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For readers who like gritty WWII thrillers, battlefield dilemmas, and behind-enemy-lines missions.
The Black Jackals
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Left behind to cover the British retreat, Peter Lamb and his troop must delay the German tank pursuit, blow a bridge, and face the deadly consequences of following orders. In The Black Jackals, their mission pushes them behind enemy lines in occupied France, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 100 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like gritty WWII thrillers, battlefield dilemmas, and behind-enemy-lines missions.
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The start of a WWII series from Iain Gale, author of Alamein.
A masterly portrayal of World War Two heroism, with vivid action and stirring personal journeys.
A small team of soldiers, left behind to cover the British retreat, are ordered to blow the bridge as late as possible to stem the German tank pursuit. Although successful, the operation kills desperate refugees fleeing the scene. Who will be made to face the court-martial: the men carrying out the orders or their commanding officer?
This is only the first of many dilemmas that Peter Lamb and his troop must face during the chaotic first months of World War Two. After becoming cut off from the rest of their regiment, and assigned a mission that takes them deep into France behind the fast-moving enemy lines, the cracks begin to appear.
In these unexpected, tense circumstances, Lamb's men face internal struggles, taking their focus off both their French allies and the German enemy.
Black Jackals shows how men react to the challenges of war, and gives a fresh and fascinating picture of the frontlines.
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Good for readers who want historical fiction about lost love, atonement, and long-buried truths.
The Promise of Wonder
Historical Fiction
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A #1 Best Seller in 19th Century Historical Fiction, The Promise of Wonder follows Theodora Hallewell and Toby Meriwether from a tragic mistake in 1889 Dorset through three decades shaped by accusation, regret, and the search for forgiveness, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 690 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want historical fiction about lost love, atonement, and long-buried truths.
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Good for readers who like music-scene drama, band tension, romance, and ambition with personal costs.
L.A. Dreams
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · LGBTQIA+ · Romance
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Called “one of my favorites that I have read so far this year” by ReadersFavorite.com, L.A. Dreams follows Cory Scott as his rising 1990s Los Angeles rock band chases fame while love, obsession, addiction, and fractured loyalties threaten everything they have built, with a 3.8-star rating from 65 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like music-scene drama, band tension, romance, and ambition with personal costs.
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The characters have that gritty feel of bands like Motley Crue and Aerosmith but with a modern-day Maroon 5 feel.
L.A. Dreams has quickly become one of my favorites that I have read so far this year. ReadersFavorite.com
Choosing what I loved the most about this book is a difficult decision to make. This is because I literally loved every bit of it. OnlineBookClub.org
Los Angeles. 1993.
One band chasing rock-and-roll immortality…
and one man about to lose everything for it.
The parties are wild, the music is loud, and one rising band is chasing rock-and-roll immortality.
For twenty-seven-year-old Cory Scott, success isn’t optional—it’s a promise. His best friend died believing their band, Suicide King, would make it. Cory will do whatever it takes to prove he was right.
When legendary music producer Alexandra Blake agrees to produce their debut album, the dream finally feels within reach.
All Cory has to do is keep the band together long enough to record it.
Simple… until he meets Alexandra.
Suddenly the music isn’t the only thing pulling at him.
While Cory becomes consumed by his growing obsession with Alexandra, his band begins to fracture. Jesse’s relationship is falling apart. Trent’s drug use is spiraling out of control. And the dream they’ve sacrificed everything for is hanging by a thread.
As Cory falls deeper in love—and Alexandra falls for him—the choice he’s been avoiding becomes impossible to ignore.
When everything finally crashes down, Cory must decide what matters most:
the band that depends on him,
the dream he promised to fulfill,
or the woman he can’t live without.
L.A. DREAMS is a powerful story about friendship, ambition, love, and the price of chasing fame in the unforgettable 1990s Los Angeles music scene.
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Good for readers who want adventurous historical fiction about ambition, secrecy, medicine, and gender barriers.
A Girl with a Knife
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Winner of the Illinois Soon To Be Famous Author Contest, A Girl with a Knife follows Ella Parker, a young woman in early 19th-century England who disguises herself as a man to study medicine after a ship surgeon recognizes her talent, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want adventurous historical fiction about ambition, secrecy, medicine, and gender barriers.
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Winner of the Illinois Soon To Be Famous Author Contest
Finalist for the Goethe Award in Late Historical Fiction
Women could not be surgeons. She did it anyway.
