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Northernmost

By Peter Geye - Published 2020

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Though third in a series about the Eide family by Minnesota native Peter Geye, Northernmost is a standalone literary yet action-packed novel that ...Read Review

We Came Here to Shine

By Susie Orman Schnall - Published 2020

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We Came Here to Shine is a delightful novel of friendship, ambition, and resilience. Vivi Holden came to Hollywood with big aspirations, and ...Read Review

The Book of Lost Names

By Kristin Harmel - Published 2020

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The author of The Winemaker’s Wife has penned another phenomenal story set in France during World War II. The Book of Lost ...Read Review

Honeysuckle Season

By Mary Ellen Taylor - Published 2020

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Honeysuckle Season is an intriguing novel of secrets, loss and family. A wedding photography assignment turns out to be life-changing for a woman ...Read Review

Spindle City

By Jotham Burrello - Published 2020

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Fall River, Massachusetts is the setting for this novel that is as much about the town as it is about its people. The ...Read Review

If I Were You

By Lynn Austin - Published 2020

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Inspirational Romance

If I Were You is a story of friendship, betrayal, class, and the desperate measures people take to survive in wartime. The story ...Read Review

The Girl with the Golden Scissors

By Julia Drosten - Published 2020

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This novel is a mesmerizing story of an orphaned little girl growing up in Vienna in the years before World War I. It ...Read Review

Remembrance

By Rita Woods - Published 2020

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Historical Fantasy

This unique debut effortlessly blends historical fiction and fantasy in a story about perseverance and loss, mostly set in pre-Civil War times. In 1857, ...Read Review