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Falling
Falling
by Jane Green
Reviewed: May 30, 2016
 
Published: Jul 19, 2016
 
The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Summer Secrets presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home - and family - where you least expect them...
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(3.7/5)
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The Imperial Wife
The Imperial Wife
by Irina Reyn
Reviewed: May 16, 2016
 
Published: Jul 19, 2016
 
"The Imperial Wife is a smart, engaging novel that parallels two fascinating worlds and two singular women. Irina Reyn writes beautifully of immigrants, art and the vagaries of love." - Jess Walter, National Book Award finalist and author of the New ...
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The Secret Language of Stones
The Secret Language of Stones : A Daughters of La Lune Novel
by M. J. Rose
Reviewed: Mar 14, 2016
 
Published: Jul 19, 2016
 
As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker discovers love, passion, and her own healing powers in this rich and romantic ghost story, the perfect follow-up to M.J. Rose's "brilliantly crafted" (...
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Miss Jane
Miss Jane
by Brad Watson
Reviewed: Mar 14, 2016
 
Published: Jul 12, 2016
 
Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral.
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All Is Not Forgotten
All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker
Reviewed: Sep 14, 2015
 
Published: Jul 12, 2016
 
It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect.
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(4.3/5)
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Amour Provence
Amour Provence
by Constance Leisure
Reviewed: Mar 15, 2016
 
Published: Jul 5, 2016
 
A lush, evocative, debut novel set in Provence about the people who grow up and live and remain in two tiny neighboring villages - from the Nazi occupation to the present day - in particular, one man and one woman who have yet to find love.
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Underground Airlines
Underground Airlines
by Ben Winters
Reviewed: Aug 7, 2016
 
Published: Jul 5, 2016
 
It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: the Civil War never occurred.
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(4.3/5)
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A Certain Age
A Certain Age
by Beatriz Williams
Reviewed: Feb 23, 2016
 
Published: Jun 28, 2016
 
The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society, brimming with lush atmosphere, striking characters, ...
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