Fiction - Sagas

He is German. She is English. Their countries are enemies. Can love bring them together? Inspired by an incredible true story, this is a sweeping tale about the power of hope in the face of war and the legacy of an impossible choice.1946, Norfolk,...

John Murphy is a man of little character who desperately wants to attain rank, authority and respect within his volunteer fire company.His covert campaign to garner enough votes to win the position of second lieutenant comes to an end on election night leading to...

From the best-selling author of the Birch Harbor saga, comes a spellbinding story of friendship, secrets, and the pact that started it all.Thirty years ago, Beatrice and Sophia Russo and their two best friends swore to reunite every summer in Gull's Landing. Now Sophia...

Can a soul hover after passing on? Can a person be unaware of her own death? Journalist Christine Christian had always been a pragmatist. Not even her own persistent intuitions could compete with her commitment to logic and to empirical proof. In fact, that's...

Sometimes all you need is to believe in yourself...Charlotte finds herself living back on Belle Island, struggling to make a living in her now floundering art career. She moves in with her life-long friend, Robin, and attempts to find her love of painting again...

As part of the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials Val Darrant was just four years old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly--a gentleman, a gambler, and...

Mary Larkin was hard at work as the office manager at the Green Mountain Country Store when Cameron Murphy brought her dad, Patrick, in to visit. That fateful first meeting, which took place in You'll Be Mine, sets the stage for Mary and Patrick's...

Is the heart smarter than the head? Artist Miranda Jones begins to trust her heart enough to escape from her life of privilege and start over in Milford-Haven, the small town of undiscovered beauty on California's Central Coast. She connects with environmentalist Samantha Hugo--a...

An amber bead. A gold and glass drinking horn. A ring engraved with Thor's hammer - all artifacts from a Germanic tribe that carved a space for itself through brutality and violence on a windswept land . Brimhild weaves peace and conveys culture to...

The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an-epic, taking place in 13th century. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to save Europe from a bloodthirsty Mongol invasion. Inspired by...

In national bestseller The Dream of Scipio, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for...

The story of a girl failed by her parents and by a conflicted America, Towelhead is an ultimately redemptive and moving work that no one can afford to ignore. The year is 1991. When Jasira's mother finds out what has been going on between...

A New York Times Notable Book In medieval England, a runaway scholar-priest named Nicholas Barber has joined a traveling theater troupe as they make their way toward their liege lord's castle. In need of money, they decide to perform at a village en route....

"Downton Abbey meets Dynasty in this richly imagined, captivating family saga," said USAToday.com about The Bourbon Kings. Now the series continues, as the Bradford family's facade of privilege and prosperity is threatened by secrets and indiscretions. . . . The Bradford family is the...

In Bittersweet, Danielle Steel has written a novel for our times, a story of choices and new beginnings. India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With...

Captain Bliven Putnam returns, venturing into the Pacific to fight pirates in Malaya and match wits with the royals in Hawaii, in this next installment of award-winner James L. Haley's gripping naval saga. Following the naval victories of the War of 1812 and the...

A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Will be read in a century's time be anyone seeking to understand how we lived."--Detroit Free Press "A master American novelist." --Vanity Fair An epic chronicle of three generations of Washington power brokers and the women who...

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel's riveting novel, a Hollywood wedding sets the scene for a vivid portrayal of a prominent family whose hopes and fears are as real as our own. Simon Steinberg and Blaire Scott are among the most...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A warmly satisfying story [of] romance and friendship."--Bookreporter Debbie Macomber returns to Seattle's beloved Blossom Street in this heartfelt tale of friendship, renewal, and discovering what's truly important in life. For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making...

By the Light of My Father's Smile is Alice Walker's first novel in six years--a stunning, original, and important book by "one of the best American writers of today" (The Washington Post). A family from the United States goes to the remote Sierras in...

The Slocum family of Northeastern Pennsylvania are the best of the white settlers, peace-loving Quakers who believe that the Indians hold the Light of God inside. It is from this good-hearted family that Frances is abducted during the Revolutionary war. As the child's terror...

Henning Mankell's first novel, never before released in English, explores the reflections of a working class man who has struggled against the constraints of his station for his entire life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL. The year is 1911. The young rock blaster Oskar Johansson has...

Author: Jennifer RobsonISBN-10: 0062442147ISBN-13: 9780062442147Publisher: Harper Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2016Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90dLarge Print

From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping, beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War II--the unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore and forge a new life in England. On the eve of Pearl Harbor,...

The second novel in Paullina Simons's stunning End of Forever saga continues the heartbreaking story of Julian and Josephine, and a love that spans lifetimes.Is there a fate beyond the fates?Julian has failed Josephine once. Despite grave danger and impossible odds, he is determined...

After the happily-ever-afters, their stories go on. A collection of short stories in the Heart Falls world by New York Times bestselling Author Vivian Arend. One of the great parts of writing a long family saga is that I get to revisit characters who...

