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Junie - a powerful, pre-Civil War story of a strong enslaved young woman.
This captivating story begins in 1860 in Alabama. Junie and her relatives are enslaved by William McQueen, an alcoholic whose cotton...

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Feb 6, 2025


Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love - a heartwarming story about second chances.
Eddie Winston is a funny, kind, and sentimental 90-year-old who volunteers at the local charity store in Birmingham, UK. He brings home...

MicheleReader
Feb 6, 2025


Last Twilight in Paris - a powerful WWII-era story featuring two strong women.
This dual-timeline novel starts in 1943, in Paris. Helaine has just been arrested. Her husband Gabriel, a cellist, is missing in Germany...

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Feb 4, 2025


Harlem Rhapsody - the story of an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Jessie Redmon Fauset may not be a familiar name but the literary icons she championed during the Harlem Renaissance certainly are. This...

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Feb 2, 2025


Head Cases - a clever, action-packed police procedural and the start of a new series.
Gardner Camden is a member of the Patterns and Recognitions (PAR) unit, a specialized group of FBI agents with advanced analytical and...

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Jan 31, 2025


Penitence - an emotional look at grief, guilt, remorse, healing, forgiveness, and love.
Set in the small ski resort town of Lodgepole, Colorado, we meet Angie Sheehan who is married to David, a park ranger. When the story...

MicheleReader
Jan 29, 2025


The Girls of the Glimmer Factory - a memorable WWII-era story about resiliency and the danger of propaganda.
In 1940, after leaving Munich for Prague several years earlier, Hannah Kaufman and her family realized they had to escape persecution and...

MicheleReader
Jan 27, 2025


The Family Inside - a dark, atmospheric thriller with shocking twists and turns.
Iris Blodgett has been facing difficult times. Her beloved husband Jack was murdered three years ago, and the case remains unsolved. Her...

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Jan 24, 2025


Good Dirt - a beautiful exploration of heritage and resiliency.
Life was good when Ed and Soh Freeman moved from Massachusetts to an affluent Connecticut shoreline community with their son Baz and...

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Jan 22, 2025


The Inheritance - a family reunion focused on greed.
The Agarwal family is at a crossroads. Patriarch Raj (Papa) is the sole owner of PetroVision, a successful company based in Delhi....

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Jan 20, 2025


Let's Call Her Barbie - a fascinating and nostalgic retelling of the history of every girl's best friend.
In the 1950s, Mattel, a successful toy company based in Los Angeles, was on the hunt for their next major success. Ruth Handler, who...

MicheleReader
Jan 17, 2025


Beautiful Ugly - after an author's wife disappears, he travels to a remote and strange Scottish island to write again in this twisty thriller.
Author Grady Green has received the best news: his new book made the New York Times bestseller list. He's eagerly waiting for his wife...

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Jan 15, 2025


Cross My Heart - a tense, creative psychological thriller.
Rosie Lachlan, a heart transplant recipient, manages her family's Boston-area bridal shop and desperately wants to find "the one." She...

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Jan 13, 2025


Ace, Marvel, Spy - an engaging novel about tennis great Alice Marble.
In the late 1930s, Alice Marble was among the world's leading tennis players and is still regarded as one of America's greatest female...

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Jan 10, 2025


The Lotus Shoes - a moving story of two women from opposite sides of society in 19th-century China.
In 1800s China, the lives of Little Flower and Linjing Fong become intertwined when they are children. After her father's death,...

MicheleReader
Jan 7, 2025


The Stolen Queen - Fiona Davis sets her latest captivating historical fiction at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Egypt.
It's 1978 in New York City and Charlotte Cross is associate curator of the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Egyptian Art. While...

MicheleReader
Jan 2, 2025


The Last Fashion House in Paris - a young woman seeks redemption during WWII in occupied France.
Paulette Leblanc was once a carefree young socialite. However, when the Germans took over France, her imprudent actions led to an...

MicheleReader
Dec 23, 2024


Madwoman - a woman tries to escape an abusive childhood but her past catches up with her.
Clove lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two children. And she's living a lie. Her husband believes that her parents died in...

MicheleReader
Dec 19, 2024


The Champagne Letters - the world of 19th-century champagne and a modern-day search for happiness in Paris makes for one sparkling read.
Natalie Taylor struggles to overcome her husband's betrayal and their divorce. Seeking an escape, she travels to Paris. There, she buys a...

MicheleReader
Dec 17, 2024


What the Wife Knew - an entertaining slow-burn thriller.
Three months after the marriage of renowned New York pediatric surgeon Richmond Dougherty to his second and much younger wife Addison,...

MicheleReader
Dec 11, 2024
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