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The Story Keeper

The Story Keeper Kelly Rimmer AN INDIE NEXT PICK • A LIBRARY READS #1 TOP PICK   "Kelly Rimmer is at her most skillful here… An emotional, haunting tale." —Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Dressmakers of LondonThe literary twist of Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea meets the family secrets of Kate Morton’s Homecoming when a woman discovers a curious novel in the… 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

The Diamond Eye

The Diamond Eye Kate Quinn · 2022 · ★ 4.3 In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son—but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper—a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three… Shares Romance

Under the Stars

Under the Stars Beatriz Williams NATIONAL BESTSELLER • When a daughter and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island to confront their complicated past, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier.From the New York Times bestselling author of Husbands & Lovers comes an epic tale of family legacy, love, and truths that echo down… Shares Romance

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers • A New York Times “Readers’ Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century” PickFrom the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotelIn 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a… Shares Romance

The Clan of the Cave Bear (with Bonus Content)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (with Bonus Content) Jean M. Auel This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThrough Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared… Shares Romance

Royal Witch Philippa Gregory Shares Romance with this book.

The Rose Code Kate Quinn Don’t miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, The Briar Club“The reigning queen of historical fiction” — Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue  The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II historical fiction novel of three female… Shares Romance

Harlem Rhapsody

Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR!“A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”—People Magazine“A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth.”—Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club Pick)She found the… Shares Romance

The Fire Agent David Baerwald New York Times Editors' Choice * A LitHub most anticipated book of 2026“Paced like a thriller, written like a dream.”—The Boston Globe“The Fire Agent has it all. This is one of those books that feels like a “book club” novel, but reads like an adventure movie.”—Men's Journal“A spy novel, a war story, a love story—brilliant historical fiction that is hardly fictional at all.”—Graham Yost,… Shares Romance

Summer of '69 Elin Hilderbrand Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel.Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's… 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

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 Ladies Hall

The Ladies Hall Vanessa Miller Shares Romance with this book.

The Boleyn Secret

The Boleyn Secret Alison Weir Shares Romance with this book.

The Fighting Agents

The Fighting Agents W. E. B. Griffin The Philippines, 1943: As the ragged remnants of the American forces stand against the might of the Imperial Japanese Army, a determined cadre of OSS agents becomes their only contact with the outside world-and their only hope for survival. 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 Winemaker's Wife

The Winemaker's Wife Kristin Harmel The author of the “engrossing” (People) international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Heather Morris’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the… Shares Romance

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