Category: Historical Fiction
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The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: March 2025 Synopsis: In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve…
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As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner: Content Guide
Publication Date: Feb 2018 Blurb: In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town, came Pauline Bright and her husband, filled with…
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The Pharisee’s Wife by Janette One: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: March 2025 Blurb: Like most young women in ancient Israel, Mary has little control over her own destiny. When Enos, a rising pharisee, sees her one day in the market—the most beautiful woman he has ever laid eyes on—and determines to make her his wife, Mary’s fate is…
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A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Feb 2021 Blurb: It is 1940 and Anna, 9, Edmund, 11, and William, 12, have just lost their grandmother. Unfortunately, she left no provision for their guardianship in her will. Her solicitor comes up with a preposterous plan: he will arrange for the children to join a group…
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Into the Sunset by Mary Connealy: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Oct 2024 Blurb: To finally escape the clutches of her controlling husband and the threat of being recommitted to an asylum, Ginny Rutledge enlists the help of her friends, Maeve O’Toole and Dakota Harlan. Fleeing their own tumultuous pasts, the group embarks on a journey to prove Ginny’s…
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Jan 1976 Blurb: Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she’s black—to show Cassie that having a place of…
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Heart of the Glen by Jennifer Deibel: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Jan 2025 Synopsis: When Saoirse Fagan arrives at Drumboe Castle to start her new job as housemaid, she is dismayed to learn that the lord of the house passed away a week prior. Already running from the tragedy that claimed the lives of her family members, Saoirse wanders…
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The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: July 2024 Synopsis: In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate…
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Before the King by Heather Kaufman: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Jan 2025 Synopsis: Joanna’s wealthy family aspires to Herod’s inner circle, but when her father’s esteemed position in the Sepphoris Sanhedrin is threatened, her family resorts to harboring a dark secret. As Joanna navigates the complexities of aristocratic life and an arranged marriage, she is caught between loyalty…
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As Sure As The Sea by Jamie Ogle: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Feb 2025 Synopsis: Eastern Roman Empire, AD 310. In the shadow of Emperor Diocletian’s anti-Christian edicts, Demitria makes a meager living harvesting coral and pearls for a merchant who turns a blind eye to her faith. By night, Demi goes upriver with her brother, Theseus, to obtain provisions…
