Historical fiction

  • Titans

    Creator

    Meacham, Leila

    Abstract

    In early 1900s Texas, Samantha Gordon, heiress to a large cattle ranch, and Nathan Holloway, a charming farm boy, find their fates intertwined. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, their connection drives this narrative compulsively forward--as they love, lose, and betray.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Duke of my heart

    Creator

    Bowen, Kelly

    Abstract

    Since finding a dead earl tied to his missing sister's bed, Captain Harcourt is at the mercy of the captivating Miss Ivory Moore of Chegarre & Associates, known for smoothing over the direst of scandals. He's never met a woman with her nerve, yet she's somehow flawless.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Work like any other : a novel

    Creator

    Reeves, Virginia

    Abstract

    Electricity is a new power in the early 1900s, and it becomes Roscoe Martin's life work. When his family inherits a failing farm, he uses his electrical skills to siphon energy. But everything changes after a man is electrocuted by his illegal lines and Roscoe must face prison alone.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Ginny Gall : a novel

    Creator

    Smith, Charlie

    Abstract

    Haunted by his mother's disappearance, Delvin Walker rides the rails, falls in love, and sees an America sliding into the Great Depression. But as he is pushed deeper into the darkness of imprisonment after being falsely charged with rape, his resolve to escape burns only more brightly.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • A.D. 33 : a novel

    Creator

    Dekker, Ted

    Abstract

    Maviah is an outcast, but when she meets a man named Yeshua, he opens her eyes. Because of his teachings, she has gathered her own traveling kingdom of outcasts deep in the desert. But when her growing power threatens the rulers around her, they set out to crush all she loves.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • The bookseller : a novel

    Creator

    Swanson, Cynthia

    Abstract

    Denver, 1962. Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. Then the dreams begin. Soon she must reconcile her reality with a tantalizing alternate world.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Alex Cross's trial

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    DiLallo, Richard

    Abstract

    The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in Washington, DC, Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at every turn. He represents those who nobody else dares defend, merely because of the color of their skin. When President Roosevelt, under whom Ben served in the Spanish-American war, asks Ben to investigate rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in his home town in Mississippi, he cannot refuse.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • When the scoundrel sins

    Creator

    Harrington, Anna

    Abstract

    Annabelle Green needs a husband-and quickly. To inherit the only home she's ever known, she must be married by her twenty-fifth birthday. But finding a suitor has been next to impossible after a reckless rogue named Quinton Carlisle seduced her into a scandalous midnight tryst. Her reputation in ruins, Belle now needs a rather large favor.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Towers falling

    Creator

    Rhodes, Jewell Parker

    Abstract

    Why does Pop get so angry when Deja brings up anything about the towers? Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness 9/11, but begin to realize how much it colors their every day.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • A duke to remember

    Creator

    Bowen, Kelly

    Abstract

    Noah Ellery has managed to avoid any complications or entanglements--that is, until he lays eyes on Elise and realizes there's more to this beautiful woman than meets the eye.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified