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This will appeal to readers who want historical fiction about the Holocaust, family separation, and trauma across generations.
Daughters of the Occupation
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “A gripping historical saga that skillfully addresses the trauma of the Holocaust.” by Kirkus, this novel follows a Jewish mother trying to protect her children in occupied Latvia and her granddaughter’s search for the son she left behind. This will appeal to readers who want historical fiction about the Holocaust, family separation, and trauma across generations.
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Inspired by true events in World War II Latvia, an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma, resilience, and survival, as witnessed by three generations of women.
On one extraordinary day in 1940, Miriam Talan’s comfortable life is shattered. While she gives birth to her second child, a son she and her husband, Max, name Monya, the Soviets invade the Baltic state of Latvia and occupy the capital city of Riga, her home. Because the Talans are Jewish, the Soviets confiscate Max’s business and the family’s house and bank accounts, leaving them with nothing.
Then, the Nazis arrive. They kill Max and begin to round up Jews. Fearing for her newborn son and her young daughter, Ilana, Miriam asks her loyal housekeeper to hide them and conceal their Jewish roots to keep them safe until the savagery ends.
Three decades later, in Chicago, 24-year-old Sarah Byrne is mourning the untimely death of her mother, Ilana. Sarah’s estranged grandmother, Miriam, attends the funeral, opening the door to shocking family secrets. Sarah probes Miriam for information about the past, but it is only when Miriam is in the hospital, delirious with fever, that she begs Sarah to find the son she left behind in Latvia.
Traveling to the Soviet satellite state, Sarah begins her search with the help of Roger, a charismatic Russian-speaking professor. But as they come closer to the truth, she realizes her quest may have disastrous consequences.
A magnificent, emotionally powerful story of family and the lingering devastation of war, The Daughters of the Occupation explores how trauma is passed down in families and illuminates the strength and grace that can be shared by generations.
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After Rome’s greatest military disaster, a captured tribune is cast beyond the edge of the known world.
Ends of the Earth
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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After Rome’s greatest military disaster, a captured tribune is cast beyond the edge of the known world. As civil war looms in Rome, Valerius battles betrayal, pirates, and impossible distances in a desperate fight to return home. This epic historical thriller delivers survival, vengeance, and sweeping adventure, earning 4.5 stars on Amazon and thousands of Goodreads ratings.
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A lost legion. A Han emperor. An impossible journey. An epic adventure.
Roman Empire, 53BC: After the disastrous defeat at Carrhae, Roman tribune Valerius is captured at the far reaches of the Parthian Empire. Stranded beyond the edge of the known world, he swears he will find a way home.
In Rome, Pompey and Caesar fight for control of a collapsing Republic. Civil war brews. Old loyalties fracture.
Across deserts, oceans and lands no Roman has ever seen, Valerius faces shipwrecks, pirates and a rival tribune determined to destroy him. Driven by love for his wife - and a burning need for vengeance - he must survive impossible odds to reclaim his life and confront the friend who betrayed him.
Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.
'Blazing with adventure, epic in scope, and utterly compulsive.' Waterstone’s UK.
'Moves along at a cracking pace, the narrative fraught with action and tension at every turn.' Bookmuse.
'Falconer's grasp of period and place is almost flawless. He's my kind of writer.' The Australian.
Experience the Epic Adventure Series - bestselling stand-alone tales of courage, survival and destiny.
Part thriller. Part history. All adventure.
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A hidden diary reunites past and present.
Keeper of the Lost Diary
Historical Fiction · World War 2
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A hidden diary reunites past and present. When a Holocaust survivor’s childhood journal is rediscovered decades later, buried memories of loss and survival resurface. Spanning wartime Europe and modern America, this emotional historical novel explores courage, memory, and family bonds. Readers have rated it 4.6 stars on Amazon and praised its heart-wrenching honesty.
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“I promise to write only what I saw and lived through, not hide anything from you. I’ll tell you even the worst things I experienced, which may seem crazy or impossible... I remember them well. It all happened in the world we left behind.”
