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Include books by the same authorA Note Yet Unsung
Tamera Alexander · 430 pages
A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the newly formed Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the rigors of an orchestra, and Rebekah's hopes are dashed because the conductor bows to public opinion. Nationally acclaimed conductor Nathaniel Tate Whitcomb is Nashville's new orchestra leader, and despit
The Pattern of Her Heart
Tracie Peterson, Judith McCoy Miller · 381 pages
"When tragedy strikes, Jasmine Houston must uproot her family from the Northern mill town of Lowell and take over her family's Southern plantation. Tensions are high, and the lives of the slaves they've promised to protect hang in the balance"--Provided by publisher.
Carolina Gold
Dorothy Love · 336 pages
The war is over, but at Fairhaven Plantation, Charlotte's struggle has just begun. Charlotte Fraser returns to her late father's once-flourishing rice plantation on the Waccamaw River, determined to continue his tradition of growing the special kind of rice known as Carolina Gold. But Fairhaven Plantation is in ruins, the bondsmen are free, and money is scarce. To make ends meet, Charlotte relucta
Elsie's True Love
Martha Finley · 222 pages
Elsie, now twenty-one years old, wishes to marry an old friend but her father decrees she must first learn to manage her inheritance, including her mother's Louisiana sugar plantation and its slaves.
Wedding Shop
Rachel Hauck · 374 pages
"From New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes The Wedding Shop. -- Two women separated by decades. Both set out to help others find their dreams when their own have crumbled. It's the early 1930s, but Cora Scott is walking in stride as a career woman after having inherited her great aunt's wedding shop in Heart's Bend, Tennessee, where brides come from as far away as Birmingha
That Certain Spark
Cathy Marie Hake
Gooding, Texas, is about to gain a double blessing--a veterinarian and a doctor. But when siblings Enoch and Taylor Bestman arrive, the discovery that Taylor is a lady doctor has the town up in arms. Especially Karl Van der Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes the first patient...against his will.Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this
Troublesome Creek
Jan Watson · 369 pages
The Women of Oak Ridge
Michelle Shocklee · 368 pages
A Perilous Proposal
Michael R. Phillips · 347 pages
Two years have passed since the conclusion of the Shenandoah Sisters series, and Katie and Mayme are young women with big dreams, running Rosewood with the help of their two uncles and their friends Emma, Josepha, Jeremiah, and Henry. Jeremiah proposes to Mayme, but she is hesitant to accept. She loves him but does not want to give up her life at Rosewood. Local whites are furious at the Daniels b
The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances
Andy Andrews
Shadowed by Grace
Cara Putman · 342 pages
An American woman on assignment in Italy to photograph the frontlines during World War II finds love after becoming involved with a soldier dedicated to saving great monuments and works of art from the Third Reich.
From This Moment
Elizabeth Camden · 350 pages
Stella West's artistic talent made her the toast of London, but when her beloved sister dies under mysterious circumstances, she abandons everything, heads for Boston, and tries to pierce the ring of secrecy surrounding her sister's death. When she meets Romulus White, a publisher with innumerable connections, she decides he could be a valuable ally. He decides to help her as a means to induce her
Bees in the Butterfly Garden
Maureen Lang · 507 pages
Raised in an exclusive boarding school among Fifth Avenue's finest, Meg Davenport had all she ever needed ... but none of the things she's wanted most, like family, or dreams of a future other than finding a suitable match. So when her distant father dies, Meg decides to throw etiquette aside and do as she pleases. Especially when she learns that her father was one of the Gilded Age's most talente
Like a Flower in Bloom
Siri Mitchell · 363 pages
"In Victorian-era northern England, Charlotte Withersby, daughter of a prominent botanist, attempts to regain her role as his assistant, despite society's expectations and the presence of Edward Trimble, her father's new assistant"--
The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Elizabeth Berg · 153 pages
In this wonderful novel about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg, the bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and The Year of Pleasures, transports us to Nazareth in biblical times to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas story.We see Mary--young, strong, and inquisitive--as she first meets Joseph, a serious-minded young carpenter who is steadfastly devoted to the religi
On Distant Shores
Sarah Sundin · 430 pages
Lt. Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie’s cozy life gets more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson. Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him from his fiancée. While Georgie and Hutch share
Marrying Miss Marshal
Lacy Williams · 267 pages
"Filling the shoes of her late husband as town marshal hasn't been easy for Danna Carpenter. She's not only fighting criminals, she's also fighting to earn the respect of the townspeople. So crossing paths with tenderfoot detective Chas O'Grady is the last thing she needs. He's hunting a band of cattle rustlers and isn't used to the rugged Wyoming landscape. Teaming up is their only option, but wh
Whispers in the Reading Room
Shelley Gray · 352 pages
The Good Dream
Donna VanLiere · 308 pages
Denounced by her 1950 Tennessee community as an old maid, 30-something Ivorie Walker hides her loneliness and grief over her mother's death behind good-humored independence before advocating on behalf of a feral boy who has been stealing vegetables from her garden.