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A Love Most Daring

by Vivian Turnbull

In Joanna Barker’s delectable Regency-era romance novel "A Love Most Daring", a scandal-embroiled young woman and a protective officer are drawn together by danger. Though cruel rumors follow Beatrice, she is hopeful she will find love... Read More

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Purgatoire

by Michele Sharpe

Family secrets have an outsized spiritual influence in Liz Prato’s virtuoso historical novel "Purgatoire". Near the Purgatoire River in Colorado at the turn of the century, mining industries start up, attracting European immigrants.... Read More

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Mariam, It's Arwa

by Karen Rigby

A fateful lesbian relationship grounds Mariam, It’s Arwa, Areej Gamal’s revealing historical novel about sustenance amid grief. Sent to live with her grandmother in Egypt, Mariam aches to be known. Then, in a metro station amid... Read More

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Silver Wolves

by Jeff Fleischer

In Jerome Charyn’s engaging novel "Silver Wolves", a teenager is thrust into a leadership role that clashes with his opportunities to build a better life. In the 1950s in New York, Jonah is held in a correctional facility for carrying... Read More

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Love & Other Monsters

by Meg Nola

Emily Franklin’s transfixing historical novel gives voice to Claire Clairmont, lover of Lord Byron and stepsister of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. In 1816, Claire lives with her writer stepsister, Mary, and Mary’s fiancé, poet Percy... Read More

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Chasing Vincent

by Karen Rigby

A woman backpacking across Europe to reconnect with her family’s Jewish roots is put in danger because of a stolen painting in the suspenseful thriller "Chasing Vincent". A bereaved woman traces her family history in Douglas Scott... Read More

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