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War tests loyalty as fiercely as it tests love.
When the World Goes Quiet
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction
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War tests loyalty as fiercely as it tests love. In When the World Goes Quiet, Evelien navigates occupied Bruges in the final days of World War I, balancing a dangerous resistance mission against the fragile hope that her missing husband may still live. As art, friendship, and longing complicate her resolve, this historical novel explores survival, sacrifice, and the cost of choosing a future.
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In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love, danger, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry.
It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions. Until then, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan, especially in war.
A member of the resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer’s home. In return, she’ll get a letter from her long-missing husband, Emiel. She’d lost hope of Emiel’s survival, but the promised letter puts her certainty of his death in question. Evelien begins her mission and soon forms a friendship with a soldier who is struggling with the devastating demands of battle. Their shared passion for art deepens the bond, and Evelien faces a heart-wrenching truth: she longs for Emiel’s safe return…but not necessarily to her.
As the final days of the war loom closer, Evelien has never been in more danger. And should she survive the war’s bitter end, what choices will she make for a life beyond liberation?
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Freedom demands more than escape when history refuses to loosen its grip.
The American Queen
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · People of Color
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Freedom demands more than escape when history refuses to loosen its grip. After enduring enslavement and loss, Louella helps lead her community from a plantation toward the promise of self-rule in Appalachia. As she rises to become queen of the Kingdom of the Happy Land, The American Queen traces resilience, faith, and the pursuit of dignity in post–Civil War America.
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A WOMAN EVOLVE BOOK CLUB PICK | A NORTH CAROLINA READS PICK | A Christy Award WINNER | A 2024 American Fiction Award WINNER | A 2025 Audie Awards WINNER | Best Historical Fiction of 2024 (She Reads) | FEATURED IN GMA, WASHINGTON POST, AND ESSENCE | There is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil. Meet the queen of Happy Land in this riveting novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Vanessa Miller.
"This powerful story must be told and retold." --GMA 15 New Books to Read (Good Morning America)
"A hidden gem in American history." --Publishers Weekly
"This marvel of a novel transported me." --Sadeqa Johnson, NYT bestselling author
"A story [about] . . . the indomitable spirit of a woman." --Lisa Wingate #1 NYT bestselling author
"Inspirational and unforgettable." --Kim Michele Richardson, NYT bestselling author
"A triumph." --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author
Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 - 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom in Appalachia as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life.
Over the twenty-four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: hate. Hate for the man who sold her mother. Hate for the overseer who left her daddy to hang from a noose. Hate so powerful there's no room in her heart for love, not even for the honorable Reverend William, whom she likes and respects enough to marry.
But when William finally listens to Louella's pleas and leads the formerly enslaved people off the plantation, Louella begins to replace her hate with hope. Hope that they will find a place where they can live free from fear. Hope that despite her many unanswered prayers, she can learn to trust for new miracles.
Soon, William and Louella become the appointed king and queen of their self-proclaimed Kingdom of the Happy Land. And though they are still surrounded by opposition, they continue to share a message of joy and goodness--and fight for the freedom and dignity of all.
The American Queen weaves together themes of love, hate, hope, trust, and resilience in the face of great turmoil. With every turn of the page, you will be transported to a pivotal period in American history, where oppressed people become extraordinary heroes.
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Courage often wears an ordinary face in times of occupation and fear.
The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
Women's Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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Courage often wears an ordinary face in times of occupation and fear. In The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel, Lucie Laval risks everything in 1942 France to guide children across a dangerous border, while decades later her legacy draws Hannah Stone into a hidden history of resistance. This dual timeline historical novel explores sacrifice, memory, and the bravery that shapes generations
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The war taught her to fight. The children taught her to hope...
Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance, The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of one woman's courage and sacrifice during World War II, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Piece of Nancy Moon.
This exquisitely beautiful novel is perfect for readers of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, The Postmistress, Lilac Girls and The Girl from Vichy.
'A beautifully worked tale of bravery, woven into the reality of a time we can't forget' Mandy Robotham, author of The Berlin Girl
'An emotional, beautifully constructed read. I loved the way the clues from the past and present slowly knitted together, answering the questions that had been missing their answers for so long' Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell
'Gripping, at times heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting, I found this beautifully written novel impossible to put down' Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde
'My darling girl, I need you to find someone for me . . .'