1942, Lvov. Bina Krakowski is almost seven when the Nazis decide to liquidate the ghetto and send its inhabitants to Auschwitz. As her family attempts to escape through the sewers, running through gunfire, Bina and her mother separate from her father and are left to fend for themselves. Surviving the war by hiding in forests and traveling from village to village in search of shelter, Bina cannot imagine when the horrors will ever end.
2018, Long Island. Eighty-year-old Bina Solomon has built a quiet life as a respected Holocaust scholar, but now she is facing her final move to a retirement community. Abigail, the granddaughter she practically raised, is about to move off to college and is helping her to pack away her previous life. While clearing the attic, Abigail finds a worn notebook written in a language she does not understand. Bina immediately recognizes her tattered childhood diary, the one she held on to dearly, documenting every painful moment so she would never forget.
As Abigail and Bina dive deeper into her traumatic wartime stories, Bina is flooded by painful memories she thought she would never speak of again. Though it feels like a lifetime ago, is she ready to face the darkness she had locked away deep inside?
Keeper of the Lost Diary is an emotional testament to the courage of a young girl in the face of unspeakable horrors, beautifully weaving the past with the present. This heart-wrenching tale of loss, love, and unimaginable courage will captivate readers of Kristin Harmel, Kelly Rimmer, and Barbara Davis.
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A Nazi spy carrying atomic secrets and a British double agent collide in a lethal contest of deception.
A Gathering of Spies
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller · World War 2
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A Nazi spy carrying atomic secrets and a British double agent collide in a lethal contest of deception. As their pursuit spans America and Europe, every double cross raises the stakes of World War II in this fast-paced espionage thriller. Rated 4.0 stars on Amazon with over 900 Goodreads ratings.
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A beautiful Nazi spy and a British double agent match wits in this classic World War II thriller "full of action, suspense, and wheels within wheels" (Stephen Coonts).
Gorgeous, cunning, and lethal, Katarina Heinrich is America's worst nightmare. For years, the German spy has been deep undercover, posing as the happy wife of a Princeton scientist. Now she is rushing home with key intelligence pertaining to the atomic bomb. If she reaches her destination, the war will be lost.
To stop her, the Allies turn to Professor Harry Winterbotham, an MI5 agent whose brilliance is matched only by his inscrutability. As Winterbotham hatches his own secret plan—one with the potential to deliver the world's greatest weapon into the hands of the Nazis—the two spies play a deadly game of cat and mouse across the United States and Europe.
From one breathtaking double cross to the next, A Gathering of Spies builds to a stunning climax among the best in espionage fiction. Lightning-paced, atmospheric, and irresistible, it is a classic story of World War II that thrills from first page to last.
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Cleopatra reclaims her life from the myths that silenced her in this bold historical epic.
Cleopatra
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Cleopatra reclaims her life from the myths that silenced her in this bold historical epic. Speaking in her own voice, she reveals the strategist, mother, and ruler behind the legend, fighting to protect her children and her legacy. This #1 new release delivers a subversive and intimate portrait of power in the ancient world.
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Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife.
“Enchanting, smart, and subversive—this is El-Arifi’s masterpiece”—RF Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis
YOU KNOW MY NAME, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.
Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.
Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.
How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, and divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer.
This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
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Set in post–Cultural Revolution China, this sweeping novel follows two women shaped by sacrifice and survival.
And The Ancestors Sing
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Set in post–Cultural Revolution China, this sweeping novel follows two women shaped by sacrifice and survival. From a forced rural marriage to the brutal choices of a teenage migrant in Shanghai, their lives reflect decades of upheaval and resilience. A multigenerational story of family, ambition, and the unbreakable pull of home.
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Spanning decades of seismic change in post-Cultural Revolution China, And The Ancestors Sing is a sweeping, multigenerational novel of resilience, sacrifice, and the unbreakable pull of home, perfect for fans of Pachinko and The Island of Sea Women.