After the heartbreaking loss of her mother and a cruel attack by her drunken father, Ella Parker decides that dishonesty is fine when it serves her needs. At a time when wealthy young ladies do little more than embroidery, Ella escapes her luxurious but lonely life, and meets an eccentric ship surgeon who—once she impresses him with her quick-thinking and empathy—allows her to assist him during a surgery.
Compelled by Ella’s intelligence and interest in medicine, the doctor prepares her for a medical career, but there’s a catch: in early 19th century England, women are not accepted into universities. To fulfil her dream of becoming a doctor, Ella must disguise herself as a young man with aspirations of becoming a doctor. After changing her look and name, Ella finds her footing as she performs dissections, conducts experiments, and cares for patients. She also tutors Oli, a kind but struggling fellow student, but she must take caution. Even in her loneliest moment, she cannot trust anyone or make friends.
As Ella continues to excel in her studies, brilliantly saving the life of a patient, she becomes a top contender for the apprenticeship with a famed professor. Dogged by fear of discovery, she must choose between truth and lies, and distinguish between real and false friends, before her pretense is uncovered.
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Good for readers who like swashbuckling historical adventure, seafaring danger, and revenge-driven coming-of-age stories.
Wake of the Perdido Star
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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In 1805, a seventeen-year-old sailor seeks revenge in Cuba after family tragedy, embarking on a three-year journey filled with storms, shipwrecks, and adventures around the world. Wake of the Perdido Star has a 4.6-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like swashbuckling historical adventure, seafaring danger, and revenge-driven coming-of-age stories.
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The Oscar-winning actor teams up with a shipwreck diving expert to spin a cinematic tale of nineteenth century pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure.
In 1805, seventeen-year-old Jack O'Reilly sets sail with his parents from America to Cuba aboard the Perdido Star. But when tragedy strikes shortly after their arrival, Jack makes a desperate escape, rejoining the departing Star as a member of the crew. On his yearslong journey around the globe, he only grows more obsessed with avenging the murder of his parents.
By the time he returns to Cuba, Jack has faced storms, shipwreck, and deadly battles. He leads a renegade band who call themselves the Right Honourable Brotherhood of the Shipwrecked Men of the Star. But having seen and suffered so much, what is Jack now willing to sacrifice for revenge?
Hackman and Lenihan infuse this swashbuckling tale with authentic details of 19th century seafaring and deep sea diving. The hero Jack is joined by a colorful cast of characters, including Paul Le Maire, the aristocratic intellectual who earns Jack's friendship; Quince, the first mate, Jack's mentor and defender; Quen-Li, the mysterious Chinese cook whose skills extend beyond the galley; Hansumbob, the ship's poet, whose simplicity belies a wisdom born of the heart; and the greedy Count de Silva, whose charm masks a murderous soul.
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Good for readers who like literary fiction built around family history, exile, and objects heavy with meaning.
Great House
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Psychological Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller called “Masterful…Evocative and moving” by NPR, Great House follows a mysterious desk connecting multiple narratives across time and space, from a Chilean poet's disappearance to Nazi plunder in Budapest, exploring themes of loss, memory, and inheritance, with a 3.9-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like literary fiction built around family history, exile, and objects heavy with meaning.
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New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Award • Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award • A Best Book of the Year as chosen by the New York Times (Notable), Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlantic, St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Oregonian, and Book Page.
"Masterful…Evocative and moving." —NPR
For twenty-five years, a reclusive American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young Chilean poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet's secret police; one day a girl claiming to be the poet's daughter arrives to take it away, sending the writer's life reeling. Across the ocean, in the leafy suburbs of London, a man caring for his dying wife discovers, among her papers, a lock of hair that unravels a terrible secret. In Jerusalem, an antiques dealer slowly reassembles his father's study, plundered by the Nazis in Budapest in 1944.
Connecting these stories is a desk of many drawers that exerts a power over those who possess it or have given it away. As the narrators of Great House make their confessions, the desk takes on more and more meaning, and comes finally to stand for all that has been taken from them, and all that binds them to what has disappeared. Great House is a story haunted by questions: What do we pass on to our children and how do they absorb our dreams and losses? How do we respond to disappearance, destruction, and change?
Nicole Krauss has written a soaring, powerful novel about memory struggling to create a meaningful permanence in the face of inevitable loss.