France, 1942. At the end of the day, the schoolteacher releases her pupils. She checks they have their identity passes, and warns them not to stop until the German guards have let them through the barrier that separates occupied France from Free France. As the little ones fly across the border and into their mothers' arms, she breathes a sigh of relief. No one is safe now. Not even the children.
Berkshire, present day. A letter left to her by her beloved late grandmother Gigi takes Hannah Stone on a journey deep into the heart of the Dordogne landscape. As she begins to unravel a forgotten history of wartime bravery and sacrifice, she discovers the heartrending secret that binds her grandmother to a village schoolteacher, the remarkable Lucie Laval . . .
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When Nazi forces occupy Amsterdam, one Jewish family must decide how far they will go to survive.
The Thirteenth Child
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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When Nazi forces occupy Amsterdam, one Jewish family must decide how far they will go to survive. As restrictions tighten and deportations begin, siblings Rachael and Hendrik join the Dutch Resistance while their parents struggle to protect their youngest son. This World War II historical novel traces a family’s endurance under persecution, shaped by courage, sacrifice, and the looming threat of separation.
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Shortlisted for the Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Novel Award!
Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisch family’s heart-wrenching struggle against Nazi oppression.
When the Nazis invade the Netherlands in 1940, the Jews of Amsterdam know nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. As the measures imposed by the cruel SS become ever more repressive, sister and brother, Rachael and Hendrik, join the Dutch Resistance. Meanwhile, their parents, Franck and Elizabeth, strive to keep their younger brother, Hannes, safe, but time is against them all, as every day more and more Jews are being deported to unknown camps in Eastern Europe. Will the family be able to stay together and survive?
Readers moved by Schindler’s List, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas will be gripped.
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In an age when women were meant to serve, one found freedom in the night sky.
The Woman and Her Stars
Biographical Fiction · Historical Fiction
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In an age when women were meant to serve, one found freedom in the night sky. Caroline Herschel lives in her brother’s shadow until astronomy awakens her own ambition and talent. As she steps from assistant to discoverer, The Woman and Her Stars traces her fight for recognition in Georgian England through science, sacrifice, and quiet resolve.
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From the acclaimed author of Follow Me to Africa comes The Woman and Her Stars, a hopeful and uplifting novel inspired by the true story of Caroline Herschel, the first woman to discover a comet. Perfect for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood.
She must find her own place amongst the stars.
Caroline Herschel has always lived in the shadows. Beholden to her wildly popular older brother, William, who rescued her from servitude, she's worked hard to build a life for herself – one where she can go unnoticed and repay the debt she believes she owes him. But when her brother becomes obsessed with sweeping the stars, everything changes.
Newly appointed as the King's Astronomer, William is rushed away from the bustling streets of Bath to the quiet countryside of Windsor. When Caroline makes a discovery that could send her right back to the people she was rescued from, she has no choice but to leave her carefully constructed life and follow her brother. Taking up the position as William's assistant, Caroline resolves to learn everything she can about astronomy. But the more she understands, the more she falls in love with her telescope, and soon, she discovers that she might be good at the science, great, even, and that the stars could offer her the freedom she's always secretly wanted. When it's clear that Caroline is just as much the astronomer as her brother, she realizes she must break free from the life she has lived and find her own place in the night sky.
Based on the true story of Caroline Herschel, The Woman and Her Stars shines a light on a woman who was raised to believe she was worth nothing more than to serve others, but whose genius and resolve made her one of the world's leading astronomers. An awe-inspiring story set within the societal boundaries of the Georgian era, it's a hopeful journey of self-discovery, familial bonds, and passion.
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A single photograph exposes a family secret that refuses to stay buried.
A Fire Sparkling
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A single photograph exposes a family secret that refuses to stay buried. In A Fire Sparkling, Gillian Gibbons uncovers an image of her grandmother with a Nazi officer, sending her into the past to unravel a wartime love shaped by loyalty, betrayal, and survival. This dual timeline historical novel explores generational secrets, moral complexity, and the enduring cost of love during war.
