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Across A Starlit Sky

by Susan Shalev

From the dark alleys of Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to the fires of the Inquisition in 17th century Portugal, two women's destinies are intertwined by a hidden past in this sweeping historical saga of love, faith and impossible choices. Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award - "A powerful story that stays with you long after the last page." If you love the emotional dual-timeline dramas of Kristin Harmel, Pam Jenoff, and Kate Quinn, discover this unforgettable epic today.

Hearts Beneath The Broken Sky

by James K Hawkins

Paris, 1939. In the City of Lights, charm and beauty prevail—until darkness descends. Jeanne Adler lives with her family, works at a French Ministry, and finds comfort in quiet routines—long walks, nights filled with books, and playful banter with her sister. Oliver Taylor has buried his grief beneath his work. A British diplomat in France, he fills his days with urgent telegrams and whispered negotiations. One spring morning, at the Invalides station, a smile turns into a conversation... and a conversation turns into everything. Paris trembles as German forces close in. Amid the chaos, Jeanne and Oliver's love seems inevitable, yet impossible. From strolls on the banks of the Seine to hurried goodbyes to the sound of sirens, every moment together seems brief, every promise fragile. She never thought she’d risk her own heart. He never thought he’d risk everything. But war doesn’t care.

The Cornerstone

by Josh Lowder

Some secrets were never meant to be uncovered. When a museum guard is murdered, Detective Brian Howard follows a trail of cryptic clues to a centuries-old conspiracy tied to America's founding. From Louisiana to Washington, D.C., he must uncover the truth behind the Capitol's lost cornerstone—before its guardians kill again.

The Song Cannot Be Silenced

by Aldon Law

What if you couldn’t talk? Who are you then? This literary/historical family saga grapples with voicelessness. It’s about secrets and belonging. Opening out a desperate sense of inevitability, it shows that bravery comes in many forms. What can one do when faced with circumstances beyond one’s control, when everything seems to conspire to entrap? When there’s no way out? Jean, a post-traumatic survivor of the WW1 Battle of the Somme, is trapped by his Québecois accent, which would betray his desertion and compromise his rescuer, Marie, a refugee from the front line. Sixty years later, Katarin, a journalism student in London on a Joint Study Programme from Brittany, is trapped by her writing expertise and her intractable stammer, until Jamie, a shy young man from a West End theatre crew, befriends her. Beta readers report a compelling, page-turning story that ‘they couldn’t put down.

Fraying Skeins

by Nancy Jardine

Escape In Paradise Evasion. 1870. Scotland Aberdeen becomes Margaret Law’s refuge. She makes do with menial jobs till tutoring employment creates a better living for her and her toddler son. When Johnny Fraser re-enters her life, it’s bliss, but will a move to St. Andrews mean the end of her relationship with Johnny? Johnny follows Margaret to St. Andrews but when his past indiscretions surface, can their love survive his secrets?

Learning to Breathe Again

by Tonya Cam

Two women. Lives they didn't choose. A friendship that dares them to want more. In Depression-era Florida, two women are brought to an isolated sugarcane town by husbands who never asked what they wanted. Mary is drowning in grief; Elena has survived too much to risk loving again. Their unlikely friendship becomes the one thing they can't afford to lose. 'Dramatically engaging and evocative of time and place.' —Kirkus Reviews. For readers of Marie Benedict, Fiona Davis, and Kristin Hannah. Book 1 of a trilogy, Book 2 out Sept. 15.

The Cardboard King

by Chris Atkin

A fractured family. A wounded nation. A traitor in the ranks. Spain, 1973. General Franco has ruled for decades but his grip on the country is weakening as his health deteriorates. When terrorists assassinate his prime minister, all eyes turn to Franco’s anointed successor, the inexperienced Prince Juan Carlos. Despite being groomed by Franco from a young age, the prince harbours a secret ambition to dismantle the dictator’s regime. In the years following Franco’s death, terrorist attacks become a daily occurrence and Spain descends into economic turmoil. Juan Carlos must decide whom he can trust to restore order. When armed forces launch a violent coup, the nation teeters on the brink of another civil war. In this sweeping political thriller based on true events, Franco’s heir must decide whether to protect his crown or gamble everything to forge Spain’s new future.

