19th Century
The Glass Ocean
The Glass Ocean is a story told in hindsight by orphaned Carlotta Dell’orro, who tells of her birth through her…
Equilateral
In the desolate expanse of Egypt’s Western Desert, thousands of Arab workers labor to excavate a strange monument: a perfect…
What the Duke Desires
When Lisette Bonnaud’s father dies unexpectedly, she loses everything. Her parents never married, and her scheming half-brother George forces the…
Burial Rites
Editors' choice
Agnes Magnusdottir has been found guilty of murder. As the authorities wrangle over the date and method of her execution,…
Framing a Legend
Rumors that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings, an enslaved black woman, began in 1802 and continued throughout Jefferson’s…
Love at Any Cost (Heart of San Francisco #1)
Set on the coast of San Francisco, author Julie Lessman brings us a sassy romance when Texas heiress Cassie McClare…
Changes
Lise Dupree, a librarian in Omaha, Nebraska in 1879, is part Native American and is attempting to pass for white.…
Kiku’s Prayer
Anyone familiar with Asian literature knows of Shūsaku Endō’s famous novel, Silence, which described the phenomenal faith and persecution of…
Wash
This story, involving three main characters, takes place in Tennessee right after the War of 1812 during the Western expansion.…
Brock’s Traitor
Exhausted after only three months of fighting and recovering from a wound suffered at Queenston Heights in October of 1812,…
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