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The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Early in October 1832, a travelling-carriage stopped on the summit of that long descent where the road pitches from the elevated plain of Moudon in Switzerland to the level of the lake of Geneva, immediately above the little city of Vevey. The postilion had dismounted to chain a wheel, and the halt enabled those he conducted to catch a glimpse of the lovely scenery of that remarkable view. Shares Americans, Classic Literature

The Down Home Zombie Blues Linnea Sinclair · 2007 · 530p · ≈ 17h · Moderate In this steamy, suspenseful new novel from RITA Award--winning author Linnea Sinclair, a dangerously sexy space commander and an irresistibly earthy Florida police detective pair up to save the civilized galaxy . . . but can they save themselves from each other?Bahia Vista homicide detective Theo Petrakos thought he'd seen it all. Then a mummified corpse and a room full of futuristic hardware… Shares Police, Romance

The Diamond Eye

The Diamond Eye Kate Quinn Don’t miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, The Briar Club!New York Times BestsellerThe bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable work of WWII historical fiction about a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her… Shares Romance

The Obituary Writer

The Obituary Writer Ann Hood A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless marriage or follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in 1919, Vivien… Shares Romance

Fishbone Cinderella

Fishbone Cinderella Elizabeth Lim A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this “enchanting multi-generational tale” (People) with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate.★“Lim dazzles in her dark and deftly woven adult debut. . . . Blending the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter… Shares Romance

Templar Assassin

Templar Assassin Angus Donald Shares Romance with this book.

Maive And The Shivaree

Maive And The Shivaree Debra Samms Shares Romance with this book.

Alaska

Alaska James A. Michener & Steve Berry In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation… Shares Romance

A Far-flung Life

A Far-flung Life M.L. Stedman From the mega bestselling and acclaimed author of The Light Between Oceans, a global phenomenon, comes a magnificent and spectacularly moving new novel about family secrets that must never be revealed, and what the heart can endure for the sake of love.When we do something that can’t be undone or mended, how do we go on living? How do we find our north star when there is no right answer? These… Shares Romance

The Last Carolina Girl

The Last Carolina Girl Meagan Church "Unforgettable, this a powerful debut to savor." — Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome CreekA searing book club novel for fans of Where the Crawdad's Sing and The Girls in the Stilt House following one girl fighting for her family, her body, and her right to create a future all her ownSome folks will do anything to control the wild spirit of… Shares Romance

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

The Artist and the Feast

The Artist and the Feast Lucy Steeds INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 • WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE WINNER 2025   The Artist and the Feast is a captivating novel of love, art, food, desire and thwarted ambition, which builds propulsively over one scorching French summer in 1920s Provence. During a scorching summer in 1920s Provence, a young journalist, Joseph Adelaide,… Shares Romance

Menewood

Menewood Nicola Griffith Named a Best Book of the Year by Vox and AutostraddleMaking a much-anticipated return to the world of Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change. Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking’s court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and… Shares Romance

Daughters of the Sun and Moon

Daughters of the Sun and Moon Lisa See An instant New York Times bestseller!From beloved bestselling author Lisa See, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post–Civil War Los Angeles. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar, is entrancing… Shares Romance

The Kitchen House

The Kitchen House Kathleen Grissom Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of the highly anticipated Glory Over Everything, established herself as a remarkable new talent with The Kitchen House, now a contemporary classic. In this gripping novel, a dark secret threatens to expose the best and worst in everyone tied to the estate at a thriving plantation in Virginia in the decades before the Civil War.Orphaned during… Shares Romance

A Dress of Violet Taffeta

A Dress of Violet Taffeta Tessa Arlen A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of La Belle Époque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, who shattered the boundaries of fashion with her magnificently sensual and enchantingly unique design from the USA Today bestselling author of In Royal Service to the Queen.Lucy Duff Gordon knows she is talented. She sees color, light, and texture in ways few people can begin to imagine. But is… Shares Romance

The Pirate Queen

The Pirate Queen Ariel Lawhon Shares Romance with this book.

Royal Witch

Royal Witch Philippa Gregory Shares Romance with this book.

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