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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE
“Buzzy and enthralling …A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery…Fun as hell to read.”...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE
“Buzzy and enthralling …A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery…Fun as hell to read.”...
2) The Magician
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English
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A New York Times Notable Book, Critic’s Top Pick, and Top Ten Book of Historical Fiction
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Businessweek
From one of today’s most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set across a half-century spanning World War I, the rise of...
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Businessweek
From one of today’s most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set across a half-century spanning World War I, the rise of...
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Orbit
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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In this action-packed magical fantasy epic, a heroine at the head of a powerful empire confronts a raging battle as she’s forced to do whatever it takes to restore peace.
The Emperor is Dead. Long live the Emperor.
Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. Her people don’t trust her. Her political alliances are weak. And in the north-east
...The Emperor is Dead. Long live the Emperor.
Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. Her people don’t trust her. Her political alliances are weak. And in the north-east
4) Wilder Heart
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Alicia Rasley
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"Widow Madeleine Gray keeps up the family legacy of poetry by penning love poems for the love-starved sailors in 1811 Portsmouth. But she is no romantic herself-- she will never love again.Then Payton Wilder requests a customized Valentine poem for the girl of his dreams... and Maddy realizes that she has dreams of her own for the dashing captain!Award-winning Regency author Alicia Rasley sends a valentine of a book for those who think love might...
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Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Set in the late 1800s, here is the story of Ning, a Chinese American girl who struggles to find her place in the world when she is forced to leave her home in Shanghai to go live in America with a father she barely knows. This middle-grade historical novel is based on the family history of award-winning author Michaela MacColl.
Twelve-year-old Ning doesn't know where she belongs. The daughter of a Chinese woman and American man, Ning...
Twelve-year-old Ning doesn't know where she belongs. The daughter of a Chinese woman and American man, Ning...
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Blair Bancroft
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Miss Lucinda Neville has more than a few problems. She has felled her importunate brother-in-law, become a surrogate mother to a foreigner's baby, a keeper of dangerous secrets, and staunch defender of a child someone seems to want gone from this earth. And then she finds herself under attack as well. The person with the most motive? The rakish son of a marquess who just happens to have the best reason for doing away with both Lucinda and the babe.Author's...
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Elizabeth Bailey
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"When the Earl of Sothern is set upon by a young lad in the early hours, it takes minutes for him to realise that his assailant is in fact a girl of gentle birth. Intrigued, and hoping to find out why Clementina has run away, Jake puts her in the care of his grandmother.While glad of the earl's protection, Clementina dare not trust this dangerous rake with her secrets, until a chance encounter drives her into flight, and straight into the hands of...
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Booktrope
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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London 1558. An orphan from a far-off land is renamed "Noah Ames," and given every advantage the English Crown can bestow. London 1592. Now an experienced barrister, Noah witnesses what appears to be a botched robbery outside the Rose Theater, a crime he soon suspects to be part of a plot against Queen Elizabeth herself. Steadfast in his loyalty to the Queen, Noah must use every bit of his knowledge and skill to lure her most disloyal subject onto...
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Triangle Square
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
HONOR 2016 - Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book
WINNER 2016 - Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries
FINALIST 2016 - National Jewish Book Awards
Adam and Thomas is the story of two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II by banding together in the forest. They are alone, visited only furtively every few days by Mina, a mercurial girl who herself has found refuge from...
WINNER 2016 - Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries
FINALIST 2016 - National Jewish Book Awards
Adam and Thomas is the story of two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II by banding together in the forest. They are alone, visited only furtively every few days by Mina, a mercurial girl who herself has found refuge from...
10) Silver Silk Ties
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Evernight Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
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English
Description
"Araminta found her husband in the notorious house on Silk Street, and she hoped her luck had changed. Perhaps this would not be the marriage of convenience she feared. If only she could persuade him that she was indeed the sub he needed.Meeting his new wife at the one place all deep dark desires could be satisfied, Felton wondered if he had been mistaken. Was this a marriage of mutual passion and ideals? Would she truly obey? There was only one way...
