Tag: closed door
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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…
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In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Aug 2021 Synopsis: Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his Papaw is dying slowly from emphysema. Dodging drug dealers and watching out for his best friend, Delaney, is second nature. He’s been spending his summer mowing…
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Carry Me Away by Ashley Weston: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: July 2023 Synopsis: Sometimes the unexpected is just what the doctor ordered…Harper Mason finds solace in hiding. She spends all her days as a school teacher, and spends all her nights reading to her heart’s content. It’s easier to focus on the happy endings of fictional characters than…
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The Body in the Garden by Katherine Schellman: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: April 2020 Synopsis: London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. She’s no stranger to the glittering world of London’s upper crust. At a ball thrown by…
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Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Oct 2016 Synopsis: Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right…
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Romancing The Grump by Jenny Proctor: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: April 2024 Synopsis: Nathan Sanders didn’t earn his reputation as the grouchiest player on the Appies hockey team by chance. So when Summer Callahan breezes into his life with her flirtatious smiles and endless charm, he responds like he always does: he completely ignores her. But Summer is…
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The Backpack Bride by Dulcie Dameron
Publication Date: Feb 2025 Synopsis: After my brother’s untimely death, I’m left brokenhearted and fighting for a teenage nephew who doesn’t seem to care whether he’s out on the streets or tucked into bed at night. Maybe I’m not the most responsible person to raise Axel, but I’m all he…
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Loving Our Collision by Madelyn Smith: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Jan 2025 Synopsis: Holly: Being the sister of a famous movie star has its downsides. The current one: A date who is harassing me and threatening to ruin me and my brother’s career. When he backs me into a corner, it feels like the only solution I have…
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: Sep 2019 Synopsis: In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds…
