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A Sparrow in Terezin

Kristy Cambron · 445 pages

"Two women, one in the present day and one in 1942, each hope for a brighter future. But they'll both have to battle through their darkest days to reach it. Today. With the grand opening of her new gallery and a fairytale wedding months away, Sera James appears to have a charmed life. But in an instant, the prospect of a devastating legal battle surrounding her fiancé threatens to tear her dreams

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The Wedding Chapel

Rachel Hauck · 375 pages

"For sixty years, a wedding chapel sat silent, waiting for love. But times have changed and the hour has come when it just might be too late. Retired hall-of-fame football coach Jimmy "Coach" Westbrook never imagined anything would come of his labor of love--the wedding chapel he built for Collette Greer, the woman he fell for back in '49. But now an offer has come to turn the chapel into what it

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The Carousel Painter

Judith McCoy Miller · 335 pages

Without the means to support herself after her father dies, Carrington Brouwer receives the opportunity to use her artistic talent at her friend's father's carousel factory. But the men at the factory are not happy that a woman has been given the very desirable job of painting the elaborately carved horses. When mishaps occur at the factory and jewelry disappears from the home of the factory owner

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An Absence So Great

Jane Kirkpatrick · 383 pages

Jessie Ann Gaebele pursues her dream of owning her own photographic studio as she tries to put the shadow of a forbidden love behind her.

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Kelly's Chance

Wanda E. Brunstetter · 218 pages

Life for Kelly McGregor is a daily drudge of driving her overbearing father's mules along Pennsylvania's Lehigh Canal. She dreams of one day owning an art gallery where her own drawings and paintings are on display. But these dreams don't include marriage ... not after seeing what her father has done to her mother. How then can Mike Cooper, a general store owner, make her realize he is different t

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A Tailor-Made Bride

Karen Witemeyer

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The Oak Leaves

Maureen Lang

Two time periods--Regency England and contemporary Chicago--are woven together when Talie Ingram finds an old journal belonging to her great-great-great grandmother, Cosima Escott. Through Cosima’s entries, Talie learns that her family was once considered cursed with feebleminded offspring, the result of a genetic disorder (Fragile-X) that may have been passed down to Talie and her sister. Unwilli

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The Story Keeper

Lisa Wingate · 515 pages

When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a decaying slush-pile manuscript on her desk, she has no idea that the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia at the turn of the twentieth century, will both take her on a journey and change her forever. Happy with her life in the city, and at the top of her career with a new job at Vida House Publishing, Jen has left her

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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

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The Beach Trees

Karen White · 403 pages

From the time she was twelve, Julie Holt knew what a random tragedy can do to a family. At that tender age, her little sister disappeared-never to be found. It was a loss that slowly eroded the family bonds she once relied on. As an adult with a prestigious job in the arts, Julie meets a struggling artist who reminds her so much of her sister, she can't help feeling protective. It is a friendship

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Secrets of a Charmed Life

Susan Meissner · 480 pages

"When Oxford student Kendra Van Zant interviews 93-year-old artist Isabel MacFarland about her experience as a survivor of the London Blitz, Isabel is ready to share secrets she has kept for decades--beginning with who she really is"--

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The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher · 582 pages

The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people--mothers and daughters, husband and lovers--inspired with real values. The Shell Seekers centers on Penelope Keeling--a woman you'll always remember in world you'll never forget. The Shell Seekers is a magical

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A Portrait of Emily Price

Katherine Reay · 368 pages

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The Englisher

Beverly Lewis · 385 pages

"Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six months. Will Annie's intention to join the Amish church be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher?"--Provided by publisher.

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The Painter's Daughter

Julie Klassen · 460 pages

"In 1815, a painter's daughter on the north Devon coast agrees to marry a stranger to avoid scandal, but her choice is complicated by the return of a former lover and a growing affection for the husband she barely knows"--

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The Pearl Sister

Lucinda Riley · 510 pages

"From the breathtaking beaches of Thailand to the barely tamed wilds of colonial Australia, The Pearl Sister is the next captivating story in New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley's epic series about two women searching for a place to call home. CeCe D'Apliese has always felt like an outcast. But following the death of her father--the reclusive billionaire affectionately called Pa Salt b

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Tiffany Girl

Deeanne Gist · 544 pages

"When a glassworker's strike threatened Louis Tiffany's dream of creating his stained glass mosaic chapel, he hand-picked art student Flossie Jayne to help complete the task. As an independent "New Woman" she races to complete the Tiffany chapel and make a name for herself in the art world--and learns some important lessons about life and love"--

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The Photographer's Wife

Suzanne Joinson · 352 pages

Years after photographer William Harrington participates in a 1920s project to redesign Jerusalem with British parks against a backdrop of growing nationalist unrest, his revelations about long-buried secrets transform the life of his former employer's daughter--

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The Mapmaker's Children

Sarah McCoy · 435 pages

"When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad's leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings. She boldly embraces this calling after being told the shocking news that she can't bear children, b

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The Scarlet Thread

Francine Rivers · 462 pages

a young woman learns the meaning of true love after suffering hardships, neglects, losses and divorce. Finding forgiveness,healing,love and restoration in Christ Jesus.

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The Girl You Left Behind

Jojo Moyes · 537 pages

In 1916, French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time. Nearly a century later and Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly

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Secrets She Kept

Cathy Gohlke · 416 pages

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The Darkest Hour

Barbara Erskine · 552 pages

"From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. Love is as uncertain and as untameable as war ... In the summer of 1940, most eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England. The battle for Britain has just begun. But young Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony. Evie has a glittering career as an artist ahead of

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