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The Tea Planter's Wife
The Tea Planter's Wife
by Dinah Jefferies
Reviewed: Jun 20, 2016
 
Published: Sep 13, 2016
 
Set in rich and exotic 1920s Ceylon, The Tea Planter's Wife is an utterly engrossing, compulsive page-turner that climaxes with more than one heartbreaking twist.
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(3.9/5)
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Karolina's Twins
Karolina's Twins
by Ronald H. Balson
Reviewed: Jun 20, 2016
 
Published: Sep 6, 2016
 
In the tradition of The Nightingale, Sarah's Key, and Lilac Girls, comes a saga inspired by true events of a Holocaust survivor's quest to return to Poland and fulfill a promise, from Ronald H. Balson, author of the international bestseller.Once We ...
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(4.4/5)
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The Secret Ingredient of Wishes
The Secret Ingredient of Wishes
by Susan Bishop Crispell
Reviewed: Jun 20, 2016
 
Published: Sep 6, 2016
 
26-year-old Rachel Monroe has spent her whole life trying to keep a very unusual secret: she can make wishes come true. And sometimes the consequences are disastrous. So when Rachel accidentally grants an outlandish wish for the first time in years, ...
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(3.8/5)
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The Six
The Six : The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
by Laura Thompson
Reviewed: May 23, 2016
 
Published: Sep 6, 2016
 
An enthralling biography of six glamorous daughters of the British aristocracy in the early 20th century, whose lives take different directions, all rife with scandal, controversy, and tragedy.
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(3.0/5)
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Lady Cop Makes Trouble
Lady Cop Makes Trouble : Girl Waits with Gun #2
by Amy Stewart
Reviewed: Apr 25, 2016
 
Published: Sep 6, 2016
 
The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters.
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(4.2/5)
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Ashes of Fiery Weather
Ashes of Fiery Weather
by Kathleen Donohoe
Reviewed: Feb 16, 2016
 
Published: Aug 30, 2016
 
A debut novel about the passionate loves and tragic losses of six generations of women in a family of firefighters, spanning from famine-era Ireland to Brooklyn a decade after 9/11.
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(3.5/5)
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The Book That Matters Most
The Book That Matters Most
by Ann Hood
Reviewed: May 23, 2016
 
Published: Aug 9, 2016
 
An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle.
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(4.3/5)
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The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
by Scott Stambach
Reviewed: Jun 20, 2016
 
Published: Aug 9, 2016
 
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko is comic and staggeringly tragic, often both in a single sentence… A grittier, Eastern European, more grown-up The Fault in Our Stars." – Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child
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(4.4/5)
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