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As war engulfs Eastern Europe, a young woman flees across Siberia carrying secrets powerful enough to change history.
Last Train to Freedom
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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As war engulfs Eastern Europe, a young woman flees across Siberia carrying secrets powerful enough to change history. Hunted by enemy agents aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, she races against time to expose the truth. This gripping WWII novel holds a 4.4-star Amazon rating and is praised for its tension and emotional depth.
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A moving, page-turning story about a little-known chapter of World War II. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Anna Stuart.
1940. As Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive.
A lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo. Inside lies intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop at nothing to possess it.
Pursued across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Express, Zofia faces danger at every turn, racing to expose the truth as Japan edges closer to allying with the Nazis. With the fate of countless lives hanging in the balance, can she complete her mission before time runs out?
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The Bookshop of Secrets follows a grieving woman who finds refuge in a Lisbon bookshop, only to uncover a web of secrets as war approaches.
The Bookshop of Secrets
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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The Bookshop of Secrets follows a grieving woman who finds refuge in a Lisbon bookshop, only to uncover a web of secrets as war approaches. This uplifting historical novel blends mystery, romance, and courage, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 5,700 Goodreads ratings.
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‘What a page turner!' Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
'A delicious Art Deco novel with a delightfully acerbic heroine.' Marius Gabriel, author of The German Daughter
'Original and immersive.' Eva Glyn, author of An Island of Secrets
In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life…
Looking for a new start after her father’s death, Lara Hope arrives in Lisbon in search of a family she’s never met.
As war storms across Europe, Lara finds solace and belonging in her landlady’s tranquil bookshop in one of the most beautiful corners of the city.
But when she witnesses a customer secretly swapping a book, she realises the bookshop is not all it seems. Lara is plunged into a labyrinthine world of mystery and facades, encountering new friends, an unexpected romance, and even royalty… Is she prepared to risk it all for this new life?
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A reckless biker and the woman he has always loved are pulled back together by grief, secrets, and unfinished feelings.
The Trouble with Whiskey
Western · Romance · New Adult · RomCom
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A reckless biker and the woman he has always loved are pulled back together by grief, secrets, and unfinished feelings. As past trauma collides with undeniable chemistry, one daring choice could change everything. The Trouble with Whiskey is a heartfelt small town romance with 4.5 stars on Amazon and devoted reader praise.
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From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a new small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horses—and people—a second chance.
Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Valley, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and always a happily ever after.
She’s the only woman he’s ever loved, and the one he could never have…
Years after losing one of their best friends to a dare gone wrong, Devlin “Dare” Whiskey continues to live up to his name, endlessly testing fate, while Billie Mancini buried the best parts of herself. Billie is beautiful and tough, and battling demons Dare has no idea exist. But Dare is done watching her pretend to be something she’s not and takes on his most important challenge yet—showing the woman he loves that some dares are worth the risk.
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A sweeping WWII story for readers who like history with an emotional center.
Of Windmills and War
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Danny McClain is a Chicago boy whose distant war becomes personal after Pearl Harbor. Anya Versteeg is his Dutch pen pal, now fighting with the Resistance as occupation and starvation close around her. Their paths carry them through B-17 missions, danger, faith, and a love tested by a world at war. A sweeping WWII story for readers who like history with an emotional center.
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From eight time Amazon All-Star author Diane Moody comes Of Windmills and War. An Amazon Top 100 bestseller with over 100,000 copies sold, and over 7,000 reader reviews and ratings.
The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home. After a series of unexpected events over the next couple of years, Danny found himself in the co-pilot seat of a B-17, stationed with the 390th Bomb Group in Framlingham, England.
Anya Versteeg had been just a teenager when Hitler's troops invaded her homeland of Holland in May of 1940. Forced to grow up much too fast, the feisty preacher's daughter eagerly immersed herself in the Dutch Resistance and its many efforts to thwart the enemy. Certain that God had turned His back on Holland, she closed her heart and did whatever she had to do to save her country before it was too late.
By 1945, the people of Occupied Holland were starving. Cut off from the outside world in retaliation for their failed attempt to oust the Germans invaders, the Dutch had no food, no electricity, no fuel, and little hope of surviving. Thousands were dying every day. Then, just days before the war ended, help came to The Netherlands like manna from heaven. Operation Chowhound held special meaning for Lieutenant Danny McClain. Somewhere below in the battered land of tulips and windmills was the girl who needed rescuing—after rescuing so many others. And he would move heaven and earth to find her.
What readers are saying about Of Windmills and War:
"Without a doubt one of the finest World War 2 novels ever written! The storyline . . . is so well crafted, vivid and exquisite in character development, that reading this book not only informs but is also a lesson in writing."
