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A reckless affair exposes the fragile illusions holding a marriage together.
The Painted Veil
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction
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A reckless affair exposes the fragile illusions holding a marriage together. In The Painted Veil, Kitty Fane follows her husband to a remote region of China during a deadly cholera outbreak after her betrayal comes to light. Confronted with isolation, suffering, and the consequences of her choices, she begins a difficult reckoning with love, guilt, and the quiet search for meaning beyond social expectations.
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A novel of love and betrayal set during a cholera epidemic from the acclaimed British author of Of Human Bondage, "a great artist, a genius" (Theodore Dreiser).
"[Theodore Dreiser] is the modern writer who has influenced me the most." —George Orwell
Arriving in Hong Kong in the 1920s, newlywed Kitty Fane soon learns that being the wife of a British government bacteriologist gives her no particular social status. It only adds to her dissatisfaction with her life and her husband, Walter. Her marriage has been nothing but a mistake. But she soon embarks on an affair that transforms her very being. There is passion. There is hope. There is a future full of possibility.
When Walter must go deep into mainland China to help treat the victims of a cholera epidemic, Kitty refuses to accompany him. To force her hand, Walter threatens to expose her affair. But Kitty, sure in her lover's whispered promises, pushes for a divorce. Her impulsive decision will throw a stark light on the truth and her own desperate illusions, thrusting Kitty into unfamiliar territory—both in the world around her and the soul within . . .
The inspiration for the film starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton, "The Painted Veil with its sadness, its moral tension, its irony and compassion, its building evocations of lust and terror and remorse is a work of art" (The Spectator).
"Reveals many of Maugham's strengths: an understanding of women, meticulous craftsmanship and raw emotion." —Daily Mail
"This short masterpiece tells of love, treachery, and a search for real substance in life." —DigBooks
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When the police chase the wrong leads, three women begin searching for the truth themselves.
The Women in the Shadows
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Amateur Sleuths · Historical Mystery
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When the police chase the wrong leads, three women begin searching for the truth themselves. In The Women in the Shadows, a detective’s wife, a private investigator, and a police station cleaner form an unlikely alliance in 1888 London to track the killer known as Jack the Ripper. This historical crime novel reframes the infamous case through the lives of women who refuse to remain invisible.
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Included in THE TIMES Best Historical Fiction Books of 2025: 'A lively new perspective on a grimly familiar tale'
The world's most famous unsolved serial killer mystery, told from the perspective of a gang of women.
'A fresh and captivating retelling of the Jack the Ripper mystery, brimming with authentic historical detail and well-drawn, sympathetic characters. A must-read for lovers of finely crafted historical fiction.' IRINA SHAPIRO
London, 1888. A monster prowls the gaslit streets, and the police are looking in all the wrong places, at all the wrong suspects. But three women refuse to stay silent.
Emma, the chief detective’s sharp-witted wife, sees the investigation failing. Maggie, a private investigator, exposes men’s darkest secrets. Bet, a police station cleaner, overhears what others ignore.
Together, they form an alliance to hunt down the killer dubbed Jack the Ripper. But as the women weave through the slums, brothels, and smoke-filled parlours of London’s underworld, they uncover corruption more sinister than they ever imagined.
The city belonged to men – until now.
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A centuries-old execution continues to cast a shadow over an English manor.
The Hanging Tree
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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A centuries-old execution continues to cast a shadow over an English manor. In The Hanging Tree, writer Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall to research the story of a woman hanged for witchcraft in 1640. As contradictions emerge in the historical record, Nicole uncovers secrets someone is determined to keep buried, turning a quiet research project into a dangerous historical mystery.
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In 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions. What really happened to Alys? And what became of her son, who disappeared the day she was hanged? Could it be that Alys’s death was the result of a well-planned conspiracy, or is there another, less obvious answer? And who is trying to sabotage Nicole's attempts to discover the truth?
As Nicole delves deeper into Alys’s life, with the help of a handsome crime writer and a history-obsessed vicar, she comes to realize that things are not quite as they appear, and people will sometimes do the unthinkable to protect their secrets.
"Whether it was a modern-day writer's retreat harboring some dark secrets or a 1640 English village filled with lust, fear, and suspicion, The Hanging Tree gripped me with its vivid characters and sharp conflict. I love the investigation to learn the truth about a young woman sentenced to death for witchcraft and the shocking twists and turns in that quest." Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Blue
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An aircraft known for killing its own crews becomes the proving ground for six young airmen.
Widow Maker
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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An aircraft known for killing its own crews becomes the proving ground for six young airmen. In Widow Maker, newly assigned pilots and crew members must master the controversial B-26 Marauder while confronting the fear that their greatest threat may be mechanical failure as much as enemy fire. Set in World War II Europe, this historical novel examines courage, camaraderie, and the cost of survival in combat.
