Kind Are Her Answers: A Novel

Kind Are Her Answers: A Novel

Mary Renault

Literature & Fiction / Historical Fiction

An “extraordinarily moving” novel about a doctor trapped between his wife and his lover, by a New York Times–bestselling author (Boston Herald). Doctor Kit Anderson is starting to see his marriage in a new light. Relations are strained with Janet, his beautiful wife, who now strikes him as petty and narcissistic. With no shortage of work to busy him, Anderson resigns himself to the consolations of professional life—that is, until he meets Christie, the great-niece of a dying patient. Warm and vivacious, Christie stands in stark contrast to Kit’s wife, and suggests hope of a second and more passionate act to his life. How long can their affair be kept secret, though, and does Kit want the best for Christie, or only for himself? 
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Black Dove, White Raven

Black Dove, White Raven

Elizabeth E. Wein

Historical / Historical Fiction / Fiction

A story of survival, subterfuge, espionage, and identity. Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes—in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat. Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three fall in love with the beautiful, peaceful country. But that peace is shattered by the threat of war with Italy, and teenage Em and Teo are drawn into the conflict. Will their devotion to their country, its culture and people, and each other be their downfall or their salvation? In the tradition of her award-winning and bestselling Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein brings us another thrilling and deeply affecting novel that explores the bonds of friendship, the resilience of young pilots, and the strength of the human spirit.
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Love Remains

Love Remains

Sarah M. Eden

Historical Fiction / Romance

From Sarah M. Eden, the USA Today Bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, LOVE REMAINS is a new romance novel set in the beloved world of Hope Springs.For nearly a year, Tavish O’Connor has carried the crushing weight of his family’s future on his shoulders. He has taken on the care of his youngest brother, Finbarr, who lost his eyesight in a terrible accident. But the lad needs more than Tavish can provide. Finbarr needs hope.Cecily Attwater specializes in hope. As a tutor to the newly blind, she has dedicated her life to helping others overcome the obstacles she herself has conquered. Her new assignment in a remote corner of Wyoming proves trickier than usual: Finbarr refuses to learn. To make matters worse, his family—and the other Irish townspeople—are less than thrilled to discover an Englishwoman in their haven.Cecily’s only hope lies in securing the cooperation of her pupil’s brother, Tavish, who happens to...
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Paranormal Investigations

Paranormal Investigations

EH Walter

Urban Fantasy / Literature & Fiction / Historical Fiction

Leo Fey runs 'Paranormal Investigations', the problem is Leo doesn't believe in the paranormal and spends most of her time spying on spouses. Then, as her twenty fifth birthday draws closer, Leo realises the paranormal does exist - or so the zombies on the underground tell her. Please note this is the original written-in-a-month Nanowrimo version. An updated, typo free version is also available.Unaware she's been bound from using magic, Frey leads a small, miserable life in the village where she's sent after the death of her mother. But a tiny spark starts a fury of changes and she finds herself running from everything she's ever known. Hunted by council for practicing dark magic, she is certain she's been wrongfully accused. She flees, and is forced to rely on strangers for protection. But the farther she strays from home, the more her magic and forgotten memories return and she begins to suspect all is not as it seems.
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Another Kind of Eden

Another Kind of Eden

James Lee Burke

Mystery & Thrillers / Historical Fiction / Crime

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s. The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. Their soul connection is immediate, but their romance is complicated by Joanne's involvement with a shady professor who is mixed up with a drug-addled cult. When a sinister businessman and his son who wield their influence through vicious cruelty set their sights on Aaron, drawing him into an investigation of grotesque murders, it is clear that this idyllic landscape harbors tremendous...
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Divided Interests

Divided Interests

Kelly Elliott

Romance / Contemporary / Historical Fiction

One house. Two owners. Paige Miller has inherited a house in the small town of Johnson City, Texas. She's elated to be back and has already started making plans to remodel the one-hundred-year-old home exactly how she remembered it as a little girl. There's only one problem.Lucas. The moment Lucas Foster sees the old home sitting on fifty acres of prime land, he has one thing on his mind. Sell it. However, there is one obstacle literally standing in the way of his plan. Paige. Seeing Paige standing in the doorway of his grandfather's old home instantly brought back the feelings he once had for her. The dream of one day marrying her and raising a family in this very house. Neither is willing to budge on what they want, and soon they find themselves living together in the old home.The house uncovers many old and hidden secrets, and Paige quickly discovers that it wasn't a mistake they both inherited the...
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Cold Days at Castle Drax

Cold Days at Castle Drax

Charlotte E. English

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Historical Fiction

No one in their right mind wants to live at Castle Drax. That's okay. The Vexx family aren't. On a crumbling cliff overlooking a dark, emerald sea looms the forbidding Castle Drax. It's ancient, it's freezing, it's falling apart—and it's home. But hard times have come around, and the demonically dysfunctional Vexx family's in dire straits. There's nothing for it but to sell the castle and move on—if they can find a buyer. And if, in their heart of hearts, they can really bear to leave... Come pay a visit, if you'd like. Meet the sinister Count Vexx and his charming daughter, Lulu. Make pastries in the kitchen with Magwell, and buff up the motorcar with Stormdust. Ring the lugubrious doorbell, if you want to give everyone a fright (including yourself). Just don't, whatever you do, go down into the cellar... That's life at Castle Drax. It's: "A fate worse than...
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The Laughter of Carthage: Pyat Quartet

The Laughter of Carthage: Pyat Quartet

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Literature & Fiction

Having escaped the horrors of the Russian civil war, Maxim Arturovitch Pyat discovers that the hazards of Europe are as nothing to the perils that await him in America.He is almost immediately involved in further scandals, touring the country as a speaker for the Ku Klux Klan.In this second of Michael Moorcock's acclaimed Pyat series of novels, only the reappearance of Pyat's enduring love, his femme fatale, Mrs Corenelius, offers him a chance of escape.
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Blade of Truth

Blade of Truth

Diane Lynn McGyver

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Nonfiction

"Bronwyn looked down at his food as his mother destroyed his manhood by attempting to defend his inexperience."Innocence Shattered. A young man on the verge of seeing a dream come true is crushed by the most unexpected person.Blade of Truth is a short story that ties into the Castle Keepers series.Bronwyn looked down at his food as his mother destroyed his manhood by attempting to defend his inexperience.Innocence Shattered. A young man on the verge of seeing a dream come true is crushed by the most unexpected person.Blade of Truth is a short story that ties into the Castle Keepers series. Many of the characters who appear in it also appear in “Shadows in the Stone” and “Scattered Stones”.Follow Diane Lynn McGyver into the Land of Ath-o’Lea and live the fantasy.
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The Castle Keepers

The Castle Keepers

Aimie K. Runyan

Historical Fiction

"A fascinating story of love's ability to overcome family curses, scandals, and even war. Told in three parts, this multi-generational tale is wonderfully heartwarming!" —Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in LondonLeedswick Castle has housed the Alnwick family in the English countryside for generations, despite a family curse determined to destroy their legacy and erase them from history.1870. After a disastrous dinner at the Astor mansion forces her to flee New York in disgrace, socialite Beatrice Holbrook knows her performance in London must be a triumph. When she catches the eye of Charles Alnwick, one of the town's most enviably titled bachelors, she prepares to attempt a social coup and become the future Marchioness of Northridge. Then tragedy and scandal strike the Alnwick family, and Beatrice must assume the role of a lifetime:...
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