The Librarian of Amsterdam

by Uri Dushy

Amsterdam, 1943. Once a librarian, Sophie is now a ghost, a Jewish forger whose pen gives hunted children new names and a chance to live. Little Hannah calls her Mommy. As the Nazis hunt "The Librarian," Sophie must choose between the child she loves and the network that saves hundreds. For fans of The Nightingale. 4.6 stars, $0.99.

Becoming the Twilight Empress

by Faith Justice

In a tumultuous time of violence, betrayal, and ruthless evil, can one charismatic young woman survive the bloodshed? Ravenna, A.D. 408. Placidia's her emperor brother accuses their powerful foster father of treason, the naive imperial princess tries to reason with her sibling to no avail. After the man is lured out of sanctuary and brutally executed, she flees the toxic court to avoid a forced marriage… but to dubious safety. Braving increasing peril on journey to Rome, Placidia barely survives impassable swamps, imperial assassins, and bands of barbarians. With the city under Gothic siege, a starving populace, and violent mobs threatening civil disorder, the daughter of Theodosius the Great must navigate fraught politics to become a vigilant leader… or face an early death. Can she rise above an empire descending into chaos?

Son of Helena: Constantine the Great, Book I

by Tony Jones

Before he was Constantine the Great, he was a bastard son and a political hostage in a fracturing Roman Empire. Raised in the shadow of legitimacy, sent to the court of a rival emperor as a guarantee of his father's loyalty, the young Constantine learns early that survival demands more than birthright — it demands cunning, ruthlessness, and the willingness to kill. Around him, four emperors circle each other like wolves, and a dangerous new faith spreads in the empire's shadows, one his formidable mother Helena has quietly embraced. Torn between the ambitions of his father, the treachery of rivals, and the unshakeable conviction of the woman who raised him, Constantine must decide what kind of ruler — and what kind of man — he will become. Son of Helena is the first novel in an epic trilogy about the man who reshaped an empire and changed the course of faith forever.

One Summer at Helgeveld Farm

by John Blois

In 1949, Will Parlor sees a familiar silhouette across a busy Chicago street. In that moment, he is carried back to the summer of 1917, where, at seventeen, he was a summer worker on an Illinois farm. That summer, he grew close to the Dutch-American Helgeveld family, especially daughters Vlinder and Corrie. Will falls in love with Vlinder, but a sudden tragedy threatens the farm. Despite a promise to return the following year, misfortune and family duty keep him at home in Pittsburgh. Thirty-two years later, that chance encounter on a Chicago street rekindles the summer that shaped his life, and brings back the love, the loss, and the weight of promises made in youth and carried across a lifetime. One Summer at Helgeveld Farm is rich in period details and travels alongside the turbulent landscape and sweeping changes of early twentieth-century America.

The Shadow of the Seal

by Howard Thompson

Before Timothy became the trusted companion of the Apostle Paul, he was a young man growing up between two worlds. In first-century Lystra, Timothy is raised in the faith of his Jewish mother and grandmother while living under the shadow of Roman culture and his Greek heritage. When Paul and Barnabas arrive preaching that the promised Messiah has come, Timothy witnesses events that challenge everything he thought he understood about faith, suffering, and the purposes of God. As opposition grows and the cost of following Jesus becomes increasingly clear, Timothy must decide what he believes—and whether he is willing to follow the path opening before him. The Shadow of the Seal is a biblical historical novel set within the world of Acts, bringing to life the people, places, conflicts, and faith that shaped Timothy before he joined Paul on his missionary journeys.

It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 classic follows small-town newspaper editor Doremus Jessup as populist politician Buzz Windrip rises to the presidency and establishes an authoritarian regime. A political satire and cautionary tale, It Can’t Happen Here explores propaganda, complacency, resistance, and the fragility of democratic institutions.

The Shieldwall Oath

by Daniel Eroom

Bound by an oath forged in battle, brothers Eadric and Aldwin stand together against a brutal Danish assault on Harthun Hill—an act of sacrifice that sends Eadric to the healing sanctuary of Rowan Hollow. There he meets Linnet and Eira, daughters of the village healer, and the four lives become entwined in friendship, conflict, and unexpected affection. When the Danes return under a feared warleader, tragedy strikes, shattering the bonds that held them together. In the aftermath, Eadric and Eira must rebuild their lives from grief, finding strength, love, and purpose as Rowan Hollow’s defenders. As vengeance marches south, the final battle will test their courage, their oath, and the future they hope to claim. The Shieldwall Oath is a sweeping tale of war, brotherhood, healing, and the quiet triumph of love in a world torn by conflict.