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An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.
From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one woman’s love, loss, and courage during wartime.
After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves, Gillian Gibbons flees to her family home for a much-needed escape, but when she finds an old photograph of her grandmother in the arms of a Nazi officer, Gillian’s life gets even more complicated. Rattled by the discovery, Gillian attempts to unravel the truth behind the photos, setting her off on an epic journey through the past…
1939. England is on the brink of war as Vivian Hughes falls in love with a handsome British official, but when bombs begin to fall and Vivian’s happy life is destroyed in the blitz, she will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves…
As Gillian learns more about her grandmother’s past, the old photo begins to make more sense. But for every question answered, a new one takes its place. Faced with a truth that is not at all what she expected, Gillian attempts to shine a light not only on the mysteries of her family’s past but also on her own future.
This gorgeously written multigenerational saga is a heart-wrenching yet hopeful examination of one woman’s struggle to survive, perfect for fans of The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky.
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As rebellion ignites across medieval Germany, a noblewoman begins to question the world she was born to inherit.
The Castle of Kings
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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As rebellion ignites across medieval Germany, a noblewoman begins to question the world she was born to inherit. Agnes, restless and unwilling to follow her prescribed path, flees Trifels Castle with her forbidden love after a mysterious ring and unsettling dreams hint at deeper forces at work. This historical epic blends the brutality of the Peasants' War with mystery, romance, and emerging destiny.
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An epic standalone novel of historical fiction tinged with mystery, set against the backdrop of medieval Germany's Peasant War from the best-selling author of the Hangman's Daughter series.
In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolted against the harsh treatment of their aristocratic overlords. Agnes is the daughter of one of these overlords, but she is not a typical sixteenth-century girl, refusing to wear dresses and spending more time with her pet falcon than potential suitors. There is only one suitor she is interested in: Mathis, a childhood friend whom she can never marry due to his low birth status.
In the midst of war, Agnes's falcon finds a mysterious ring, and Agnes begins having strange but seemingly meaningful dreams. Dreams that lead her and Mathis to run away from their home in Trifels Castle and into the midst of the tumultuous Peasants' War, cast into an adventure that will lead them to shocking revelations about themselves and the future of the emerging German states.
"Pötzsch paints picturesque landscapes, whether it's damp, dark castles, the stink of a medieval tannery, or whirlpool-plagued Rhine River rapids . . . Combine Princess Bride with Germanic history circa 1500, add a dash of Lord of the Rings, and there's a week of good fun." — Kirkus Reviews
"The war scenes are grimly realistic, and the narration gripping . . . The author makes the fantastical elements work by harnessing them to the grim reality of the Peasants' War, setting his far-fetched romance in an utterly convincing world of economic hardship, social strife and religious and political uncertainty." — Wall Street Journal
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A glamorous legacy fractures when a hidden child threatens to rewrite history.
A Storm of Infinite Beauty
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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A glamorous legacy fractures when a hidden child threatens to rewrite history. In A Storm of Infinite Beauty, museum curator Gwen Hollingsworth learns that Hollywood icon Scarlett Fontaine may have lived a secret life in Alaska. As Gwen travels north with a determined biographer, she uncovers buried family truths that challenge her inheritance, her marriage, and her understanding of who she is in this sweeping women’s fiction novel.
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From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s search for the truth uncovers long-hidden secrets and rocks the very foundation of her world.
Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes…
Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum dedicated to Scarlett’s life. She’s also sole heir to Scarlett’s fortune as a descendant of the star. But all is not well in Gwen’s world. She’s dealing with a messy marital separation and is struggling to move forward. So when Peter Miller, a biographer and photojournalist, comes to the museum with shocking claims about Scarlett—a life of exile in Alaska, a baby born in secret—Gwen’s whole world is turned upside down. Again.
Determined to uncover the truth, Gwen and Peter set out for Alaska together but soon find themselves on a path toward something far deeper and more meaningful than either of them ever expected.
A Storm of Infinite Beauty takes readers on a breathtaking journey from a lush vineyard in Nova Scotia to a rustic lodge in Alaska where old family secrets are revealed and the quest for true happiness begins.
