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    The Noise of Time
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    In Dan Vyleta's universe, set in an alternate Victorian England, people engaging in sinful thought ...
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    Spufford brings American history to raucous life through the story of Mr. Richard Smith, a ...

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    The Necklace
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June by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

A novel of suspense and passion about a terrible mistake that changed a family forever.

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