Based on a true story, this novel tells the story of a young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the most extraordinary year of the English plague, 1666.
Historical Fiction
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Author:BROOKS, GeraldineSummary: - Author:Byrna BarclaySummary:
The third novel in the "Livelong Quartet," Winter of the White Wolf continues the history of two Swedish Families, the Lungdahls and the Bjornssons, in Livelong, Saskatchewan.
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Author:ARMITAGE, AileenSummary:Kidnapped on the streets of London, taken unconscious by coach to the great estate of Willerby and there held captive by the handsome but bitter man who claimed to be her guardian, beautiful Linnet Grey was almost convinced she was the...
- Author:James, EloisaSummary:
Lord Alaric Wilde, son of the Duke of Lindow, is the most celebrated man in England, revered for his dangerous adventures and rakish good looks. Arriving home from years abroad, he has no idea of his own celebrity until his boat is met...
- Author:Brissenden, Constance, Loyie, LarrySummary:
Tomma, a young Iroquois voyageur, signs his first contract with the Hudson’s Bay Company. Does his loyalty lie with the almighty Bay or with his love of freedom? For Governor George Simpson, profits always come first, but for the...
- Author:Butler, Octavia E.Summary:
As the acclaimed Patternist science fiction series begins, two immortals meet in the long-ago past-and mankind's destiny is changed forever. For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its...
- Author:Alexandra, BelindaSummary:
At fourteen Simone Fleurier is sent to live a hard, impoverished life with her Aunt in Marseilles. Her dream is that one day she will be a famous singer and dancer. She discovers the local music hall and soon becomes the bright light of...
- Author:Maclean, SarahSummary:
When Wicked Comes Calling . . .
When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agrees—on one condition. She's seen enough of the world to believe in... - Author:JONKER, JoanSummary:
It's 1941, Liverpool is taking a hammering from the German bombers. During the worst air raid, fate deals Mary the first of many blows where dreams are broken and life becomes a nightmare. But Mary still has best friend Eileen and...
- Author:Jocelyn, MartheSummary:
Teenagers in an English boarding school tell their very different stories. What they hide is who they are, and who they hope to be. Can be described as a literary Gossip Girls set in a Quaker boarding school in 1970s Yorkshire. Or, in...
- Author:Chee, TraciSummary:
For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, his two brothers, his friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking...
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Author:JONKER, JoanSummary:Post-war Liverpool saga following the fortunes of young working-class widow Dot Baker.
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Author:HEYER. GeorgetteSummary:In all her twenty-five years, Venetia has never been out of her locale nor interested in her two admirers. Then, in one extraordinary encounter she is tempted to cast aside her good name and reputation.
- Author:CORNWELL, BernardSummary:
Thomas of Hookton, having survived the battle of Crecy, is sent by the king on a mission to discover more about his father's strange inheritance, which seems connected to the Holy Grail. This, Christendom's greatest relic,...
- Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:
'Twopenny rainbows' continues the story of the younger sisters of Keara Michaels, the heroine of 'A Pennyworth of Sunshine', following their fortunes from nineteenth-century Ireland to the brave new world of...
- Author:BLAIR, EmmaSummary:
The Devonshire village of Ford is full of excitement at the arrival of its new doctor, the dashing young Scotsman Jamie Murray. Maggs Fletcher frequents the local pub in the hope of a chance meeting with him, but it is her sister,...
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Author:Bishop, Mary HarelkinSummary:Thirteen-year-old Andrea Talbot doesn't want to go to Moose Jaw for her cousin Vanessa's wedding. She's going to miss a really cool bike trip and she's not taking it very well. At a family dinner party in a local restaurant, Andrea...
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Author:TANNER, JanetSummary:When Flora's beloved father is brutally murdered, his second cousin Louis Fletcher is quick to claim his inheritance and evict Flora from Tucker's Grave Inn. But Louis is a rich merchant and why does he want an old coaching-...
- Author:CRANE, TeresaSummary:
Annie Sancerre's French husband was killed in the First World War, before their son Davie was born. Her motherly instincts tell her that at 10 years of age, Davie would benefit from having a father. But is this enough reason to...
- Author:COURTENAY, BryceSummary:
Brutally kidnapped and separated at childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart Town. Together, they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood.
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