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Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann

By Gill Paul - Published 2024

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Scandalous Women by Gill Paul follows two Jackies—Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann, two New York Times bestselling romance authors who turned the 1960...Read Review

The Last Light over Oslo

By Alix Rickloff - Published 2024

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The Last Light Over Oslo by Alix Rickloff follows the harrowing experiences of Florence “Daisy” Harriman, the second female to be appointed as ...Read Review

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord: A Mystery (Lady Petra Inquires)

By Celeste Connally - Published 2023

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Mystery/Crime

This story features Regency-era heroine Lady Petra Forsyth, the daughter of an earl, who has both independent ways and means. After losing her ...Read Review

The American Wife

By Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger - Published 2023

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The American Wife is the tumultuous tale of Kitty Larsson, the privileged daughter of an American senator and aspiring foreign service worker in ...Read Review

Disobedient

By Elizabeth Fremantle - Published 2023

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Biographical Fiction

Elizabeth Fremantle brings the story of Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi to life in Disobedient. Gentileschi is arguably the most famous female painter to ...Read Review

Where Ivy Dares to Grow: A Gothic Time Travel Love Story

By Marielle Thompson - Published 2023

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Time-slip

Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson is billed as a “gothic time travel love story” and certainly fulfills that promise. American ...Read Review

The Lioness of Boston

By Emily Franklin - Published 2023

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Biographical Fiction

The Lioness of Boston is a fictionalized biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, the prolific art collector who eventually turned her Boston home into ...Read Review

The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre

By Natasha Lester - Published 2023

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The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre immerses the reader in the world of post-World War II France as the titular character seeks ...Read Review

Emilienne: A Novel of Belle Époque Paris

By Pamela Binnings Ewen - Published 2023

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Biographical Fiction

Émilienne revives the story of the late-19th century Parisian courtesan Émilienne D’Alençon. Desperate to escape her life of poverty in ...Read Review

Hotel of Secrets

By Diana Biller - Published 2023

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Romance

Hotel of Secrets introduces the reader to the decadent society of late 19th-century Vienna, where Maria Wallner is struggling to resurrect her family’...Read Review

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