Lisa Lowe Stauffer

A Gamble at Sunset (Betting Against the Duke)

By Vanessa Riley - Published 2024

Genres:

Romance

Georgie is the second daughter of a “Blackamoor” family, which has a debt-ridden coal business. Mark, shy third son of a marquess and ...Read Review

The Volcano Daughters

By Gina María Balibrera - Published 2024

Genres:

Literary

In 1914 El Salvador, Graciela is born into a coffee plantation community. It’s a hardscrabble but cozy childhood surrounded by her four friends ...Read Review

Eyes Open

By Lyn Miller-Lachmann - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Eyes Open tells the story of 1966-67 Portugal, an era and place that most history books skip. In this land, the Leader’s ...Read Review

The Peacock (Orca Echoes)

By Jaimie MacGibbon (illus.) - By Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a peacock shows up in Barbara’s backyard, terrifying her mother. At the same time, ...Read Review

Lion of the Sky

By Ritu Hemnani - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Coached by his kind grandfather in the art of kite flying, shy Raj, 12, is desperate to prove himself, since he keeps failing at ...Read Review

Plague Thieves

By Caroline Fernandez - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1665 London, Rose lives with her parents and brother Lem in an apartment over the family’s spice shop. She delights in helping ...Read Review

The Brightwood Code

By Monica Hesse - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Eighteen-year-old Edda St. James spends her nights working in the rigidly controlled job of telephone operator and her days sleeping to forget what ...Read Review

The Home Front Girls

By Susanna Bavin - Published 2024

Genres:

Saga

It’s July 1940, and the end of what was called the “phoney war,” when Great Britain waited, mobilized for German bombs and invasion. ...Read Review