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The Adventures of Tom Finch, Gentleman by Lucy May Lennox

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London, 1735. Covent Garden offers a world of pleasures and diversions, even for a blind man. Tom Finch approaches life with boundless good cheer and resilience, whether he’s pursuing a musical career or pursuing women. And as for his blindness, to him it’s merely an inconvenience.

Join Tom for a picaresque romp through high and low Georgian society among rakes, rovers, thieving whores and demi-reps, highway robbers, bigamists, and duelists, bisexual opera divas, castrati, mollies, and cross-dressers, lecherous aristocrats, and headstrong ladies. This meticulously researched, witty and lively tale overturns stereotypes about disability and revels in the spectacle and excitement of 18th century opera.

Targeted Age Group: adult
Genre: Historical Fiction

Heart of the Gods by Valerie Douglas

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Tales of a fabled Tomb and its Guardian had fascinated archaeologist Ky Farrar since a visit to the Egyptian Museum when he was a boy. The story of the star-crossed lovers and their battle to save ancient Egypt helped him choose his career. He believes he’s finally found the Tomb.
Ky, however, isn’t the only one searching. It’s a race to reach the Tomb before others unleash what lies within in their effort to claim the treasure, including the legendary jewel known as The Heart of the Gods.

Targeted Age Group: 18+
Genre: Fantasy

Evelyn Evolving by Maryann Miller

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Evelyn Evolving by Maryann Miller

A novel of real life.

Four-year-old Evelyn Gundrum’s secure and happy world is turned upside down when she and her sister are abandoned by their mother and sent to an orphanage run by the terrifying Sister Honora. An orphanage is not an ideal place for a child to live, even in the best of times, and Evelyn is there in the worst of times, 1923 to 1933.

Evelyn grows up amidst hardship and heartbreak, plagued by unresolved emotions and trauma that follow her into adulthood as she seeks answers in a sea of questions. The most important one being, will anybody ever love her.

Will her uncertain path to self-discovery lead to happiness?

Praise: “Evelyn Evolving is a heartfelt story of one woman’s journey through some of life’s most difficult trials, a coming-of-age that readers won’t soon forget. Maryann Miller captures the spirit of a woman who refuses to be defeated with great tenderness and, what’s more, enduring hope.” — Kristy Woodson Harvey, bestselling author of Slightly South of Simple

Dear Margaret, by Pamela Ackerson

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Dear Margaret, by Pamela Ackerson

It was Paradise–Until nightmares and horror reigned.
Dear Margaret,

The whole world had gone bonkers. Two friends try to keep each other grounded by writing letters to each other during WWII. They found a common ground, a way to keep each other sane in an insane world.

From mundane daily chores to life threatening events, these letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.

A time in history that we should never, ever forget.

The Sharps Shooter by Valerie Douglas

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Exacting justice for her father’s murder comes at a steep price for Felicity Patterson. Now she’s the one being hunted. An offer of help comes from an unlikely source but it’s not without strings. Tragedy forces her to flee West, only to find herself in more danger. Will her skills with her guns and a new ally be enough to survive?

Targeted Age Group: 18-100
Genre: Historical Romance

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