Tag: Historical Fiction
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Dust Child
A saga about two Vietnamese sisters, an American veteran, and an Amerasian man whose lives intersect in surprising ways, set during and after the war in Việt Nam.
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Night Wherever We Go
A debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their owners.
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The Diamond Eye
Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper.
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Atomic Anna
An epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their past.
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Yellow Wife
Pheby has lived a relatively sheltered like on a plantation, shielded by the master’s sister and her mother’s position. She has been promised freedom on her 18th birthday, but just before she turns 18 she is sent to the Devil’s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia.
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The Magnolia Palace
Formerly a sought-after artists’ model, Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven. So when she stumbles upon an employment as a private secretary at the Frick mansion—a building that, ironically, bears her own visage—Lillian jumps at the chance. The more deeply…
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The Alice Network
Two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
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Harlem Shuffle
Ray Carney is trying to establish himself as a business and family man. With cash tight and a baby on the way, Ray is convinced to help his cousin Freddie do one last heist. But can Ray keep himself straight or will this heist get him back in the game or killed?
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue
A story of two women connected through family whose lives center around the New York Public Library and the strange disappearance of priceless books and antiquities.
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