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Go as a River Shelley Read · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of… Shares Romance

I, Medusa Ayana Gray · 2025 · ★ 4.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Romance with this book.

The Enemy’s Wife

The Enemy’s Wife Deborah Swift 'A fast-paced, beautifully written, and moving story. Refreshing to read a book set in a different theatre of war. Wartime Shanghai jumped off the page' CLARE FLYNN'Wow what a stunning read this was … All the moments in this book held me' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unputdownable read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐1941. When Zofia’s beloved husband Haru is conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army, she is left… Shares Romance

World Without End

World Without End Ken Follett #1 New York Times BestsellerIn 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. World Without End is its equally irresistible sequel—set two hundred years after The Pillars of the Earth and three hundred years after the… Shares Romance

The Stolen Queen

The Stolen Queen Fiona Davis *A New York Times Bestseller*From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back.Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is… Shares Romance

Snake River Slaughter

Snake River Slaughter William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone Matt Jensen is the adopted son of mountain man Smoke Jensen: his soul was forged by violence and hardship, his calling the sound of a gun. . .Snake River MassacreMatt Jensen didn't want to kill two murderers in Wyoming but he had no choice. Now, his fame has reached into Idaho Territory where a woman Matt knew as a child in an orphanage is being hunted by predators. . . Kitty Wellington inherited… Shares Romance

All the Broken Places

All the Broken Places John Boyne · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate “You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The World According to Garp “Exceptional, layered and compelling…This book moves like a freight train.” —Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of In LoveFrom the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a… Shares Romance

Horse Geraldine Brooks · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME“A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just… Shares Romance

I, Medusa Ayana Gray NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “captivating villain origin story” (People Book of the Week) reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine“Ayana Gray brings her fresh, dynamic storytelling to one of the most monstered, maligned, and misunderstood women of Greek myth, imagining all the girls that Medusa was and could have been.”—Jennifer… Shares Romance

The Sunflower House

The Sunflower House Adriana Allegri The beloved international bestseller!Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid's Tale—during World War II.In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it's 1939, Adolf Hitler… Shares Romance

Pacific Glory P. T. Deutermann A thrilling, multi-layered World War II adventure following two men and an unforgettable woman, from Pearl Harbor through the most dramatic air and sea battles of the war Marsh, Mick, and Tommy were inseparable friends during their naval academy years, each man desperately in love with the beautiful, unattainable Glory Hawthorne. Graduation set them on separate paths into the military, but they… Shares Romance

James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

James (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Percival Everett PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view • In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • SHORTLISTED FOR THE… Shares Romance

The Mountains We Call Home

The Mountains We Call Home Kim Michele Richardson From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek comes a triumphant tale of a librarian’s fight to bring literacy to the prisons of Kentucky and the underserved neighborhoods of downtown Louisville, revealing a story of fierce love, quiet strength, and the healing power of books.When Cussy Lovett, a Packhorse Librarian famed for bringing books to the people of… Shares Romance

The Book Club for Troublesome Women

The Book Club for Troublesome Women Marie Bostwick USA TODAY BESTSELLER · SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER · A BRENDA NOVAK BOOK GROUP PICK · GLOSS BOOK CLUB PICK · THE GIRLFRIEND BOOK CLUB PICK · A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 (SheReads) · Margaret never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution, for that matter in this bold and plucky novel from New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick."Ideal for fans of historical… Shares Romance

No Longer Human

No Longer Human Osamu Dazai & Donald Keene Shares Romance with this book.

Morgan's Run Colleen McCullough From the internationally bestselling author of The Thorn Birds comes a breathtaking saga brimming with drama, history, and passion set in 18th-century Australia, following a wrongfully convicted man whose courage, resilience, and hope help forge a new life on the brutal colonial frontier.Following the disappearance of his only son and the death of his beloved wife, Richard Morgan is falsely… Shares Romance

The Sweetness of Forgetting

The Sweetness of Forgetting Kristin Harmel The “beautifully complex” (Woman’s Day) classic that made Kristin Harmel a superstar follows a woman who must travel from Cape Cod to Paris to uncover a family secret for her dying grandmother that could change everything. Updated with a new author’s note and recipes for this 10th anniversary edition!At thirty-six, Hope McKenna-Smith is no stranger to bad news. She lost her mother to cancer, her… Shares Romance

Templar Assassin

Templar Assassin Angus Donald Shares Romance with this book.

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