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An Unlikely Suitor

By Nancy Moser - Published 2011

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Bestselling author Nancy Moser takes us to a grand and intriguing time in American history: the Gilded Age. Lucy Scarpelli, sister Sofia, and ...Read Review

Secrets of the Heart

By Jillian Kent - Published 2011

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Adventure Inspirational Romance

Dedicated to “everyone who has battled the twin demons of depression and doubt,” the author uses her background as a counselor for nursing ...Read Review

Rapture Becomes Her

By Shirley Busbee - Published 2011

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Romance

Born and bred on a Virginia plantation, Barnaby Joslyn migrates to England and is installed as the new viscount on his family’s ...Read Review

The Counterfeit Madam: A Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery

By Pat McIntosh - Published 2011

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Mystery/Crime

Pat McIntosh presents a tightly-wrapped tale of murder in 15th-century Glasgow. When shrewish Dame Isabella is found dead with a nail pounded in ...Read Review

A Great Catch

By Lorna Seilstad - Published 2011

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Inspirational Romance

1901. Lake Manawa, Iowa. In the beautiful little lakeside resort, summer has arrived along with favorites such as roller-skating, picnicking, baseball games, and speeches ...Read Review

Hitler in the Crosshairs

By John Woodbridge - By Maurice Possley - Published 2011

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Nonfiction

In December 2005, the author John Woodbridge was watching television when he saw a newscast featuring a gun reputedly taken from Adolf Hitler’s ...Read Review

An Empty Death

By Laura Wilson - Published 2010 Published 2011

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Mystery/Crime

Summer, 1944. After almost five years of conflict, London’s exhausted inhabitants live in a world of dereliction and fear. War-weary Detective Inspector Ted ...Read Review

Dangerous to Know

By Tasha Alexander - Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

In her latest book, set in Normandy, France in the late 1800s, Tasha Alexander has placed her previously successful heroine, Lady Emily, in ...Read Review

The Tapestry Shop

By Joyce Elson Moore - Published 2010

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Biographical Fiction

A medieval love story, The Tapestry Shop weaves the growing devotion between Adam de la Halle, a trouvere (troubadour), and shopkeeper’s daughter ...Read Review