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20th Century

Where Her Heart Lies

By Carolyn Frank - Published 2022

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In 1910, Celeste McCurdy returns to her childhood home in Colorado after quitting finishing school in New York City. Fed up with propriety and ...Read Review

Beneficence

By Meredith Hall - Published 2021

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Beneficence is the emotional journey of the Senter family, who live on a farm in Maine in the 1940s and 1950s. It begins ...Read Review

The Wicked Widow (The Wicked City series, 3)

By Beatriz Williams - Published 2021

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Williams continues her thoroughly enjoyable historical-romance-thriller Wicked City series about Geneva “Gin” Kelly, a feisty, foul-mouthed Appalachian transplant to flapper-era New York. The ...Read Review

The Torqued Man: A Novel

By Peter Mann - Published 2022

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Thriller

This WWII-era novel offers a gorgeous if sometimes grim tapestry of character, contrast, and perspective. Two very personal journals are discovered, one belonging ...Read Review

Christmas Hope for the Steel Girls

By Michelle Rawlins - Published 2021

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Saga

As heartwarming as a log fire and a mug of mulled wine, Christmas Hope for the Steel Girls is a sequel following the ...Read Review

Christmas with the Cornish Girls

By Betty Walker - Published 2021

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Saga

Cornwall, 1941: A convalescent home for injured officers and an orphanage are the settings for this wartime saga. Eva, Lily and Rose find love ...Read Review

Murder at the Mansions (High Society Lady Detective)

By Sara Rosett - Published 2022

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Mystery/Crime

Life is finally settling down for Olive Belgrave, stylish detective for the upper classes in in 1924 London: she has a pleasant flat in ...Read Review

Still Life

By Sarah Winman - Published 2021

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Literary

Spanning four decades, this novel begins in 1944 as Allied troops liberate Italy. British soldier Ulysses “Temps” Temper meets middle-aged art historian Evelyn Skinner ...Read Review