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Pam Jenoff, bestselling author or numerous World War II based novels, answered a few questions about her upcoming novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, her life as a writer, and where she builds these inspiring stories from. Why did you decide to write this story? While looking for an idea …

Title: The Woman with the Blue StarAuthor: Pam JenoffPublication: May 4, 2021Publisher: Park Row BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 336 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and …

Title: The UnhoneymoonersAuthor: Christina LaurenPublication: May 14, 2019Publisher: Gallery BooksGenre: Comedic Literature, RomancePages: 434 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé …

Title: The Jane Austen SocietyAuthor: Natalie JennerPublication: May 26, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 313 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years …

Title: The Four WindsAuthor: Kristin HannahPublication: February 2, 2021Publisher: St. Martin’s PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 450 SYNOPSIS (From Goodreads) Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water …

Title: The Last Bookshop in LondonAuthor: Madline MartinPublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: Hanover Square PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 251 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and blackout curtains that she …

Title: In Times of Rain and WarAuthor: Camron WrightPublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: Shadow MountainGenre: Historical FictionPages: 312 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) During World War II, an American soldier encounters a German woman living a secret life in bomb-blighted London. In September of 1940, the Blitz had begun. Like other British civilians, …

Title: Just My LuckAuthor: Adele ParksPublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: MIRAGenre: Domestic ThrillersPages: 385 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) It’s the stuff dreams are made of – a lottery win so big, it changes everything. For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends, the Pearsons and …

Title: The Murder GameAuthor: Carrie DoylePublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: Sourcebooks FireGenre: YA Fiction, Thriller, SuspensePages: 384 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) What if your best friend and roommate killed a teacher at your prep school? Or what if he didn’t do it, but he’s being framed, and you’re the only person who …

Title: Before the Coffee Gets ColdAuthor: Toshikazu KawaguchiPublication: November 17, 2020Publisher: Hanover Square PressGenre: Science FictionPages: 227 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) What would you change if you could go back in time?  In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for …