The stars in the sky have come to life to defend themselves against those who want to harness their powers. Much to her surprise, Honorine is the crux of it all, the center of an epic clash between magic and science, the old ways and...
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Author:Becker, LindseySummary: -
Author:Park, JacquelineSummary:A sweeping saga of intrigue and romance set during the Italian Renaissance and told through the eyes of Grazia dei Rossi, a young Jewish woman torn between duty and forbidden romance, who wins our hearts with her recorded secrets of...
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The house cleaner of a famous author must carry out her employer's shocking last wish in this delightful new novel from beloved author Phaedra Patrick Mother of two Liv Green barely scrapes by as a maid to make ends meet, often...
- Author:Klassen, JulieSummary:
Pampered Margaret Macy flees her home in London to avoid marrying a dishonorable man. Now, with no money and no place to stay, Margaret does the unthinkable: she takes a job as a housemaid in the home of two brothers--both of whom are...
- Author:McFadden, FreidaSummary:
"Don't go in the guest bedroom." A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick's face as he touches the door with his fingertips. "My wife...she's very ill." As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling...
- Author:McFadden, FreidaSummary:
"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I...
- Author:Ogawa, YōkoSummary:
Yoko Ogawa presents an original, beautifully written story about a brilliant man who must live with only eighty minutes of short-term memory and the astute young housekeeper who cares for him.
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Author:Cayley, KateSummary:Françoise Laurent has never had an easy life. The only surviving child of a destitute washerwoman and wayward soldier, she must rely only on herself to get by. When her parents die suddenly from the smallpox ravishing New France (modern...
- Author:Bardugo, LeighSummary:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. A most anticipated book of 2024 by The Washington Post, NPR, Goodreads, LitHub, The Nerd Daily, Paste Magazine, Today....
- Author:Bunn, T. Davis, Oke, JanetteSummary:
Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage, is secretly commissioned to discover the truth behind the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine while also being engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the...
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Author:Hardy, ThomasSummary:What do sexual violation, murderous farm implements, and Stonehenge all have in common? Thomas Hardy’s classic heartbreaker. On the one hand, this might be the most depressing novel you’ll ever read. On the other hand, women have come a...
- Author:HARDY, ThomasSummary:
Forced by her parents' ambitions among her wealthy D'Urberville cousins, Tess Durbeyfield attracts the unscrupulous Alec. Seduced and discarded, she finds work as a milkmaid, and her steadfast integrity is finally rewarded by...
- Author:Woods, JanetSummary:
Dorset, 1917. If it's not enough that a girl from a good background is forced to work as a maid, Livia Carr is then violated by the master of the house and becomes pregnant. Her only course is to marry the son of the house, Richard...
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Author:Parreñas, Rhacel SalazarSummary:Servants of Globalization is a poignant and often troubling study of migrant Filipina domestic workers who leave their own families behind to do the mothering and caretaking work of the global economy in countries throughout the world....
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Author:Davidson, DianaSummary:In the deep winter of 1891, on the Métis settlement of Lac St. Anne, known as Manito Sakahigan in Cree, "Spirit Lake" has been renamed for the patron saint of childbirth. It is here that people journey in search of tradition, redemption...
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Author:Brightwell, EmilySummary:It was a most peculiar murder. A man's body was found in the canal-but the evidence showed that he had drowned in a bathtub. A theater critic known for his savage reviews, the victim had had a full cast of enemies. While Inspector...
- Author:Gallico, PaulSummary:
Responsible for cleaning the homes of the rich, Mrs Harris is a humble charlady with a knack for putting things in order wherever she goes. When, much to her surprise, she wins a trip for two beyond the Iron Curtain, she has no idea of...
- Author:Land, StephanieSummary:
A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
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Author:Kincaid, JamaicaSummary:Lucy, a teenager from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis, Mariah, and their children. Yet, almost at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful façade. At the same time Lucy is also...
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Author:Carey, JacquelineSummary:A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger... a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm... Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into...
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