose family will become a significant part of her future.
  • Meet me in Monaco : a novel
    Author:
    Gaynor, Hazel
    Summary:

    Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-...
  • Master of his fate
    Author:
    Bradford, Barbara Taylor
    Summary:

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the first audiobook in a stunning new historical saga. Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer, who spends...
  • Mary Jane : a novel
    Author:
    Blau, Jessica Anya
    Summary:

    In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane is shy, quiet, and bookish, and she's glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside it...
  • Louis L'Amour's lost treasures : volume 2
    Author:
    L'Amour, Louis
    Summary:

    More unpublished works from the archives of Louis L'Amour: complete short stories, partial novels, treatments, and notes that will transport readers from the Western frontier to India, China, and even the future. Exploring the...
  • Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
    Author:
    Nam-Joo, Cho, Chang, Jamie
    Summary:

    The runaway bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the most important book to have come out of South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.
    Kim Jiyoung is the most common name...
  • Keeping Lucy
    Author:
    Greenwood, T.
    Summary:

    One of PopSugar's 30 Must-Read Books of 2019 From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny...
  • Inland : a novel
    Author:
    Obreht, Tea.
    Summary:

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife returns with a stunning tale of perseverance-an epic journey across an unforgettable landscape of magic and myth. In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona...
  • Hotel Portofino
    Author:
    O'Connell, J. P.
    Summary:

    Problems are mounting for Hotel Portofino coproprietor Bella Ainsworth, and all eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian. But events don't go to plan, with far reaching consequences.
  • His secret mistress
    Author:
    Maxwell, Cathy
    Summary:

    No woman since Kate Addison has managed to captivate Brandon. To Kate, the memory of that night still burns strongly, because it was followed by a stunning betrayal. She's vowed to make him pay.
  • Heads you win a novel
    Author:
    Archer, Jeffrey
    Summary:

    This program is read by Richard Armitage. With a final twist that will shock even his most ardent listeners, Heads You Win is #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious and creative work since Kane and Abel....
  • Half life : a novel
    Author:
    Cantor, Jillian
    Summary:

    In Poland in 1891, Marie Curie was engaged to a budding mathematician, Kazimierz Zorawski. But when his mother insisted she was too poor and not good enough, he broke off the engagement. A heartbroken Marie left Poland for Paris, where...

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