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• Love and Other Consolation Prizes

  a Novel

  Ford, Jamie,

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  At the 1909 World's Fair in Seattle, young, orphaned Ernest learns he is to be raffled off. He's taken in by a brothel madam where he meets two young friends that will change his life.

• The Lost Vintage

  a Novel

  Mah, Ann,

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  Kate is studying to pass her master of wine exam and is hoping to find inspiration at her family’s vineyard in France. Instead, she finds a diary from WWII that belonged to an aunt and uncovers dark family secrets.

• A Daughter of Fair Verona

  Dodd, Christina,

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  The eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet rejects the betrothal planned by her parents and tries to find the groom-to-be a more suitable bride. But their latest match isn’t so easy to palm off.

• Lake County

  a Novel

  Roy, Lori,

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  Aunt Jean aka Marilyn Monroe plans a trip to Hollywood for Addie’s eighteenth birthday, and Addie sees her chance to escape. One thing stands in her way: her boyfriend, Truitt Holt. She chooses California. Meanwhile, the Mafia are after Truitt.

• Ribbons of Scarlet

  a Novel of the French Revolution's Women

  Quinn, Kate,

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  Written by 6 different historical fiction authors, each tells a different female character’s story that range from peasants to princesses and shows the roles women play during this explosive time in history.

• In the Shadow of the Greenbrier

  a Novel

  Matchar, Emily,

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  In White Sulphur Springs, WV, is the Greenbrier Resort, a playground for presidents and film stars. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their place in its shadow and within their own family.

• The Buccaneers

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  Old money versus new money. Spurned by New York society because of their new money, four young heiresses try their luck in landing husbands in England.

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