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In a long-ago country-village, a grandmother, her grandchildren, an artifact hunter, and the lady who catches his eye, are all drawn together in a Christmas treasure hunt for three ancient coins.

Gideon Hawthorne is ready to quit the Duke of Windemere's service and strike out on his own. That is, until the duke makes an irresistible offer: perform one last task and receive Messalina Greycourt's hand in marriage.

Just as his debut novel becomes a bestseller, Robert Parrish realizes he must confront his secret demons by fulfilling a promise to solve a mystery about his favorite book series, the Tremendous Trio.

Michel Bravis is tasked with returning to Greenfire Depths to do whatever he can to prevent the Dynize from using its power. Ben Styke is forced to rely on brains rather than brawn when his invasion of Dynize is curtailed by a storm that scatters his fleet. Lady Vlora Flint now marches on Landfall at the head of an Adran army, seeking vengeance against those who have conspired against her.

In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever.

From Lynn Kurland, the New York Times bestselling author of the Nine Kingdom series. Set near the Scottish border at a rugged castle on the edge of the sea, this is the story of a courageous lord who lost everything he held dear. Of a strong young woman willing to sacrifice everything for happiness. Two lost souls who find in each other a reason to live again, to laugh again, and to love for the first time...

"[An] exceptional winner.... It expresses something profound about the human experience that seems both extraordinarily current and at the same time, enduring."
--Martha Lane Fox, Chair of The Women's Prize for Fiction judges

* National Bestseller *
"This novel delivers sweet, smart escapism." —People
"Fans of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will adore The Jane Austen Society... A charming and memorable debut, which reminds us of the universal language of literature and the power of books to unite and heal." —Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris

A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild.

"Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."—Reese Witherspoon

Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.