In 120 BC the Cimbri are a Germanic tribe living on the very edge of survival. Rising sea levels, rising temperatures, and increased precipitation over decades have resulted in hunger and uncertainty for their future. When a jealous god sends a final cataclysmic tidal...

An enthralling mystery, family saga and Sunset Song-esque ode to the land' - The Herald, 25 Summer ReadsWinner of the Bookmark Book Festival Book of the YearLonglisted for the Highland Book PrizeAfter Highland shepherd Colvin Munro disappears, a mysterious trail of his possessions is...

Welcome to Heart Falls, where there's more at stake than the future of the Silver Stone ranch.With the ranch teetering on the brink of disaster, accepting an invitation to the gala of the year is a top business priority for Luke Stone. Having a...

A Bible, a battered suitcase, and dusty photos all point to a century-old crime. For Ed Janzen, these clues from a bygone era also dredge up a dark family secret. Was his Great Uncle Henry involved in the unsolved 1920 murder of Hattie McBride,...

GRAND RIVER takes the MacLeod family from Scotland to Nova Scotia and beyond, enduring the hardships of immigration and war, love and loss, crime and punishment. It focuses on three brothers who make their way through major historic events of the 20th century and...

Fourteen years ago Stella did something she has regretted ever since. But she did it for her daughter. Now, that mistake could mean she loses her precious girl forever...Stella follows her handsome husband Rob to the beautifully laid-out table in the restaurant he's chosen...

New father Ty Jensen is in dire need of a nanny for his motherless infant. So when rainbow-haired Lana Martell shows up late for her interview, against his better judgement, he hires her on the spot. It doesn't take long before Ty finds himself...

'A powerful and totally absorbing family saga that is not to be missed. I turned the pages almost faster than I could read.' Carol Rivers'A fabulous story of twists and turns - a totally unputdownable, page turner that had me cheering on the characters....

Set against the tragic war sparked by Hernando de Soto's brutal invasion of the American South, A Searing Wind brings to an electrifying climax the intense historical action in the series hailed as "exciting, skillfully crafted, and fast-paced" (Publishers Weekly). Once exiled by the...

Being an adult has its advantages...Lucas Abbott and his identical twin grew up sharing everything-including a reputation for funny, idiotic behavior. But now that Lucas is ready to shed that lovable-idiot image, grow up and have a real, adult relationship, the joke's on him....

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Bradens.In USA Today Bestseller WILD, CRAZY HEARTS...Brindle Montgomery and Trace Jericho have been close friends forever and on-again off-again lovers for...

He didn't believe in love at first sight... Until it happened to him.Finn McCarthy, the youngest of the McCarthy cousins, is at a crossroads. As the lease on his Gansett Island rental comes to an end, he's making plans to return to his "real"...

"Outstanding."--The Wall Street Journal"Lebedev's characters seek ways to cut the umbilical cord with the past."--Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureThis revelatory novel shows why Karl Ove Knausgaard has likened its celebrated Russian author to an "indomitable ... animal that won't let...

Brighton 1963. Mary Pickles and I walked along the street with our arms linked, looking in shop windows. We were best friends and together we were invincible. Dottie and Mary forged a friendship over a bag of penny sweets when they were eight years...

Thirty years of family secrets. Three generations of women. One family heirloom that could change everything. When she ran away from her childhood home in Guyana, Rika swore that she would never return. Cut off from her family, she has fought hard to make...

'Would you know more?' It began with a simple question, sent from an unknown e-mail address, and it kindled the fires of a quest that would take him on a journey of discovery spanning several years; a journey that would lead him closer to...

It's 1940 and the German Luftwaffe have started their nightly reign of death and destruction over London's East End. The Brogan family is braced and ready to take on Hitler single-handed, if need be, but with rationing, air-raids and the threat of Nazi invasion...

In the timeless tradition of Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds, Harmony Verna creates a poignant, beautifully told story of love and courage, set in Australia and America in the early decades of the twentieth century. The desert of Western Australia is vast and unforgiving....

From acclaimed Greek writer Lena Manta comes an emotionally powerful saga following five young women as they realize that no matter where life leads them, the only constant is home. Theodora knows she can't keep her five beautiful daughters at home forever--they're too curious,...

A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle's secrets--including the identity...

In the exhilarating conclusion to the internationally bestselling In the Land of the Long White Cloud trilogy, the spirited Warden and McKenzie clan continues its trials--and triumphs--in New Zealand and beyond. The great-granddaughter of Gwyneira McKenzie--who arrived in New Zealand as a na ve...

In 1800s Texas, an innocent young woman must learn to love again after a painful betrayal . . . but the seeds of greed and desire harvest a scandal when she falls for the toughest cowhand in the west.Betrayal ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day...

From master author R. F. Delderfield, the first in the beloved classic God Is an Englishman series.The first novel in the epic God Is an Englishman series, this book is a stirring saga of England in the 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution takes...

An "entertaining and profoundly original" (San Francisco Chronicle) moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free themselves from a profound loss. - From the bestselling author of The Circle. "Nobody...