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Rating Title: The Bachelor and the BrideAuthor: Sarah M. EdenPublication: September 6, 2022Publisher: Shadow MountainGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePages: 368 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) London, 1866 Dr. Barnabus Milligan has always felt called to help people, whether that means setting a broken bone or rescuing …

Title: The Codebreaker’s SecretAuthor: Sara AckermanPublication: August 2, 2022Publisher: MIRAGenre: Historical FictionPages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in “the dungeon” at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from …

Rating Title: The Librarian SpyAuthor: Madeline MartinPublication: July 26, 2022Publisher: Hanover Square PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 400 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads): Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the …

Rating Title: A Thousand MilesAuthor: Bridget MorrisseyPublication: June 21, 2022Publisher: BerkleyGenre: Women’s Fiction, RomancePages: 366 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Dee Matthews is the cohost of the smash-hit podcast Did I Forget To Tell You?, where she interviews family, friends, and past lovers. Nothing is off …

Rating Title: A Dress of Violet TaffetaAuthor: Tessa ArlenPublication: July 5, 2022Publisher: BerkleyGenre: Historical Fiction, Biographical FictionPages: 348 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of Belle Epoque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, a woman determined to shatter …

Rating Title: In a Dark, Dark WoodAuthor: Ruth WarePublication: August 4, 2015Publisher: GalleryGenre: ThrillerPages: 375 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) In a dark, dark woodNora hasn’t seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was …

Rating Title: Out of Her DepthAuthor: Lizzy BarberPublication: July 12, 2022Publisher: MIRAGenre: Domestic ThrillerPages: 381 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) In the lush green hills beyond Florence sits the Villa Medici—a graceful pensione surrounded by manicured gardens. Rachel, a college student from an unfashionable London suburb, can’t …

Rating Title: An Affair at StonecliffeAuthor: Candace CampPublication: May 24, 2022Publisher: HQN BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 356 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Noelle Rutherford will never be accepted by the London ton. Her late husband, Adam—a free-spirited aristocrat with bohemian tendencies—married her for love, much to the …

Rating Title: Flirting with FiftyAuthor: Jane PorterPublication: May 24, 2022Publisher: BerkleyGenre: Women’s FictionPages: 334 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Paige Newsom is finally at a place in her life where she’s comfortable. She loves her job as a college professor in Southern California, lives close …

Rating Title: A Brilliant Night of Stars and IceAuthor: Rebecca ConnollyPublication: April 5, 2022Publisher: Shadow Mountain PublishingGenre: Historical FictionPages: 304 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Shortly after midnight on April 15, 1912, the captain of the Carpathia, Arthur Rostron, wakes to a distress signal from …