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The Princess of Nowhere
Pauline Bonaparte, younger sister of Napoleon, loses her first husband to yellow fever. She returns to Paris from Saint Dominique,…
Watermark
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Auda is born an albino in 14th-century France. Believed to be cursed, her tongue is cut out by a midwife’s…
Descent into Dust
Scarlett O’Hara becomes Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This story is told in flashback. Emma Andrews is a beautiful, well-to-do, young…
The Witch Doctor’s Wife
Myers, known for her light contemporary mysteries, switches gears for this character-centered historical thriller based on her childhood experiences in…
Sunflowers
“I’d heard about him but never seen him,” Rachel Courteau says in the opening line of Sheramy Bundrick’s debut novel,…
Forever Waiting
The Duvoisin family saga that began with A Silent Ocean Away and Decision and Destiny wraps up with this final…
Now & Then
Anna’s life is a mess. After multiple miscarriages, her husband has left her for the receptionist at the dentist’s office.…
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre and Villette are two of my favorite books, and I’ve always been interested in Charlotte Brontë and her…
Decision and Destiny
The sisters who co-write as DeVa Gantt have hit their stride with the middle volume of their Colette trilogy (originally…
The Scent of Sake
Lebra’s debut is a biographical novel of Rie, the sole heir of the House of Omura, a sake-brewing family in…
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