Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Georgeanna “Georgey” Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. In proving them wrong, she […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Click to View the Book Club Kit. Listen to a Sample of the AudioBook. Most castles are protected by men. This one by women. A founding mother… 1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette’s political partner in the fight for American independence. […]
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Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Watch Our Genre Swap Discussion with Paula McLain and Lisa Scottoline. What war destroys, only love can heal. Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Click to View or Download the Book Club Kit. Click to Watch the Book Trailer. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an […]
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From Coco Chanel to an American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II, these historical fiction novels are inspired by the real lives of some of history’s most influential women. Click for More Historical Fiction Starring Real Women.
An intimate portrait of a friendship severed by history, and a sweeping saga of wartime, motherhood, and legacy by an award-winning novelist East Village, 1989 Things had never been easy between Ava Fisher and her estranged mother Ilse. Too many questions hovered between them: Who was Ava’s father? Where had Ilse been during the […]
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