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Kat Martin
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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BESTSELLING AUTHOR KAT MARTIN TURNS UP THE HEAT IN A SEXY NEW REGENCY-ERA ROMANCE FILLED WITH INTRIGUEThe London ton is abuzz with the latest scandal. Jillian Whitney, well-born but penniless, has been living under the roof of a wealthy nobleman old enough to be her father. When Adam Hawthorne, the mysterious Earl of Blackwood, meets the lovely rebel, he's intrigued enough to want to lure her into changing protectors.Suddenly, Jillian's beloved guardian...
12) My Dear Jenny
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Book View Cafe
Pub. Date
2022
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English
Description
Stranded with an inn-full of travelers, Jenny Prydd finds herself embroiled in Emily Pellering's reluctant elopement. When she realizes that Emily's having second thoughts Jenny finds it impossible not to interfere. With the help of her fellow travelers - enigmatic Peter Teverley and his nephew Dominic - Jenny foils a fortune-hunter's plans. That should be the end of it, but when they reach London matters grow more complex: the fortune-hunting Adrian...
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Rebecca King
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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When Thea's uncle is accidentally shot by a bullet intended for him, Rupert has to visit the woman who has haunted his every waking moment since the day of their ill-fated wedding several years ago, and escort her to her uncle's sickbed.However, it soon transpires that getting her to London is the easy part. The difficulty he is faced with afterwards is trying to ignore the fact that the years have done little to diminish the love that still lingers...
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Frederick A. Stokes Company
Pub. Date
2024
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English
Description
'Well, Jack,' said Mr. Sturgis, 'I do not know where you'll find them, but possibly somewhere over on the Little Medicine. If I were you, I'd ride over to Powell's. They are sure to know where the outfit is, and if you can't reach camp to-night, you can stop at Powell's.'
'All right, Uncle Will; I'll go over there and probably get to camp to-night.'
Jack shook hands with his uncle, and stepping back to his horse threw the reins over Pawnee's head,...
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Donna Hatch
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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When her parents and twin brother die within weeks of each other, Alicia and her younger sister are left in the hands of an uncle who has brought them all to financial and social ruin. Desperate to save her family from debtor's prison, Alicia vows to marry the first wealthy man to propose. She meets the dashing Lord Amesbury, and her heart whispers that this is the man she is destined to love, but his tainted past may forever stand in their way. Her...
16) Believarexic
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Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Asking for help is only the first step
Jennifer can’t go on like this—binging, purging, starving, all while trying to appear like she’s got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning.
As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationships with food, friends, and...
Jennifer can’t go on like this—binging, purging, starving, all while trying to appear like she’s got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning.
As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationships with food, friends, and...
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Laura Briggs
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Fans of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, don't miss this collection of 3 lighthearted, inspirational-themed Regency romances. The reader and reviewer-acclaimed series known as The Regency Rules will sweep you back in time to an era of charming romance, with loveable heroines, chivalrous heroes, and delightful supporting characters. Brew a cup of tea, grab a biscuit, and lose yourself in a world of gentle, playful manners and long-ago love.**All 3...
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Lothrop Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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She was such a Pretty Lady, and gentle withal; so quiet and eminently ladylike in her behavior, and yet dignified and haughtily reserved as a duchess. Still it is better, under certain circumstances, to be a cat than to be a duchess. And no duchess of the realm ever had more faithful retainers or half so abject subjects.
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Donna Hatch
Pub. Date
2022
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English
Description
"Though her heart longs for adventure, Elise strives to be a perfect English lady living within the stifling confines of society for the sake of her impressionable young son. Her quiet world is shattered when she meets the impulsive and scandalous Jared Amesbury. His roguish charm awakens her yearning for adventure. But his irrepressible grin and sea-green eyes hide a secret.A gentleman by day, a pirate by night, Jared must complete one last assignment...
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Megan Bryce
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Come back to a time when manners are everything and rules are made to never be broken. Come back to a time when men are in charge and women do what they are told. . .Yeah, that never happened.Welcome to Megan Bryce's Regencyland, where ladies with backbone get what they want. Where a woman can thumb her nose at rules and care little for convention, and yet somehow, unexpectedly and most reluctantly, find love.To Catch A SpinsterOlivia Blakesley,...
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