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A routine protection job inside the Vatican’s hidden archives erupts into murder and a chase across continents.
The Vatican Secret
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Political Thriller · Spy Thriller
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A routine protection job inside the Vatican’s hidden archives erupts into murder and a chase across continents. When ex MI5 operative Joe Mason witnesses a masked assassin steal an ancient manuscript, he uncovers a conspiracy tied to secrets powerful enough to destabilize nations. The Vatican Secret launches a globe trotting action thriller driven by coded history, relentless pursuit, and high stakes intrigue.
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‘This 5-star thriller is a non-stop action-packed adventure… Reads like the latest blockbuster film… I was left breathless, my heart pounding as I turned the last page’ NetGalley review.
You’ve cracked the Da Vinci code, now uncover the Vatican secret…
The deepest secrets are kept in the darkest places.
When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is sent to Rome to guard an elderly professor and his daughter, he thinks he’s in for an easy ride.
But on their first day in the Vatican secret archives, a masked assassin gains entry, shoots Joe’s client in cold blood and steals an ancient manuscript. Giving chase, Joe can’t imagine what could lie within those pages that would make someone willing to kill.
The search for answers leads Joe and his comrades in a race against time, across continents and into treacherous mountains. Only they have a hope of rescuing the Vatican Book of Secrets before a centuries-old enemy can succeed in bringing Rome – and the world as we know it – crashing down…
The Da Vinci Code meets Die Hard in this fast-paced, adrenaline-filled, action-adventure thriller. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Clive Cussler, The Vatican Secret will have you turning the pages late into the night.
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When war reaches a missionary school in northern China, teachers and children must find courage where safety once stood.
When We Were Young & Brave
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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When war reaches a missionary school in northern China, teachers and children must find courage where safety once stood. In When We Were Young & Brave, Elspeth Kent and ten-year-old Nancy Plummer endure occupation and internment as Japanese forces seize control, testing faith and loyalty at every turn. This World War II historical novel traces resilience, sacrifice, and the fragile bonds that sustain hope.
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"Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japanese Army’s internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school.
Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war.
China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth,and those in her charge.
Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status. But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese forces take control of the school and the security and comforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear. Now the enemy, and separated from their parents, the children look to their teachers – to Miss Kent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially – to provide a sense of unity and safety.
Faced with the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and friendships as they pray for liberation – but worse is to come when they are sent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger await . . .
Inspired by true events, When We Were Young and Brave is an unforgettable novel about impossible choices and unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher in a remote corner of a terrible war.
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In Nazi-occupied Italy, the fate of stolen masterpieces rests in the hands of two women pulled into a dangerous race against time.
The Last Masterpiece
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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In Nazi-occupied Italy, the fate of stolen masterpieces rests in the hands of two women pulled into a dangerous race against time. In The Last Masterpiece, a German photographer and an American stenographer navigate shifting alliances and mounting destruction as Hitler’s plans threaten Florence’s artistic legacy. This World War II historical novel explores loyalty, conscience, and the cost of preserving beauty amid war.
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In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections.
In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery.
When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands.
But as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give.
The Last Masterpiece takes readers on a heart-pumping adventure up the Italian peninsula, where nothing is as it seems and some of the greatest works of art and human achievement are at stake. Who might steal and who might save a work of art—and at what cost?
Inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs, and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II, the latest historical novel by USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli plunges readers into the heart of war-torn Italy.
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Four women arrive at a desert fortress carrying grief, secrets, and lives shaped by violence long before the siege begins.
The Dovekeepers
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Four women arrive at a desert fortress carrying grief, secrets, and lives shaped by violence long before the siege begins. As Roman forces close in on Masada, Yael, Revka, Aziza, and Shirah find their fates intertwined through survival, love, and loss. The Dovekeepers is a historical novel rooted in legend, centered on women whose inner lives endure even as history narrows around them.
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An ambitious and mesmerizing historical novel from the bestselling author of Rules of Magic. The Dovekeepers is “striking….Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose” (Entertainment Weekly).
Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain fortress in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman’s novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker’s wife, watched the murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior’s daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.
The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the Roman siege of Masada. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets—about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.
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