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Historical Fiction July 2018
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| The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle GableWhat it is: an inspired-by-real-life tale of love, politics, and glamour, starring a young Jack Kennedy -- an up-and-coming congressman from Hyannis Port, MA -- and Alicia Darr, the Polish immigrant with whom he fell in love.
For fans of: multi-generational family sagas -- or, of course, the Kennedy family.
Reviewers say: “An alternate Kennedy family history that will leave readers wondering whether America knew the real JFK at all” (Kirkus Reviews). |
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The coven
by Graham Masterton
An orphaned apothecary’s daughter becomes suspicious after 12 girls go missing from their jobs at a factory and the owner claims they were witches sacrificed by satan, in the second novel of the series following Scarlet Widow.
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Counting on a Countess
by Eva Leigh
In order to inherit a sizeable fortune, Christopher “Kit” Ellingsworth must marry within one month and sets his sights on the bold, mysterious Miss Tamsyn Pearce who agrees to his proposal, but when fortunes are reversed, all bets are off as their business arrangement becomes anything but convenient. Original. 80,000 first printing.
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The last watchman of Old Cairo : a novel
by Michael David Lukas
A Berkeley literature student from a mixed-faith family receives a mysterious package that draws him into a quest to uncover his ancestors' tangled history as watchmen for Old Cairo's storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue. By the award-winning author of The Oracle of Stamboul.
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The restless sea
by Vanessa de Haan
Absorbing and richly observed, The restless sea is a masterful story of the turbulent years of the Second World War. Three lives collide in a way that only the war makes possible. Jack, a child of the Blitz, has fled the law to become a seaman in the Merchant Navy. The frozen world of the Russian Arctic convoys may be harsh, but it opens his eyes to a new life. While on leave in the Navy's secret Scottish harbour, Jack meets Olivia, the cosseted daughter of an officer family. Free to roam, Olivia relishes the new freedom granted by war. But her family and especially the well-connected Charlie, now a fast-rising pilot don't welcome these changes. Least of all the arrival of Jack, the boy who casts doubt on each of their futures. The war inflicts danger and social upheaval like never before. But the most unlikely friendships are forged in times when people live like they don't want tomorrow to come.
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Ghost riders : a novel
by Sharyn McCrumb
Disguising herself as a boy to join the Union Army alongside her husband, Malinda Blalock raids the farms of Confederate sympathizers and promotes the efforts of governor Zebulon Vance, who would protect Appalachian interests.
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The seamstress : a novel
by Frances de Pontes Peebles
As seamstresses, the young sisters Emília and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents in the cross fire. Having mastered the clothing maker's art at an early age, orphaned siblings Emília and Luzia dos Santos harbor individual dreams for the future but find their lives playing out divergently as the wife of a wealthy doctor's son and a member of a rebel bandit gang.
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Wildfire in his arms
by Johanna Lindsey
Heading west, gunfighter Degan Grant discovers a new sense of purpose when he is hired to capture a beautiful fugitive and turn her into a corrupt sheriff who would see her hanged
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| Becoming Bonnie: The Crash of the Century: When Bonnie Met Clyde by Jenni L. WalshWhat it’s about: We’ve all heard of the notorious couple Bonnie and Clyde -- but what led Bonnelyn Parker down the primrose path to a life of crime? Follow her from her poverty-stricken Texas beginnings into a 1927 speakeasy, where she takes a second job to help support her family -- and meets one Clyde Barrow.
Further reading: Bonnie and Clyde by Bill Brooks.
Keep an eye out for: Side by Side, the sequel to Becoming Bonnie, which published in June. |
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