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Murder on a Midnight Clear (High Society Lady Detective)

By Sara Rosett - Published 2020

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When she inadvertently crashes a holiday house party, Olive Belgrave stumbles across more secrets than just what her sweetheart, Jasper Rimington, has been ...Read Review

Wild Rain: Women Who Dare

By Beverly Jenkins - Published 2021

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Romance Western

The stranger whom Spring Lee finds in a blizzard is like no man she’s met. Easterner Garrett McCray has come to Paradise, ...Read Review

Iva: The True Story of Tokyo Rose

By Mike Weedall - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

Weedall’s debut tells the unforgettable story of Iva Toguri, a young Japanese-American woman who, after World War II, was tried for treason ...Read Review

The Daughters of George III: Sisters and Princesses

By Catherine Curzon - Published 2020

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Nonfiction

Curzon sketches the lives of King George III of England and Queen Charlotte’s six unusual daughters in this entertaining history. Though devoted ...Read Review

In This Land of Plenty

By Mary Smathers - Published 2020

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When Nicole Sinclair, a young California woman, gets the results of a DNA test, she’s shocked to find that her ancestry contains ...Read Review

The Telling Touch

By Keira Dominguez - Published 2020

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Historical Fantasy Romance

Meg Summers has loved Nick Ainsley all her life, but he longs for her elder sister, Isabelle. When Isabelle elopes with Nick’s ...Read Review

Pharaoh’s Shadow

By Tasha Madison - Published 2020

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In 2012, an investigation led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, discovered that the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III (r. 1187/6...Read Review

Sleeping Evie: Lady Goosebury’s Tales

By Jessica Cale - Published 2020

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Romance

This installment in Lady Goosebury’s Tales enfolds the reader in the lush aesthetic of the pre-Raphaelites: dream-steeped, detailed, wildly romantic, and swirling ...Read Review