Fiction - Romance - Historical - 20th Century

A story of quiet courage and fierce love in the face of devastating illness.Detroit, 1952. Florence Miller is doing everything she can to hold her family together-nurturing her children, caring for their home, and creating moments of joy amid postwar uncertainty. But when her...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn estranged mother and daughter reunite to confront their family's role in World War II in this harrowing, unforgettable novel about lost love and inherited shame.For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer refused to talk about her life in Germany during World...

She needs a star for her wartime Christmas show. He needs a second chance. Together they stage a production neither expected. World War II USO director Maggie Oliver faces an impossible task: orchestrate a Christmas show in San Diego for thousands of sailors, with...

Author: Agatha Christie,Mary WestmacottPublisher: William Morrow & CompanyPublished: 06/10/2025Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.88dISBN: 9780063452565About the AuthorChristie, Agatha: - Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have...

A chance meeting on a windswept English moor sparks an obsessive--and soon deadly--love affair between two lonely young women in this clever inversion of the Gothic classics, with a fresh spin that could only come from the award-winning author of A Haunting on the...

They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem -- and made sure he had no choice but to...

Se enfrentaron al horror y lucharon contra la injusticia.Pero nada reconcilia más que el amor.Recién terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un Berlín arrasado y sin futuro aparente, Victoria sobrevive cantando cada noche en el club Kassandra. Pese a tener una mente prodigiosa, capaz...

Journey back to 1968 when the war in Vietnam is raging, when only pretty, young women in short skirts or "hot pants" are hired as stewardesses to wait on passengers, and when young soldiers are transported in and out of war zones on these...

Acclaimed author Xavier Bosch weaves an emotional tale of love and intrigue in this novel about a woman on the cusp of middle age, her beloved grandma, and a strange houseguest who changes everything.Seventeen-year-old Margaux doesn't realize one photo could change the course of...

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival.The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and...

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival.The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and...

A woman restoring a historic cottage on the English coast uncovers a startling connection to the past in a haunting and bittersweet novel about art, loss, and love by the author of Closest Kept.Elise, an artist grieving the loss of her son and a...

A tale inspired by real events of sisterhood, heartbreak and resilience in a Highland village home front in World War II Scotland.Clova, Scotland, 1942. As World War II roars overseas, sisters Nell and Effie Anderson live together in the old schoolhouse of their quiet...

The raw account of a life-altering affair in wartime London--"Han Suyin's outstanding achievement . . . her finest novel." (Alison Hennegan) As a college student in London during the bitterly cold winter of 1944, Red falls in love with her married classmate Mara. Their...

"A page-turner with honest characters who capture your heart and soul." -Faye KellermanLuring Nazi officers from smoky taverns to their deaths was not what Evi Strobel bargained for when she agreed to join the Dutch Resistance. But that is what she did until that...