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In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer told a story that mocked a strong woman--the bold and libidinous Wife of Bath. It became a literary classic.

The Earl of Marsden has lived his life by his own rules, until his newborn daughter is presented to him. Panicking, he turns to Clarissa Taylor, his biggest critic, for help in raising the child.

Problems are mounting for Hotel Portofino coproprietor Bella Ainsworth, and all eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian.

Judah the Foundling chose freedom over betrayal when she leaped from the castle tower. Now she finds herself wandering an unknown forest. For the first time in her life, she's alone.

After escaping from the English soldiers who attacked her home and imprisoned her in a dungeon, Lady Elysande de Valance is grateful for the rugged Scots who are escorting her to safety in the High

It's 1938 and women seeking a quick split from their husbands head to Reno, Nevada.

Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele.

Summer 1940: Hedy Bercu fled Vienna two years ago. Now she watches the skies over Jersey for German planes, convinced that an invasion is imminent.

WWII veteran Aloysius Archer is fresh out of prison and heads to California, where there's money to be made if you're hard-working, lucky, a criminal, or all three.

In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane is shy, quiet, and bookish, and she's glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor.

Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington, DC, long for a rest, but Attorney General Robert Kennedy asks them to look into a threat to the presidency, and the security of the

1940. As the Blitz rains down bombs night after night, a devastating attack leaves London's literary center in ruins. Miraculously, Grace's bookshop survives the firestorm.

Two people navigate their differences with curiosity and openness in this stunning picture book that imagines the first meeting between an Indigenous fisher and a European sailor.

In 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slips on the ice of the Arcturus glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slides into a crevasse, wedged upside down nearly sixty feet below the surface.

New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell brings the proud heart of Scotland to life in her magnificent novels. Now the seven MacEnroy brothers are about to take America by storm...