Category: Historical Fiction
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Darkness Calls the Tiger by Jayne Tromp: Content Warnings
Synopsis: After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Imperial Japan devours the southern portion of Burma, intent on taking over mainland Asia. Unaware of the coming darkness, Kailyn Moran drifts in her role as the only daughter of a widowed missionary. As whispers of war snake through the Kachin mountains, Kai’s…
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Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette: Content Warnings
Synopsis: As the eldest son of a Levite and a Philistine, Avidan is torn between his duty to his family legacy and the desire for something more. After an enemy attack strikes close to home, he takes the opportunity to fight with his cousins for the newly crowned King Saul.…
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These Tangled Threads by Sarah Loudin Thomas: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Seven years ago, a hidden betrayal scattered three young friends living in the shadow of Biltmore Estate. Now, when Biltmore Industries master weaver Lorna Blankenship is commissioned to create an original design for Cornelia Vanderbilt’s 1924 wedding, she panics knowing she doesn’t have the creativity needed. But there’s an…
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Bluebird by Sharon Cameron: Content Warnings
Synopsis: In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to…
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The Outlaw Noble Salt by Amy Harmon: Content Warnings
Synopsis: When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won’t let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he’ll have to become someone else entirely. A brief, fateful encounter with the celebrated singer Jane…
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The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Mistletoe is beautiful and dangerous, much like the woman from Lord Frederick’s Percy’s past, so when he turns over a new leaf and arranges to marry for his estate, instead of his heart, he never expects the wrong bride to be the right choice. Gracelynn Ferguson never expected to…
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The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the most successful US Marshal of the Wild West.Many “heroic lawmen” of the Wild West, familiar to us through television and film, were actually violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. But of all the sheriffs of the frontier, one man stands out as a…
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The Smoking Iron and Other Stories by Elisabeth Grace Foley: Content Warnings
Synopsis: A new bride faces questions about her marriage in the shadow of a prairie blizzard. A minister’s decision to raise sheep in cattle country stirs up controversy among his new congregation. A spunky ranch girl matches wits with a thief. A World War II veteran struggles with wartime scars…
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The Huntress by Kate Quinn: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a…
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The Q by Beth Brower: Content Warnings
Synopsis: A dying man with a schemeA charming smuggler one step ahead of the lawA former foundling with a mangled handA family of kingmakersA printing tycoonA constable on the trail of justiceAn idealistic solicitor with secrets of his own& The genius at the center of it all, Quincy St. Claire…