In 1978, as the Cultural Revolution fades into history, Lei is bartered away into marriage for two cartons of cigarettes and a handful of eggs. She finds herself in the unfamiliar village of her new husband where she is met with indifference. When a disaster upends their world, Lei and her husband are forced to join China’s vast wave of city-bound, rural migrants, leaving behind children whom they may never see again.
Sixteen-year-old LuLu arrives in Shanghai with nothing but ambition. Denied a factory job and determined to keep her family from starving, she turns to sex work, navigating the dangers of the city’s underbelly with sharp wit and a fierce will to survive. When a powerful client offers her a chance at security, LuLu faces an impossible choice: seize a future that could lift her family from poverty, or risk everything for a life on her own terms.
Immersive, evocative, and impeccably detailed, And The Ancestors Sing is a sweeping, multigenerational story of sacrifice, survival, and the unbreakable pull of home.
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With Dunkirk behind them, the Littlefield family faces the Battle of Britain from every front.
Eagles Over Britain
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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With Dunkirk behind them, the Littlefield family faces the Battle of Britain from every front. As Luftwaffe attacks intensify, secret missions, intelligence gambits, and captivity test courage and resolve. This sweeping World War II saga blends intimate family drama with historical detail, earning 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.4 stars on Goodreads.
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The saga of the Littlefield family continues with this rich and evocative second installment in the AFTER DUNKIRK series.
The Battle of Dunkirk might be finished, but the war isn't over.
"...compelling fiction is masterfully woven in with the actual events of Britain’s Darkest Hour.” —John J. Gobbell author of The Last Lieutenant
The German Luftwaffe attacks Britain from the skies.
With no allies, she stands alone.
Her fate hangs in the balance.
As the first Axis aircraft streak across English Channel airspace, so begins a battle for the ages; one that will determine the trajectory of the war. Braced for engagement on their individual fronts, the Littlefields plumb the depths of courage and ingenuity to defend their beloved Britain.
Fresh from the slaughter of Dunkirk, youngest brother Jeremy is called upon to create a French Resistance network composed of former naval officers.
At MI-9 headquarters, Claire Littlefield has devised an intelligence coup that could change the tide of the war. But will it work?
Lance, captured and far from home, puts his resiliency and resolve to the test.
And frustrated at being sidelined from active combat, Paul is unaware that he is being groomed for a role beyond his imagination.
A sweeping story of war filled with intimate, day-to-day details of those closest to danger, EAGLES OVER BRITAIN is a captivating tale of bravery, sacrifice, and one family’s fight to bring Britain to victory.
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A mysterious painting links two women across decades, from 1930s Spain to 1960s London.
The Muse
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Romance · Historical Literary Fiction
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A mysterious painting links two women across decades, from 1930s Spain to 1960s London. As ambition, desire, and deception ripple through the art world, buried truths surface with lasting consequences. This richly layered historical novel explores creativity and power, earning 4.3 stars on Amazon and 3.9 stars on Goodreads from thousands of readers.
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From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that ties them together.
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery. Drawn into a complex web of secrets and deceptions, Odelle does not know what to believe or who she can trust, including her mesmerizing colleague, Marjorie Quick.
Spain, 1936. Olive Schloss, the daughter of a Viennese Jewish art dealer and an English heiress, follows her parents to Arazuelo, a poor, restless village on the southern coast. She grows close to Teresa, a young housekeeper, and Teresa’s half-brother, Isaac Robles, an idealistic and ambitious painter newly returned from the Barcelona salons. A dilettante buoyed by the revolutionary fervor that will soon erupt into civil war, Isaac dreams of being a painter as famous as his countryman Picasso.
Raised in poverty, these illegitimate children of the local landowner revel in exploiting the wealthy Anglo-Austrians. Insinuating themselves into the Schloss family’s lives, Teresa and Isaac help Olive conceal her artistic talents with devastating consequences that will echo into the decades to come.
Rendered in exquisite detail, The Muse is a passionate and enthralling tale of desire, ambition, and the ways in which the tides of history inevitably shape and define our lives.
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A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction with romance, circus life, and human-animal connections.
