Jessica Brockmole
By Any Name
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Striding across the Officer’s Club in a bright orange flowered dress, orphan and USO dancer Rida (“Like Rita Hayworth, only with a ...Read Review
The Road to Paradise: A Vintage National Parks Novel
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Margaret Lane might be a senator’s daughter, but she’s always dreamed of working at Mount Rainier National Park, a park her ...Read Review
The Signal Flame
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The Signal Flame is a sequel, generations later, to Andrew Krivák’s exquisite debut, The Sojourn. Josef Vinich, a veteran of WWI, ...Read Review
In the Shadow of Alabama
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Farm owner Rachel Fleischer is busy handling a fragile contentedness when she gets a phone call that her estranged father, Martin, is dying. ...Read Review
Desire for Chocolate
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Desire for Chocolate comes to American readers with international accolades, and it’s certainly an ambitious book. Rather than being about a character, ...Read Review
Their Finest
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Their Finest, coming to the U.S. after an Orange Prize nomination and with a forthcoming film adaptation, brings humor, heartbreak, and more ...Read Review
Champion of the World
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Witty, wiry Pepper Van Dean used to be the lightweight wrestling champion of the world. But one broken leg and five years later, ...Read Review
The Outside Lands
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The day after Jeannie and Kip Jackson’s mother died, President Kennedy is shot and everything in San Francisco grinds to a halt. ...Read Review
The After Party
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Cece and Joan grew up amid Houston’s elite, an ordered world of debutante balls, country clubs, and Junior League meetings. Joan—beautiful, ...Read Review
The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
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I confess to a long-held fascination with Holmes and Watson and was instantly intrigued at this promised “biography of someone who never lived”. ...Read Review
