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‘Til Her Heart Dances

By Thomas Macy - Published 2017

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Ann Johnson has seen the elephant; her journey to California started when she posed as a boy and signed onto a whaling ship ...Read Review

Freedom’s Price

By Christine Johnson - Published 2017

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Inspirational Romance

Catherine Haynes chooses to emigrate to America rather than be forced into marriage by her father’s English family in 1856. Tom Worthington, a ...Read Review

The Christmas Blessing

By Melody Carlson - Published 2017

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It’s November 1944, and Amelia Richards is an unwed mother working as a hairdresser, barely making ends meet in California, as her fiancé ...Read Review

The Ada Decades

By Paula Martinac - Published 2017

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The “interconnected stories” on the book’s cover blurb made me a bit dismayed, because I prefer the novel format to short stories. ...Read Review

Freedom’s Ring

By Heidi Chiavaroli - Published 2017

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Inspirational Romance

The story alternates between present day and the 1770s in this inspirational novel. Anaya feels a tremendous burden of guilt after she is ...Read Review

The Promise of Breeze Hill

By Pam Hillman - Published 2017

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Inspirational Romance

In 1791, Isabella Bartholomew’s family takes on Connor O’Shea as an indentured servant to rebuild the family home, Breeze Hill, on the ...Read Review

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

By Amanda Quick - Published 2017

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Mystery/Crime

Anna Harris finds her boss Helen Spencer bloodily dead. Following directions left by Spencer to “take the notebook… run for your life,” she ...Read Review

An Uncommon Protector: A Lone Star Hero’s Love Story

By Shelley Shepard Gray - Published 2016

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Inspirational Romance Western

While most of this novel’s action is set in 1867 Texas, there are also some flashback scenes set on Johnson’s Island in ...Read Review

The Enemies of Versailles

By Sally Christie - Published 2017

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Biographical Fiction

This is the last of the Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, focusing on the rivalry between Madame Adelaide, daughter of Louis XV, and the ...Read Review

A Ring of Truth: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

By Michelle Cox - Published 2017

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Mystery/Crime

In Depression-era Chicago, Henrietta Von Harmon is newly engaged to Inspector Clive Howard. Hen is overwhelmed when she visits his parents, since Clive ...Read Review