Enduring Roots

by B. Ashford

In a village in northern Italy, the olive grove her grandfather planted is the one thing Rosa Rossi still recognizes as hers — everything else has slipped into a war she never wanted. Her three children are choosing sides she can't control: Giovanni sails for America with a silver pendant around his neck and his mother's blessing at his back; Marco pulls on a Blackshirt uniform and calls it duty; Lucia hides resistance pamphlets in the flour tin Rosa thought was hers alone. For a decade, the Rossi family is pulled in four directions, and when the family is finally seated together again, the questions aren't about who was right. They're about what's left to forgive — and whether roots planted deep enough can survive being tested.

This book contains scenes of: torture

The Nationalists

by Liam Robert Mullen

Dublin, 1916. As the Easter Rising erupts, Tony McAnthony is swept into a rebellion that will change Ireland forever. Inside the GPO he meets Angela O'Sullivan: fearless, defiant, and committed to the cause. When the Rising collapses and Tony is imprisoned, loyalties fracture and ideals are tested. A powerful story of love, sacrifice, and the price of freedom where no one escapes unscathed.

Shadowland

by C.M. Gray

Before Camelot. Before the sword in the stone. Before Arthur ever drew breath, there was his father—Uther Pendragon. Shadowland is the story that comes before the legend, revealing the fractured Britain that shaped a king. Saxon invaders press against the coasts, and rival tribes war for dominance, threatening to tear the land apart. Into this chaos steps Uther Pendragon—a warrior driven by ambition, haunted by loss, and destined to unite Britain's warring factions under a single banner. But unity demands a price. Betrayal lurks among allies, ancient powers stir in the shadows, and every choice Uther makes will echo through generations—setting in motion the birth of his son, Arthur, and the fall of a kingdom not yet born. Shadowland, Book One of the Pendragon Saga trilogy, the true beginning of the Arthurian Legend.

A Norseman's Dream

by Miles Grant

A gritty, epic Viking Saga for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Peter Gibbons. He left Norway so his sons would never know a warrior's fate. Now, to save them from the Christians, he must take up his axe again. Erik Erikson sailed from Norway to find a new life for his family on the green shores of Alba. Once there, he discovers that the Gaelic people of Dal Riata, the western kingdom of Alba, have not taken kindly to the years of raids and the desecration of their monasteries. The God of the Christians is stronger than Erik believed and he finds his people under attack from those who worship the Nailed God. Realizing too late that his ambitions were foolish and selfish, Erik is forced to choose between his dream and those he loves. Are the gods punishing him for leaving Norway, or are they forging him into the leader he never wanted to be?

This book contains scenes of: torture

The Bowman Boys

by D.W. Ulsterman

A father and his four sons fight to survive and thrive during the time of Prohibition. The Bowman Boys is a raucous mix of action, mystery, and romance.

The Sutor of Selkirk

by Alina Kamajian

When London detective Jonathan Harrow is summoned to the Scottish Borderlands to investigate the disappearance of Lord Alastair Drummond, he expects secrets, deception, and perhaps a family scandal. What he does not expect is a town gripped by fear of an old legend. For generations, the people of Selkirk have whispered of Rabbie Heckspeckle — the vanished shoemaker known only as The Sutor. They say that whenever the sound of a cobbler’s hammer echoes through the night, death walks beside it. As Harrow digs deeper into the mystery, he uncovers buried family scandals, forbidden love, intentionally altered records, and a murder hidden for over a century. But strange apparitions stalk the forests of Ettrick, ghostly figures appear where no living soul should stand, and the line between superstition and truth begins to fracture. Do some secrets surface seeking justice?

Corvus

by Gemma Luna

Corvus is a sweeping historical epic, moving from the whisper-filled corridors of Roman palaces to the visceral grit of 1st-century Judaea. The novel explores the cold calculations of empire alongside the intimate, tragic human cost paid by those crushed under its wheels. It is a story of faith, treachery, and the shadows where true history is forged. You are transported into the first century by descriptions rich with sensory detail—the reek of imperial arrogance in Rome, the taste of ash in the air, the sacred silence of the Temple before its fall. If you love a plot twist, you’re getting one—and not the one you bargained for either. This book is daring and unforgettable. It will leave you with a profound sense of unease at the idea that the “truth” is often a carefully constructed artifice, and that history is a weapon.