"This is a novel about the long journey of a magnificent desk as it travels through the twentieth century from one owner to the next. It is also a novel about love, exile, the defilements of war, and the restorative power of language." —National Book Award citation
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Good for readers who like classic Westerns, ranch disputes, and hard standoffs.
Radigan
Historical Fiction · Western
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When Angelina Foley arrives with a Spanish grant and claims ownership of Tom Radigan’s ranch, he knows she will not leave without a fight. With winter closing in, three thousand cattle behind her, and gunfighters at her side, Foley wants him gone. Radigan has spent four years building his land, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 2,800 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like classic Westerns, ranch disputes, and hard standoffs.
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When beautiful Angelina Foley presents Tom Radigan with a Spanish grant and claims ownership of his land, he realizes he’s up against a cunning and deadly opportunist. Foley wants him off Vache Creek immediately, and with three thousand head of cattle, an outfit of hardcase gunfighters, and winter coming on, she is unwilling to take no for an answer.
But Radigan has worked four hard years building up his ranch. Fighting for it—and, if he has to, killing for it—is something he is more than willing to do. If Angelina Foley and her men think he is the kind of man to give up without a fight, they are dead wrong.
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Good for readers who like historical mystery, old Hollywood scandal, and murder.
Land of Dreams
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Romance
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From USA Today bestselling author Gian Sardar, Land of Dreams follows Frankie Donnelly, a studio fixer in 1933 Hollywood, as a celebrity wedding built to hide two stars’ darkest secrets spirals into murder. With tabloids circling, Frankie must decide whom to protect and whom to destroy, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 12,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like historical mystery, old Hollywood scandal, and murder.
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In the 1930s, scandal, secret loves, and murder shatter a woman’s Hollywood dream in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of When the World Goes Quiet.
It’s 1933, and though the country is stuck in the Great Depression, movies are the ultimate escape. But Hollywood is skilled at selling lies, and nothing is as it seems.
Frankie Donnelly is scrappy, smart, and ambitious. Her knack for spinning any story into stellar publicity has made her an invaluable “fixer” at RCO Studios, where she works under the tutelage of powerful Nico Marconi. Frankie’s latest fix is the upcoming marriage of Hollywood royals Jack Sawyer and June Finney, and millions of fans can’t wait to see their favorite silver-screen lovers tie the knot. But Frankie knows the truth: The marriage is an artful cover for Jack and June’s darkest secrets.
When a shocking murder occurs, allegiances fracture, the tabloids go wild, and a devastated public is left reeling. Frankie uncovers new layers of scandal and deception and is forced to choose which Hollywood player to protect and who to destroy. Now, more than ever, the country needs a happy ending—but at what cost?
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A good pick for readers who enjoy historical fiction combining real figures, courtroom battles, and technological innovation.
The Last Days of Night
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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A New York Times bestseller called “A model of superior historical fiction” by The Washington Post, this novel follows young attorney Paul Cravath as he represents George Westinghouse against Thomas Edison in a legal battle over the invention of the light bulb. Set in 1888 New York, the story brings Cravath into a world of powerful inventors, corporate rivalries, and ambitious schemes. A good pick for readers who enjoy historical fiction combining real figures, courtroom battles, and technological innovation.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”—Erik Larson
“A model of superior historical fiction . . . an exciting, sometimes astonishing story.”—The Washington Post
From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel—based on actual events—about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America.
New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history—and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country?
The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society—the glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors. The task facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal—private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it?
In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he’ll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game, and no one is quite who they seem.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
“A satisfying romp . . . Takes place against a backdrop rich with period detail . . . Works wonderfully as an entertainment . . . As it charges forward, the novel leaves no dot unconnected.”—Noah Hawley, The New York Times Book Review
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A strong match for readers drawn to timeslip historical fiction, Scottish settings, ghost stories, and women reclaiming hidden histories.
The Three Witches
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Occult Horror
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Ruthie plays a witch in a "Macbeth" film but uncovers a restless spirit's secrets, while in 1050 Scotland, Isobel and her sisters face witchcraft accusations threatening their lives. The Three Witches has a 4.5-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to timeslip historical fiction, Scottish settings, ghost stories, and women reclaiming hidden histories.
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Utterly gripping historical fiction from bestseller Elena Collins - perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Outlander and Weyward.
