Category: Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable

Paperback Release Date: May 21, 2019 A displaced person struggling to hold her own, the beautiful Polish immigrant Alicia Darr is hired by the Kennedys as a maid. She is entranced by their charismatic son Jack, beginning her on a whirlwind romance with dramatic highs and lows. The couple gets engaged, but Alicia’s hidden past proves unacceptable to the influential Kennedy family. From war-torn Europe … Continue reading The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable

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Code Girls by Liza Mundy

Paperback Release: 10/2/18 Beginning in 1941 secret letters were sent across the country to women attending college requesting their service for the war effort. Tens of thousands of women from prestigious northeastern colleges, southern teaching schools, and many other walks of life answered the calls of the U.S Navy and Army to serve as code breakers during World War II. These unsung heroes left their … Continue reading Code Girls by Liza Mundy

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The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

Release Date: July 30, 2019   Hazel Ripley left her unfulfilling career as a constant understudy to join the USO Tour during World War II. Her new job takes her to the Old World where she meets Maxine Mead, a vivacious and outspoken actress. The two women bond over their love of theater and mutual formative experiences in Italy. Their friendship endures beyond their stint … Continue reading The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

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When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

Release Date: April 9, 2019 Beatriz Perez and her family are living in Florida after fleeing The Cuban Revolution. They are all acclimating to their simple lifestyle after growing up with wealth and privilege. Her father suffered a big financial loss when his land was seized and is currently trying to rebuild his sugar empire. Beatriz yearns for her old life back in Cuba and … Continue reading When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

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April 9, 2019 Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction Penguin/Berkley In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life–and heart–to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of Next Year in Havana, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Beautiful. Daring. Deadly. The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez–her family, her people, her country. Recruited by the CIA to … Continue reading When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton on Sale 4/9 and Enter to Win a Giftcard and More!

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In The Neighborhood Of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton

Release Date: April 9, 2019 Ruth Robb is a teenager hiding a big secret from her friends. She recently moved to Atlanta from New York City where she was raised in a Jewish home. After her father’s death, her mom decided to move them back near her family.  Neither of them has told anyone about their religious beliefs because of the conservative nature of 1950s … Continue reading In The Neighborhood Of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton

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American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton

Release Date: March 12, 2019 Theodore Roosevelt’s election launched his eldest daughter into the national spotlight. Alice became America’s sweetheart and her dress styles were copied and sold using her name. During her father’s presidency, she was constantly followed by the press and she often rebelled with her headstrong and non- conforming personality. Alice’s life started with a tragedy when her mother died two days … Continue reading American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton

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The Last Year Of The War by Susan Meissner

Release Date: March 19, 2019 Elise Sontag is a German American teenager living in Iowa during World War 2.  Her parents have lived in the US for twenty years but are not legal citizens. While the war in Europe is escalating, her father is arrested and charged with being a Nazi sympathizer. Rather than being seperated, the entire family is interned at a government camp … Continue reading The Last Year Of The War by Susan Meissner

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