Water for Elephants
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance
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A #1 New York Times bestseller praised by Stephen King as a tale that “simply can’t be beat,” this novel follows orphaned Jacob as he joins a Depression-era traveling circus, falls for married performer Marlena, and bonds with Rosie the elephant. A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction with romance, circus life, and human-animal connections.
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An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus.
Jacob Janowski’s luck had run out—orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was the Great Depression and for Jacob the circus was both his salvation and a living hell. There he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but brutal animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this group of misfits was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
#1 New York Times Bestseller • A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller
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The Red Fields of France is a strong fit for readers who like World War II fiction with battlefield survival, historical figures, impossible choices, and wartime love under…
The Red Fields of France
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “Sweeping and unflinchingly human” by New In Books Reviews, During WWII's Blitzkrieg, Private Bill Brooks fights in France while trying to reach his French bride as Churchill battles to keep Britain in the war, with a 4.6-star average from 80 Goodreads ratings. The Red Fields of France is a strong fit for readers who like World War II fiction with battlefield survival, historical figures, impossible choices, and wartime love under pressure.
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Hitler's Blitzkrieg erupts across Western Europe, thrusting British Private Bill Brooks into the hellish maw of modern war. Commanded by his elder brother, Lieutenant Jameson Brooks, Bill confronts staggering German assaults in the blood-soaked fields of Belgium and France. As the war darkens, Bill's hopes of making it to his French bride, Augusta, and keeping her safe from the Nazi wave, look more impossible.
In London, Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister on the very day the German offensive begins. Haunted by the ghosts of his Gallipoli failure, he battles a fractious Parliament, a contentious War Cabinet, wavering French allies, and the German steamroller.
As Bill claws for survival on the front lines, Winston fights to keep Britain in the war. Torn between conflicting duties, doubts and desires, both men wrestle with soul-crushing decisions that alter their lives and the course of history.
The Red Fields of France is great for fans of Band of Brothers, All Quiet on the Western Front, A Farewell to Arms, Gates of Fire, or anything by Mark Helprin.
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After returning a priceless Fabergé egg, orphan Anyu Zhang is drawn into Shanghai’s perilous jewelry world of ambition, greed, and violence.
The Master Jeweler
Historical Fiction · Women's Fiction
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After returning a priceless Fabergé egg, orphan Anyu Zhang is drawn into Shanghai’s perilous jewelry world of ambition, greed, and violence. Her relentless pursuit of mastery risks everything she loves as rivalries tighten. This sweeping historical novel holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and strong reader acclaim on Goodreads for its vivid setting and emotional depth.
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From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Night Angels comes the epic story of a brilliant young woman’s dangerous rise to fame in the perilous world of jewelry in 1920s Shanghai—and the power of love and friendship.
Harbin, China, 1925. Fifteen-year-old Anyu Zhang discovers a priceless Fabergé egg in the snow and returns it to the owner, Isaac Mandelburg, a fugitive and former master jeweler for Russia’s imperial palace. In gratitude, he leaves her his address in Shanghai and a promise of hospitality, forever altering her fate.
A dazzling world of jewelry shrouded in secrecy and greed awaits, when later Anyu arrives at Mandelburg’s jewelry shop as an orphan. Single-minded and relentless, Anyu will stop at nothing until she masters the craft of jewelry making. But she soon finds herself entangled in the treacherous underbelly of the city, where violent gangsters stalk the streets, vicious rivals seek to exploit her, and obsessive collectors conspire to destroy the people she loves.
From snow-crowned land to diamond-sparkling showrooms to a pristine island on the brink of war, The Master Jeweler chronicles an exciting journey of a bold prodigy artisan—including her losses and triumphs—in a glamorous yet perilous world of treasure.
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Boston after World War I is a city on the brink.
The Given Day
Historical Fiction · Detective Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Romance · World War 1
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Boston after World War I is a city on the brink. Two families, one Black and one white, are swept into labor unrest, political violence, and shifting power. The Given Day is a sweeping historical epic of survival and ambition, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 28,000 Goodreads ratings.
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"Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive." - The New York Times
Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history tells the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power at the end of World War I.
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