About the Book: Nottinghamshire, 1785 Julia Cummings has long been acquainted with loss-her mother, her brother, her sister, her friend, all gone too soon. But the loss that pushed her grief to the limit as a young girl was that of her best friend, Lucas Jonquil, who abandoned her without looking back. Now, eight yearsContinue reading “Forget Me Not by Sarah M. Eden”
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore
About the Book: A powerful story based on true events surrounding Donaldina Cameron and other brave women who fought to help Chinese-American women escape discrimination and slavery in the late 19th century in California. When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to youngContinue reading “The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore”
The Doctor and the Midwife by Sarah Alva
About the Book: As a midwife running her own home birth practice, Audrey Novak deals with pressure like a superhuman. Until, that is, she meets her handsome and arrogant neighbor, Dr. Ammon Parker. Ammon, who believes only in modern medicine, is just as unprepared for the infuriating—and inconveniently beautiful—midwife. When the two are repeatedly calledContinue reading “The Doctor and the Midwife by Sarah Alva”
Almost a Bride by Jody Hedlund
About the Book: Always close, but never a bride. Longing to find true love, Kate Millington arrives in British Columbia on a bride ship. With countless men waiting to snag a bride, Kate has no trouble getting engaged. It’s staying engaged that’s the problem. After traveling to the remote mining town of Williamsville to marryContinue reading “Almost a Bride by Jody Hedlund”
It Started in Budapest by Julie Daines
About the Book: Molly Cooper is haunted by one simple fact: it is her fault her twin brother, Matthew, has spent his life trapped in a frail body while she has thrived. Deep in her heart, she knows he can’t hold on much longer . . . In her desperation to save her brother, MollyContinue reading “It Started in Budapest by Julie Daines”
The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch
About the Book: He only wanted a duchess for a day–but she’s determined to make it a marriage for life When his father and older brother suddenly pass away, the new Duke of Haverly is saddled with a title he never expected to bear. To thwart the plans of his scheming family, the duke impulsively marriesContinue reading “The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch”
A Foreign Crown by Jen Geigle Johnson
About the Book: Following a devastating series of misfortunes, Lady Aribella Bardsley has bravely shouldered the responsibilities of her household. But just as the bleakness of her situation threatens to overwhelm her, a summons arrives from the Queen with a providential offer: Aribella’s presence is requested as a lady-in-waiting at the palace. Prince Layton Wilhelm’sContinue reading “A Foreign Crown by Jen Geigle Johnson”
Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley
About the Book: A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in Kew Gardens. When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London’s Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can’t turn away. She enlists the help of herContinue reading “Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley”
A Life Once Dreamed by Rachel Fordham
About the Book: Six years ago, a shocking secret sent Agnes Pratt running in search of a new start. She found it in Penance, a rugged town of miners and lumberjacks in the Dakota Territory, where she became Miss Aggie, respected schoolteacher and confirmed old maid. But the past has a way of catching upContinue reading “A Life Once Dreamed by Rachel Fordham”
Coming Home to Bellingham by Katie Stewart Stone
About the Book: What begins as a pleasant holiday with a new friend in Brighton quickly turns to devastation for Anabelle Milton when she receives the tragic news: her parents are dead. Turned out of the only home she’s ever known, Anabelle is sent to live with an aunt and uncle who are strangers toContinue reading “Coming Home to Bellingham by Katie Stewart Stone”
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