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Six young Americans have been assigned to fly the Martin B-26 Marauder in combat during World War II. The B-26--dubbed Widow Maker by the press and the aircrews who flew her--was one of the most controversial aircraft produced in the United States during the war. These young men find themselves confronted not only with doubts about the airplane they are given to fly, but also the sometimes fatal choices made by a military organization unprepared to employ them in combat.
Against the setting of World War II Europe, the heart and minds of these young men are revealed as they are forces to make a swift and frequently terrifying journey into manhood. The differences between them, seemingly irreconcilable at first, fade away as they form the ancient bond between men whose lives must depend upon one another in combat. But even after these young Americans make the transition into seasoned warriors, they are still faced with the grim reality that some of them will survive--and some will not.
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A young girl loses her family and faces a frontier that offers no mercy.
The Blood of My Mother
Historical Fiction · Western · Women's Fiction
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A young girl loses her family and faces a frontier that offers no mercy. After surviving enslavement and unimaginable hardship in early Texas, Eliza escapes and fights to build a farm, a family, and a fragile community of fellow outcasts. Her struggle for land and dignity unfolds in this sweeping historical saga shaped by endurance, violence, and hard-won hope.
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"Lonesome Dove meets Where the Crawdads Sing" in this "gripping saga about a perilous time in our nation's history and a woman who survived it against all odds" (Patricia Wood, author of Lottery, shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction).
"I could not stop reading." —Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times–bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, the inaugural choice of Oprah's Book Club
After the deaths of her white father and mixed-race mother, young Eliza is left with neither home nor family in the newly forming frontier of Texas.
After enduring unimaginable cruelty as a slave, Eliza escapes, marries, becomes a mother, and realizes her dream of having a small farm. But she must fight—and kill—to keep it. And survival means welcoming others who have been shunned or forgotten by society into her world. Living and laboring together, will these outcasts find the strength and community they need to survive and flourish?
Acclaimed author Roccie Hill, inspired by the story of her great-great grandmother, now presents an unforgettable, deeply research, and wildly popular historical saga of a woman and a place, each growing and enduring under multiple flags through the sorrows and turbulence of history.
WILLA Literary Award Winner for Historical Fiction
"A saga with many layers . . . [A] riveting, addictive journey." —Joanne Hardy, author of The Girl in the Butternut Dress
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A mother’s disappearance lingers over a small colonial settlement where whispers refuse to fade.
Cape Menace
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery
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A mother’s disappearance lingers over a small colonial settlement where whispers refuse to fade. In Cape Menace, Sarah Hanover begins to question her father’s secret dealings and the sudden rise in his fortunes, determined to uncover what happened the winter her mother vanished. This colonial American mystery explores family loyalty, hidden motives, and the danger of exposing truth in a tightly bound community.
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Two years ago, Ruth Hanover vanished into the wilderness of the New Jersey colony without a trace, leaving behind her husband, William, and their daughter, Sarah. Though William and Sarah have never stopped hoping that Ruth will return, as time goes by it becomes less and less likely they will ever see her again.
Now William is conducting business with a mysterious stranger in the middle of the night, he won’t explain the sudden increase in his income, and he won’t tell Sarah what people in town are whispering about her mother’s disappearance.
When the time comes for Sarah to face her father’s secrets and figure out why her mother never came home that December day in 1712, what she learns will shock her tiny community on the New Jersey cape and leave her fighting for her life.
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Left in charge of failing plantations at sixteen, Eliza Lucas refuses to accept ruin as her inheritance.
The Indigo Girl
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Left in charge of failing plantations at sixteen, Eliza Lucas refuses to accept ruin as her inheritance. In The Indigo Girl, she pursues the secret process of producing indigo dye in colonial South Carolina, risking reputation, fortune, and safety amid political unrest and slavery. This historical novel explores ambition, forbidden alliances, and the moral cost of building wealth in a world defined by constraint.
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In this incredible story of ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice, an extraordinary sixteen-year-old girl in Colonial South Carolina defies all expectations to achieve her dream.
The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family’s three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Tensions with the British, and with the Spanish in Florida, just a short way down the coast, are rising, and slaves are starting to become restless. Her mother wants nothing more than for their South Carolina endeavor to fail so they can go back to England. Soon her family is in danger of losing everything.
Upon hearing how much the French pay for indigo dye, Eliza believes it’s the key to their salvation. But everyone tells her it’s impossible, and no one will share the secret to making it. Thwarted at nearly every turn, even by her own family, Eliza finds that her only allies are an aging horticulturalist, an older and married gentleman lawyer, and a slave with whom she strikes a dangerous deal: teach her the intricate thousand-year-old secret process of making indigo dye and in return—against the laws of the day—she will teach the slaves to read.
So begins an incredible story of love, dangerous and hidden friendships, ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice.