"Action, romance, a page turner. I loved every minute of it, and was sad when it was finished. One of those books you wished never ended."
"One of the best books I've read. Scenes so clearly written I could see them."
"You felt like you were part of the story from the very beginning. The accuracy of events was amazing."
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Best for readers who like WWII historical fiction with resilience, romance, and fresh starts after loss.
Where the Sky Begins
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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From New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, Where the Sky Begins follows Josie Banks as the Blitz destroys her London life and sends her to the English countryside, where she finds work, love, secrets, and second chances, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 39,600 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like WWII historical fiction with resilience, romance, and fresh starts after loss.
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A woman’s future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go.
Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she’s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.
Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
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Set against the secrecy and moral tension of the Manhattan Project, this sweeping historical debut follows Alice Katz, a brilliant young Jewish physicist working under Oppenheimer, and Caleb…
The Sound of a Thousand Stars
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Set against the secrecy and moral tension of the Manhattan Project, this sweeping historical debut follows Alice Katz, a brilliant young Jewish physicist working under Oppenheimer, and Caleb Blum, an Orthodox scientist assigned to explosives. As they race against time in a desert city built on secrets, their bond deepens amid fear, ambition, and impossible choices. Inspired by the author’s grandparents, this is a powerful story about love under pressure, wartime ethics, and the cost of survival.
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Oppenheimer meets Hidden Figures in this sweeping historical debut where two Jewish physicists form an inseverable bond amidst fear and uncertainty.
Sure to captivate readers of Kate Quinn and Bonnie Garmus, The Sound of a Thousand Stars eerily mirrors modern-day questions of wartime ethics and explores what it means to survive—at any cost.
Alice Katz is a young Jewish physicist, one of the only female doctoral students at her university, studying with the famed Dr. Oppenheimer. Her well-to-do family wants her to marry a man of her class and settle down. Instead, Alice answers her country’s call to come to an unnamed city in the desert to work on a government project shrouded in secrecy.
At Los Alamos, Alice meets Caleb Blum, a poor Orthodox Jew who has been assigned to the explosives division. Around them are other young scientists and engineers who have quietly left their university posts to come live in the desert.
No one seems to know exactly what they are working on—what they do know is that it is a race and that they must beat the Nazis in developing an unspeakable weapon. In this atmosphere of fear and uncertainty, and despite their many differences, Alice and Caleb find themselves drawn to one another.
Inspired by the author’s grandparents and sure to appeal to fans of Good Night, Irene, The Sound of a Thousand Stars is a propulsive novel about love in desperate times, the consequences of our decisions, and the roles we play in history.
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London, 1942.
Nineteen Steps
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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London, 1942. Amid air raids and uncertainty, eighteen-year-old Nellie Morris clings to family, routine, and hope. When she meets Ray, an American airman, the promise of a bigger life begins to take shape—until a single devastating night shatters everything she knows. Inspired by real family history, this is a tender, emotional story of love, loss, and the resilience it takes to keep going when the world falls apart.
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The New York Times bestseller from iconic Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN: Nineteen Steps -- soon to be a feature film on Netflix!
"My inner history-loving teenage geek clapped her hands in ecstasy at the thought of a historical novel penned by Enola Holmes, and she wasn't disappointed!”—Kate Quinn
Love blooms in the darkest days…
It’s 1942, and air raid sirens continue to wail around London. Eighteen-year-old Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her.
After a chance encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed nearby, she becomes enchanted with the idea of a broader world. Just as she begins to embrace an exciting new life with Ray, a terrible incident occurs during an air raid one evening, tearing her world apart. But when it seems all hope is lost, Nellie finds that, against all odds, love and happiness can triumph.
Nineteen Steps is a deeply affecting, mesmerizing page-turner inspired by the author’s family history. An epic story of longing, loss, and secrets, Millie Bobby Brown’s propulsive debut introduces an unforgettable, brave young woman and boldly portrays the strength in the power of love.
“Inspired by my Nanny Ruth, this book is very personal and close to my heart. I grew up listening to stories about her time living through the war. I’m honored to keep her story alive.”—Millie Bobby Brown
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In postwar Germany, eighteen year old Zofia Lederman searches for her brother after surviving the camps and losing nearly everyone she loved.
They Went Left
Historical Fiction · Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Historical Romance · World War 2
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In postwar Germany, eighteen year old Zofia Lederman searches for her brother after surviving the camps and losing nearly everyone she loved. Moving through displaced persons camps and shattered cities, she clings to a promise that keeps her alive. A New York Times bestselling historical novel praised for its power, compassion, and emotional truth.
