Lawman Clint Brannock has survived his two brothers and become the patriarch of the extensive Brannock family. Elizabeth, his stouthearted sister-in-law, is a political powerhouse in her own right. Now Clint is commissioned to track...
Historical fiction
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Author:Braun, MattSummary: - Author:Scott, PaulSummary:
The Japanese are defeated and India moves jerkily towards independence from Britain. Divided loyalties and religious antagonism form the tangled background to this, the last novel of the "Raj Quartet" series.
- Author:Taylor, PatrickSummary:
Patrick Taylor's devoted readers know Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as a pugnacious general practitioner in the quaint Irish village of Ballybucklebo. Now Taylor turns back the clock to give us a portrait of the young...
- Author:Bowen, KellySummary:
Noah Ellery has managed to avoid any complications or entanglements--that is, until he lays eyes on Elise and realizes there's more to this beautiful woman than meets the eye.
- Author:Todd, CharlesSummary:
Unhealed scars of the Great War still torment Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge. A haunted, damaged shell of a man, he has been sent to the small coastal town of Hampton Regis to solve a violent crime and to confront his own tragic...
- Author:Alexander, TashaSummary:
At her friend Ivy's behest, Lady Emily Ashton reluctantly agrees to attend a party at the sprawling English country estate of a man she finds odious. But the despised Lord Fortescue is not to be her greatest problem. Kristiana von Lange...
- Author:Mistry, RohintonSummary:
A Fine Balance is in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a "State of Internal Emergency." Through days of...
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
Jack, Baron Warnefleet, narrowly avoids marriage when he flees London for the refuge of his estate. But there waits Lady Clarice Altwood, whose beauty is impossible to ignore.
- Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
Captain Alan Lewrie and his small squadron defeat four French frigates off northern Spain, winning honor, glory, and renown. So, why is such a successful captain suddenly without a ship, or another active commission? Why do rumors swirl...
- Author:Chisvin, HeatherSummary:
The mystery surrounding Anna Grieve and her mentally fragile older sister, Esther, begins in Russia in the 1880s. The persecution of Jews has become so vicious that the girls' mother decides to send her children to Winnipeg with...
- Author:Olson, Jessica S.Summary:
Myra is a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies. It's a secret she's kept well hidden until the governor's wife discovers the truth and orders her to complete a portrait that resurrects her dead son...
- Author:Crane, TeresaSummary:
It was a lovely summer's day - perfect for a garden party. Everything seemed at peace for the Jordan family. But by the time the party was over, the Jordan's tranquil existence was shattered. The year was 1936 and Richard, the only son...
- Author:Jin, HaSummary:
Meet the Wu family—father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao. They are arranging to fully sever ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square, and to begin a new, free life in the United States. At first,...
- Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:
WWII veteran Aloysius Archer is fresh out of prison and heads to California, where there's money to be made if you're hard-working, lucky, a criminal, or all three.
- Author:Towles, AmorSummary:
A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the...
- Author:Sebastian, CatSummary:
Once beloved by London's fashionable elite, Hartley Sedgwick has become a recluse after a spate of salacious gossip exposed his most-private secrets. Rarely venturing from the house whose inheritance is a daily reminder of his downfall...
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
Viscount Torrington is the hottest commodity in town as London's matchmaking season begins. But the viscount only has eyes for the penniless Widow Carrington, who has recently been accused of murder.
- Author:Ní Ghríofa, DoireannSummary:
When we first met, I was a child, and she had been dead for centuries. On discovering her murdered husband's body, an eighteenth-century Irish noblewoman drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary lament. Eibhlin...
- Author:Atkinson, KateSummary:
War survivor Teddy Todd is a would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather who must navigate a rapidly changing world, living in a future he never expected to have.
- Author:Cohoe, SamanthaSummary:
"A vivid ride through eighteenth century Europe with darkness and dread creeping at its corners. Utterly enchanting." - Emily A. Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints "Cohoe transmutes the legend...
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