Based on historical documents, including Eliza’s letters, this is a historical fiction account of how a teenage girl produced indigo dye, which became one of the largest exports out of South Carolina, an export that laid the foundation for the incredible wealth of several Southern families who still live on today. Although largely overlooked by historians, the accomplishments of Eliza Lucas influenced the course of US history. When she passed away in 1793, President George Washington served as a pallbearer at her funeral.
This book is set between 1739 and 1744, with romance, intrigue, forbidden friendships, and political and financial threats weaving together to form the story of a remarkable young woman whose actions were before their time: the story of the indigo girl.
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Behind enemy lines, survival becomes the only certainty.
The Long Patrol
Historical Fiction · Thriller · War Fiction
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Behind enemy lines, survival becomes the only certainty. In The Long Patrol, a handpicked Army unit during the battle for Guadalcanal ventures into the jungle to arm and train a guerrilla force, only to find themselves cut off and hunted. As casualties mount and loyalties fracture, this World War II novel follows soldiers forced to confront isolation, betrayal, and the cost of holding the line.
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During the bloody battle for Guadalcanal, one Army unit’s mission to infiltrate enemy lines to arm and train a guerrilla force of natives goes horribly wrong. The 164th Regiment of the Army 'Americal' Division has come to reinforce the beleaguered 1st Marine Division, which has been fighting the Japanese for months. It will be the Division’s first combat test, as well as its bloodiest. The fighting has come to a standstill with neither side giving ground.
The 164th is desperate to break the stalemate and the mounting casualties. Their possible solution comes in the form of a British Coast Watcher. Thomas Welch offers to take a small unit into the jungle to meet up with a force of natives to instigate a guerrilla war against the Japanese rear. A unit from Able Company is selected for the job. Each man’s been battle-tested, defending Henderson field from hordes of attacking Japanese.
The mission goes badly from the outset and the unit is cut off and desperate to continue their mission. As the battle for Guadalcanal rages, their mission changes. As more men fall, the likelihood of completing it is slipping away. Alone, hurt and betrayed, they find themselves as the only soldiers able to deliver victory from the jaws of defeat.
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An instant New York Times bestseller called “a tour de force of original thought, imagination and promise” by the Houston Chronicle, The Exiles follows women whose lives become…
The Exiles
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction
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An instant New York Times bestseller called “a tour de force of original thought, imagination and promise” by the Houston Chronicle, The Exiles follows women whose lives become bound together amid imprisonment, transportation, and hardship in nineteenth-century Australia, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 12,000 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for historical fiction readers interested in women’s experiences, penal colonies, survival, and colonial Australia.
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION BY BRUNA PAPANDREA, THE PRODUCER OF HBO'S BIG LITTLE LIES
“A tour de force of original thought, imagination and promise … Kline takes full advantage of fiction — its freedom to create compelling characters who fully illuminate monumental events to make history accessible and forever etched in our minds." — Houston Chronicle
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant work of historical fiction about three women whose lives are bound together in nineteenth-century Australia and the hardships they weather together as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society.
Seduced by her employer’s son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to “the land beyond the seas,” Van Diemen’s Land, a brutal British penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one thing: the child she carries will be born on the months-long voyage to this distant land.
During the journey on a repurposed slave ship, the Medea, Evangeline strikes up a friendship with Hazel, a girl little older than her former pupils who was sentenced to seven years transport for stealing a silver spoon. Canny where Evangeline is guileless, Hazel—a skilled midwife and herbalist—is soon offering home remedies to both prisoners and sailors in this powerful story of survival.
Though Australia has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers its fledgling colony uninhabited and unsettled, and views the natives as an unpleasant nuisance. By the time the Medea arrives, many of them have been forcibly relocated, their land seized by white colonists. One of these relocated people is Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, who has been adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen’s Land.
In this gorgeous novel, Christina Baker Kline brilliantly recreates the beginnings of a new society in a beautiful and challenging land, telling the story of Australia from a fresh perspective, through the experiences of Evangeline, Hazel, and Mathinna. While life in Australia is punishing and often brutally unfair, it is also, for some, an opportunity: for redemption, for a new way of life, for unimagined freedom. Told in exquisite detail and incisive prose, The Exiles is a story of grace born from hardship, the unbreakable bonds of female friendships, and the unfettering of legacy.
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Before the Vietnam War bore its name, alliances formed in shadow and shattered in silence.
A War Too Far
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Before the Vietnam War bore its name, alliances formed in shadow and shattered in silence. In 1945, OSS sniper René Granier parachutes into Indochina to fight alongside Ho Chi Minh’s guerrillas against the Japanese, forging bonds tested by shifting politics and broken promises. A War Too Far opens a military historical series rooted in betrayal, loyalty, and the contested origins of a long war.
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The true, untold story of the real beginning of the Vietnam War...
