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2024.
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English
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Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Ady, when she's separated from her mother, meets Lenore, a free black woman who invites her to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters, setting her on a journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Winner of three 2019 national independent publisher awards, In the Company of Like-Minded Women explores the complexities of bonds between sisters and family at the start of the 20th century when women struggled to determine their future and the "New Woman" demanded an equal voice. Three sisters are reunited in 1901 Denver following a family rift many years before. Each sister faces critical decisions regarding love, work, and the strength of her...
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Robert P McAuley
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A Peek Into Chapter OneWorld War 2 is going against the British and Hitler develops the ultimate weapon: An Atomic Bomb. Where is Winston Churchill? There is a bonus for the reader with this story.A Peek Into Chapter TwoOne of the 1800 Club members is threatened as his great grandfather dies in the American Wild West.The Time Travel Adventures Of The 1800 Club is a 21st Century haven for people seeking to escape New York City's frantic pace. Dressed...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A little girl vanished 100 years ago. Her name was Sophie. Where did she go?An old house in Balmain. A portrait and perfume bottle hidden in a chimney.Unknown and untouched, while a century passed, their memory slowly fading.Glimpses of an eight year old girl and her school friend, missing, never found.The grief of those left behind, those who searched, those who yearned.So begins a journey to discover an Australian family, five generations, from...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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What happens when one is both Hunter and Wolf?You know it's going to be a bad day when you get shot at-twice. Hunter Wolfsbane, Duke of Haverstone, also known as "Wolf" is having exactly one of those days. Things take a turn for the worse when he's notified that he'll be acquiring a partner for his newest mission. The rub? He's kissed her---twice. In his defense, she was already ruined, but it didn't help matters that she was the sister-in-law to...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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All Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled deep into the Tudor court's realm of plot and intrigue.... England. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract...
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Cliff Edge Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Acclaimed as one of the most important novels of the Vietnam War, Year of the Monkey takes us not only into the savage jungles where death waits in every paddyfield and triple canopy, but into the apocalyptic world of political corruption, where friendship and betrayal become unavoidable, where murder and love are common as body counts. It is the gripping story of two American soldiers trapped in a sinister web of cold-blooded murder during the shattering...
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Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell enthralls readers with her unforgettable tales of the love between fierce knights and their passionate women, weaving her storytelling genius to give us one of her best romances yet. . .Beauty And The BeastOn the eve of her wedding to the heir of Saiturn Manor, the stunningly beautiful Gytha is shocked to learn that her betrothed, a man she barely knew, is dead. Now she must marry the new heir, Thayer...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"He wasn't looking for a savior. . .Scarred at a young age, Dominique Maksylov, Royal Prince of Russia, has lived a reclusive life. As a musical prodigy, his music has wide reach into the world, but few ever see his face. He never ventures into polite society, but when he discovers he is the only heir to the Earldom of Harriss, he goes to one ball. And that one ball, was enough to change the direction of his life forever. But how could he possibly...
10) Bayou Fire
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Diana Corbett's childhood was plagued by unceasing dreams of smoke and flames. The nightmares went away, until the noted travel writer's first night on assignment in Louisiana . . . when they returned with a vengeance. Could the handsome Cajun, Amos Boudreaux, be the key to unlocking the secret of BAYOU FIRE?Award-winning author Sharon E. Cathcart presents her first full-length historical paranormal tale, set against the backdrops of modern-day and...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"How Hard Can It Be To Marry An Heiress? Not terribly, Stuart Drake thinks, if you're good-looking, charming, and in line for a Viscount title, which, fortunately, he is. To end his penniless existence, he simply has to convince his intended bride's shrewish, wizened old guardian that he isn't a fortune hunter. . .which, unfortunately, he is in the extreme. Still, once he meets the old witch, how difficult could it prove to charm her? Quite, actually....
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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David Slater, a conscript in the 1920s Army of the Confederacy, faces a dilemma. When he and his regiment were shipped to Germany to help stage a coup there, his Limey fellow-soldier Brian was acting strangely. David now has the choice of reporting his best friend to his commanding officers, or keeping quiet and just doing his job: preparing for the arrival of Bismarck, the giant Zeppelin flying Hitler and his Nazi cohorts to meet their new allies,...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Due to the codicil in his father's will, Blake Dangerfield, Earl of Hawkeswood, must marry the woman chosen for him, or lose part of his inheritance. Did his father hate him that much? Wilhelmina Corbet is a hoyden, not long out of the schoolroom, who hails from a farm in Northumberland. The last time Blake saw her she wore braids and climbed a tree to rescue a kitten.Wilhelmina Corbet has dreamed of Blake since she was twelve. But the thought of...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Set during the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905, this richly detailed novel of love and loss was inspired by the life of the author's great-great-aunts. Oleanna and her sister Elisabeth are the last of their family working their farm deep in the western fjordland. A new century has begun, and the world outside is changing, but in the Sunnfjord their world is as small and secluded as the verdant banks of a high mountain lake. The arrival of...
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Publisher
Fay Risner
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Gracie Evans, resident of Moser Mansion, and Locked Rock, Iowa native, has become a women's activist. The newspaper is full of stories about how women in the east are burning their corsets to draw attention to the fact they want the right to vote. Gracie talks the women's bible group into joining Carry A. Nation's fight for prohibition. The women organize a Temperance march with Ida Frank as the leader. They march to Main Street with hatchets, planning...
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Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Westward Journeys contains three stories focusing on the American westward expansion, including the Oregon Trail and the Oklahoma Land Run. In "Minnow and Rose," Rose and her family are traveling with a wagon train heading west on the Oregon Trail. When she encounters Minnow, a young native girl, their meeting has life-changing results for both cultures. The Oklahoma Land Run is the topic in "Pappy's Handkerchief." When Moses and his family hear of...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"1884 The death of Callie Scott's fashionable father left her with nothing-except an inquisitive mind not even her grandmother's puritanical upbringing could quash. An adventurous spirit doesn't get her much in New York City, however, except an abysmal position as a ladies companion.Things are looking up when she lands a trial job in a "special" library. Her benefactor's offer of wine before noon should have signaled something amiss-not to mention...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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"Es 1849 y México está herido: ha perdido más de la mitad de su territorio, su población se desangra en una lucha fratricida entre conservadores y liberales, mientras que las potencias extranjeras esperan cualquier oportunidad para atacar a la joven nación. Sin embargo, en medio del fragor de las guerras y el humo de las batallas, nace una historia de amor como ninguna otra. Sofía acaba de enviudar y decide reiniciar su vida mudándose a Guadalajara,...
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Publisher
Stillpoint/Atalanta
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Samurai, assassins, warlords... and a girl who likes to climb Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan -- or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems. Magical but historical,...
20) Men of Bronze
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"It is 526 B.C. and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crushed by the weight of its own antiquity. Decay riddles its cities, infects its aristocracy, and weakens its armies. While across the expanse of Sinai, like jackals drawn to carrion, the forces of the King of Persia watch and wait. Leading the fight to preserve the soul of Egypt is Hasdrabal Barca, Pharaoh's deadliest killer. Possessed of a rage few men can fathom and fewer can withstand,...
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