Now: When Ruthie gets the part of one of Macbeth’s famous three witches she can’t wait to get started. Inspired by the beauty of the film’s Scottish locations and the camaraderie of the cast and crew, she can leave behind the expectations of her family and her lacklustre love life, at least for now. But as echoes from the past begin whispering in Ruthie’s ear and a restless spirit draws her further into its centuries-old secrets, it soon becomes clear that only she can uncover the truth of a terrible injustice.
1050 Scotland: Isobel and her two sisters have learnt about healing from their loving mother Sidheag, and she in turn has kept them safe. But without the protection of their late father, Sidheag knows that her daughters must find husbands or their futures are at risk.
Isobel believes in love over duty and when she catches sight of King Macbeth’s stepson Lulach she can picture a happiness she had hardly dare imagine. But as heir to a Scottish throne that is drenched in blood, Lulach’s destiny is to be a warrior. When Isobel’s actions leave her and her sisters vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft there may be nothing that can keep the three women safe, not even the great Macbeth himself.
As the calls from the past grow ever louder, Ruthie has no choice. Macbeth’s witches have a story that needs to be told and the truth can no longer stay hidden…
Truly unforgettable timeslip historical fiction, perfect for fans of Emilia Hart, Clare Marchant and C.J. Cooke.
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A good pick for readers who like emotional WW2 historical fiction based on real events, family bonds, and art tied to memory.
The Girl in the Oil Painting
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Set between Rhodes in 1940 and 2023, The Girl in the Oil Painting follows sixteen-year-old Dora Behar, her cousin Sarah, and a young artist whose recurring painting connects the present to a Jewish family’s impossible wartime choice, with a 4.5-star average from more than 500 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for readers who like emotional WW2 historical fiction based on real events, family bonds, and art tied to memory.
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A heartbreaking saga of hope, family, and longing set in one of the untold parts of war-torn Europe.
Rhodes, 1940. Sixteen-year-old Dora Behar and her cousin Sarah are as close as sisters, planning their future and painting the sunsets that wash over the Mediterranean. But that was before the Nazis rose to power, blackening every corner of their once-peaceful Jewish district. And while some believe the war and discrimination will eventually pass, Dora’s family is about to make an impossible choice that will change her life forever…
2023. The war is long over, and for many, it remains in memory, a story to pass down to the next generation. But for a particular young artist, the war is more than just a memory—it’s a recurring painting: a solemn figure standing on the very edges of an abandoned harbor, watching a ship sailing away, unaware that it will never come back to Rhodes…
With its heart based on real historical events, The Girl in the Oil Painting is an unputdownable story of hope and longing, perfect for fans of Kristin Harmel and Rhys Bowen.
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In occupied Berlin, survival no longer ends with the war.
From the Ashes
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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In occupied Berlin, survival no longer ends with the war. In From the Ashes, Marlene’s defiance of the Soviet regime puts her in the path of Werner, a communist official forced to choose between party loyalty and conscience. Marion Kummerow frames postwar historical fiction through fear, ideology, and forbidden attachment as Berlin begins its slide into the Cold War.
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"Well-researched, dramatic, and heartbreaking, this tale is historical fiction at its very best." ~ Alexa Kang, USA Today bestselling author of the Rose of Anzio series
Inspired by true historical events, From the Ashes is the unforgettable story of a tortured man, torn between his ideals, the iron fist of Stalinism and the woman he loves.
World War II is over, but another battle has just begun…
Marlene has no love lost for the Soviet occupying forces, who turn out to be every bit as cruel as the Nazis were. Living in constant fear of the Russian soldiers, she works in a hospital to make ends meet, where she meets Werner, a cold-hearted career politician.
Werner, a German émigré to Moscow, returns to his hometown with the highest hopes for a better future. Sent by the communist party to bring freedom, wealth and happiness to the people, he’s soon caught in a moral conflict between loyalty to his party and his conscience.
When Marlene criticizes the communist regime, she becomes the target of powerful men. Oblivious to the danger for her own life, she refused to back down, and there’s only one thing Werner can do to save her life: defy the party line.
But will he be able to shed decades of indoctrination for the woman he loves? And what will become of him if he does? Because those who speak up against the regime, usually find themselves on a train to Siberia or worse.
From the bestselling author of the 'War Girls Series' comes this nail-biting story about Berlin sliding into the Cold War.
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