In 1945, OSS sniper René Granier parachutes into the misty mountains of Indochina with his elite Deer Team. Their mission: ally with Ho Chi Minh's guerrillas against the Japanese.
Side by side, they fight. Some die. Trust forms in the crucible of war.
As the war winds down, old powers move to reclaim their colonies. Promises are broken.
Branded a spy without a chance to defend himself, Granier finds himself betrayed by the very warriors who once called him brother.
Now he stands at the crossroads of history with one bullet to rewrite the first chapter of America's longest war.
The first casualty of war is truth. The last is trust.
Perfect for fans of John J. Gobbell, W.E.B. Griffin, and Tom Clancy who crave authentic military action with complex, battle-scarred heroes fighting both external enemies and their own inner demons.
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The Eastern Front Series leans hard into gritty combat, covert operations, and survival under constant pressure, making it a strong fit for readers who want military thrillers with…
The Eastern Front Series
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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This five-book WWII box set throws readers onto the Eastern Front with Sergeant Rolf Kessler, a reluctant Wehrmacht soldier trying to keep his men alive through impossible missions, bad leadership, and the kind of brutality that grinds everyone down. The Eastern Front Series leans hard into gritty combat, covert operations, and survival under constant pressure, making it a strong fit for readers who want military thrillers with action, moral tension, and a bleak wartime edge.
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Kessler is a reluctant fighter in Hitler’s Wehrmacht. He’d enlisted to escape the horror of his family home, where his alcoholic father beat his mother. But faced with the nightmarish reality of the Russian front, he's beginning to realise that Hitler’s promises mean nothing. Kessler’s daily reality is pointless death and endless mud.
His incompetent commanders sit miles behind the front lines, studying maps and sipping schnapps while sacrificing his men on hopeless missions.
Yet, Kessler has managed to gain the affection of his own men — they would follow him into hell — and his superiors know it.
He is put in charge of Assault Section Sledgehammer — a 15-man band of hardened soldiers directed to strike where conventional forces cannot. Their covert guerrilla operations could turn the tide on the Eastern Front and lead to Germany’s victory — or leave them all dead, deep in enemy territory.
IN THIS BOX-SET:
BOOK 1: SLEDGEHAMMER
Summer 1941. Operation Barbarossa has begun. A secret mission takes Kessler’s Assault Section Sledgehammer deep behind enemy lines to destroy a vital Soviet railhead. Their commander, the cold-blooded Captain Weiss, will sacrifice anyone to complete his mission. Kessler soon realises the deadliest threat is not the ruthless Soviet partisans, but his own command.
BOOK 2: KESSLER’S RAID
Winter 1941. A German general demands priceless artwork from behind enemy lines. Assault Section Sledgehammer is sent three hundred miles into Russian territory to retrieve it. In the blood-stained snow of the Eastern Front, Kessler will discover just how far he'll go for survival — and for revenge.
BOOK 3: CONVOY OF STEEL
Winter 1942. Kessler’s men are sent on their deadliest mission yet. They must escort an armoured train carrying eighty Tiger tanks to the German front line. The final destination is a bridge that may already be wired to explode. The icy Russian landscape turns red with blood and only one thing is certain — many who board this train will never reach the end of the line.
BOOK 4: SLAUGHTERHOUSE
1942. A disastrous night attack leaves Assault Section Sledgehammer stranded twenty-five miles behind Russian lines. Kessler faces an impossible decision — he’s discovered a massive Soviet armaments factory, but attacking it with his small unit would be suicide. He must decide whether to follow orders and return his battle-weary men to safety or risk everything to strike a devastating blow on the enemy.
BOOK 5: MEN OF BLOOD
Spring 1943. The once-mighty Wehrmacht is in full retreat. Kessler is demoted to private when he refuses to lie for a superior. He is now under the command of the inexperienced and cowardly Sergeant Schrodek. With nothing left to lose and enemies on all sides, Kessler must fight to survive the war and keep his men safe. Whatever it takes.
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Ideal for readers looking for feminist myth retellings, historical fantasy, and reimagined ancient and biblical traditions.
Lilith
Pre-History | Ancient History · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Lilith refuses Adam's demand that she submit to him and is banished from Eden, beginning a journey across centuries to rescue Eve, find the missing Asherah, and restore balance to the world, with a 3.6-star average from more than 13,000 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for feminist myth retellings, historical fantasy, and reimagined ancient and biblical traditions.
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A triumphantly feminist retelling of ancient creation myths in the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North.
Lyrically rendered, this epic U.S. debut tells the story of the woman known as Adam's first wife and her fall from Paradise and quest for revenge.
Before Eve, there was Lilith.
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses—and is banished forever from Paradise.
Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah—God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven—is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
Lilith’s quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer, to the court of Israel’s Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. Noah’s wife, Norea, Jezebel and Mary Magdalene all play their part in Lilith’s enlightenment. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time.
Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.
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