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HistoricalRomance
by Susanna Kearsley
Nicola Marter can sense the history of an object by touching it, a gift she keeps hidden. When a woman brings in a carving said to have belonged to Empress Catherine, Nicola needs proof, and turns to Rob McMorran, whose gift is stronger. The trail leads back to 1700s Scotland and Russia.
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ContemporaryRomance
Katherine Reay
Lucy Alling sells rare books out of a Chicago design shop, until a client, James, catches her in a lie that could cost her career. His grandmother Helen invites Lucy to England anyway, and their tour of literary landmarks, all the way to the Brontë home at Haworth, makes Lucy face her own past before she can move forward.
HistoricalContemporary
Evie Woods
In the 1920s, Opaline Carlisle runs from an arranged marriage to Paris and then Dublin, where she opens a bookshop of her own. A century later in Dublin, Martha, starting her life over, and Henry, a scholar chasing a lost manuscript, stumble on a shop that seems to appear and vanish. A dual-timeline story about books, second chances and a little magic.
Historical
Elizabeth Musser
Provence, summer 1944. In the town of Sisteron, Isabelle Seauve helps the Resistance hide Jewish children. Her fifteen-year-old cousin René reaches her after a German attack, bringing an orphaned Jewish girl with him, while an American army chaplain, Peter Christensen, still carries what he saw in North Africa. Their three stories meet as the Allies bomb the town.