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★Booklist ★Bookpage ★The Bulletin ★Publishers Weekly ★Shelf Awareness ★SLC ★SLJ “CRUCIAL.” —The New York Times Book Review In the rubble of a broken continent, a girl must solve a mystery whose answers could rebuild her family—or break her completely, in this New York Times bestselling, critically acclaimed tour de force historical novel from Monica Hesse, author of Girl in the Blue Coat. Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp say the war is over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal, her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else—her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja—they went left. Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Abek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. Now her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once. But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? “This is not just a story about death and survival—it’s also about choosing to live on, even in the face of genocide, trauma and devastating loss. And what could be more relevant to our world today?” —Sharon Cameron, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places, writing in The New York Times "A heartbreaking, gorgeously written story...The ending left me breathless and awed by its expression of enduring love."―Jewell Parker Rhodes, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Boys
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A good pick for fans of WWII historical thrillers involving espionage and parallel missions.
The Blitz Secret
Historical Fiction · Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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In London during the Blitz, farmer John Cook investigates a young woman’s disappearance and uncovers connections to a spy network. Meanwhile, Lady Margaret works to gain the German high command’s trust in occupied France so she can betray their secrets. A good pick for fans of WWII historical thrillers involving espionage and parallel missions.
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London is under attack. Secrets and spies hide in the shadows. Who can you trust when every night could be your last?
London, 1940: Farmer John Cook would rather avoid the city at the best of times. But as he watches Nazi bombers passing overhead in the moonlight, he knows he is exactly where he needs to be.
A young woman has disappeared during an air raid and Cook links her to a network of spies. As his search continues, he realises more is at stake than he could have imagined...
Occupied France: Lady Margaret is playing a dangerous game. To the German high-command she is a valuable prize. To the British, she has become the enemy, unless she can do the impossible: gain the trust of those at the heart of the Nazi war machine and betray their secrets.
With the fate of Europe in their hands, will Cook and Margaret make the ultimate sacrifice to keep each other's secrets safe and save innocent lives?
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Ideal for readers looking for character-driven fiction about grief, escape, family connections, and transformative journeys.
Call of the Camino
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Call of the Camino follows Reina Watkins and Isabelle Vidal as they walk Spain's Camino de Santiago a generation apart, each carrying circumstances that send her onto the legendary pilgrimage, with a 4.4-star average from more than 28,600 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for character-driven fiction about grief, escape, family connections, and transformative journeys.
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From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes a deeply moving novel following the transformative journeys of two women walking entwined paths on a legendary route across Europe a generation apart.
Reina Watkins lost her father when she was eight. Seventeen years later, she still carries that grief. When her budding journalism career takes an unexpected turn, it leads her to the ancient five-hundred-mile Camino de Santiago in Spain. Now she finds herself embarking on the same pilgrimage that her father made at her age, unaware of how profoundly it will change her.
Back in 1997, Isabelle Vidal is a teenager on the run. Fleeing from her boarding school, she heads straight for the Way of Saint James. She’s heard the Camino will provide. And so it does, in the form of a handsome young American and the promise of a new life. But it could all fall apart if her troubles catch up with her.
One woman is coming to grips with her past; the other is grasping for her future. But as each treads the same hallowed trail, it will knot their destinies together in a most miraculous way.
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In 1715 London, Thomas True arrives with a dangerous secret and is drawn into the hidden world of the molly houses.
The Betrayal of Thomas True
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · LGBTQIA+
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In 1715 London, Thomas True arrives with a dangerous secret and is drawn into the hidden world of the molly houses. When murder exposes a betrayer, Gabriel Griffin risks everything to protect their community and a forbidden love. A brutal historical thriller where secrecy, devotion, and survival collide beneath the city’s streets.
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The only sin is betrayal…
It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses.
Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as Lotty, the molly's stoic guard. When a young man is found murdered, he realises there is a rat amongst them, betraying their secrets to a pair of murderous Justices.
Can Gabriel unmask the traitor before they hang? Can he save hapless Thomas from peril, and their own forbidden love?
Set amidst the buried streets of Georgian London, The Betrayal of Thomas True is a brutal and devastating thriller, where love must overcome evil, and the only true sin is betrayal…
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On a remote Australian island, a lighthouse keeper and his wife make a devastating choice after discovering a baby washed ashore.
The Light Between Oceans
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction
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On a remote Australian island, a lighthouse keeper and his wife make a devastating choice after discovering a baby washed ashore. Love, grief, and moral conviction collide as their decision ripples far beyond the sea. The Light Between Oceans is a New York Times bestselling novel praised for its haunting exploration of right, wrong, and loss.
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The spectacular New York Times bestseller and major motion picture about a lighthouse keeper and his wife is "a beautifully delineated tale of love and loss, right and wrong, and what we will do for the happiness of those most dear" (The Boston Globe).
After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
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