Fiction - Sagas

Ithaca, Greece, 13th Century B.C. in a faux Regency setting.Odysseus Halstead, the Duke of Ithaca, is looking for a wife, and he has chosen Lady Penelope Auckland, only child of Earl Icarius Auckland. The two are very much falling in love, and Odysseus believes...

From multi-award-winning historical fiction author Ashley E. Sweeney comes a family saga about the Irish immigrant experience spanning New York, Chicago, and Colorado so compelling that, USA Today best-selling author Kelli Estes says, "I read this story in one sitting." Thirteen-year-old Mary Agnes Coyne,...

Everything is changing at the Quality Street factory, can the plucky girls in the line make this a Christmas to remember? The Quality Street girls are gearing up for Christmas, but with the factory now making gas masks, as well as the nation's favourite...

After the death of his godfather, Mikel, a would-be revolutionary, inherits the Basque signet ring, a priceless family heirloom that has fascinated and eluded him since he was a child. How did his grandfather-- an indentured Basque peasant-- acquire such a valuable ring? Different...

He thought she was the one...until she walked away. Now she's back and he wants her more than ever.As a former Marine, Xander Kingston's writing keeps him sane. Bonus? His thrillers made him one of Hollywood's most desired screenwriters-and also introduced him to a...

The beginning of a brand-new trilogy from bestselling author Kay Brelland, featuring the Silvertown Explosion, the rise of women's football, and East End suffragettes.She is her family's only hope. 1916. East London. When sixteen-year-old Clover Cooper's mother, Iris, calls her home from work one...

He's a grumpy Coast Guard focused on a life of service. She's a feisty musician searching for stardom. Nothing about them fits, and yet attraction burns wild when they end up in the same house for the summer. I had one last summer with...

Author: Pearlie Chandra SinghISBN-10: 146534697XISBN-13: 9781465346971Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2011Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d

In the 1880s, William Bonney is a legendary outlaw of the American frontier-you might know him better as Billy the Kid. Scheduled to hang as a convicted murderer, Billy is represented in Lincoln County, New Mexico, by attorney Ira Leonard. But in a life...

The cataclysmic conclusion to the international bestselling Brethren trilogy 1295 A. D. The Christian empire in the Holy Land lies in ruins. Returning to Paris, Knight Templar Will Campbell is at a crossroads. He has sworn to uphold the principles of the Anima Templi,...

The incredibly buzzy debut that everyone is talking about -- a love story about two people pulled apart by the same force that draws them together: music. It's a Friday night in a campus bar in Berkeley, fall of 2000, and Percy Marks is...

From the author of Bitterroot Landing--hailed by the Richmond State as "a splendid contribution to Southern literature"--comes a stunning story woven around the themes of innocence and miracles in everyday life. When the granddaughter of the founder of an isolated religious community in South...

France, 1939: A talented singer, Ruth Lacroix has left Maine to live with her aunt and uncle, dreaming of performing at the Casino de Paris. But with the outbreak of war, and the heartbreaking news that her cousin has been killed by German forces,...

There's nothing like a death in the family to stir up old loves, rivalries and hatreds . . . In a world of winners and losers; friends and lovers; horses and dogs, Bramble, Felicity and Helena are sisters - but three very different women....

Author: Lilian HarryISBN-10: 0752834428ISBN-13: 9780752834429Publisher: OrionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2000Pages: 480Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.30w x 1.30d

All bets are off in this lively Victorian romance full of spice and wit! May the best gentleman win... A debutante? Wealthy rail baron Thomas Hayward needs a duke's land to expand his empire, but the oaf insists on a ridiculous wager: they'll both...

From Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestselling Author Natasha Madison comes new A billionaire, marriage pact, opposites attract, workplace romance.What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Unless you end up married!ZoeyWhen I first met him, I got butterflies in my stomach.I thought...

"With chilling detail and deep compassion, Mattison Casaus chronicles how family trauma can be passed down through generations. Using beautiful symbolism, Casaus forges a family pistol, a treasured heirloom, which they assume is what protects them, but it almost destroys them." -Enrique R. Lamadrid,...

Immerse yourself in the Harpers Emporium in the roaring 20s - a time of prosperity, optimism, and change... London 1926 Kitty Wilson, who, after losing her father, rejects the unsuitable suitor her mother has chosen. Abandoned by her mother, Kitty faces the challenges of...

The storm has passed, but the hard work is just beginning... Gansett Island has withstood the fury of Hurricane Ethel, and now the cleanup is underway for many islanders, including McKenzie Martin, who barely escaped the storm with her life and that of her...

Evangeline Gerard lost her virginity just as her mother drowned at sea in the first story of Michael Ellis Taylor's sweeping family saga. Whatever May Come follows the complicated lives and loves of the Alexandre brothers and their lifelong connection to Evangeline. Spanning locations...

"...an epic, meticulously imagined fantasy world filled with humor, lots of strong women, and a tale that feels unique and fresh." -- Reader Views For some, even death is not the end . . . Across countless generations, the bloodthirsty chovathi were confined to...

Secrets. Ruthless operatives. Shadowy overseers. And two young adults caught in the middle.Frankie Donofrio's dad told her, "We all have choices."Day Goode's father told him, "One can never go home."Together, the high school sweethearts make a choice... to go home. Only his home is...

A young girl does whatever's necessary to take back her agency when she is sent to live with her controlling grandfather in this atmospheric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and the Landry series--now popular Lifetime...

"With chilling detail and deep compassion, Mattison Casaus chronicles how family trauma can be passed down through generations. Using beautiful symbolism, Casaus forges a family pistol, a treasured heirloom, which they assume is what protects them, but it almost destroys them." -Enrique R. Lamadrid,...

What do you know about your ancestors?This book, the third one in the ANCESTORS series is based on the lives of the authors parents.Dot and Ben were born in the 1920's, lived and fought in WW2 and their story continues until 2014. What was...

The New York Times bestseller - One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year - One of NPR's Best Books of the Year - Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and BookPage - One of Oprah...

Based on the critically acclaimed dramatic film and inspired by true events, No Address shows how homelessness could happen to anyone. No Address is a gripping tale about a group of individuals who find themselves homeless due to unfortunate circumstances. It provides a realistic...

The campus is full of ghosts, they say. But are Beatrice's demons from the past or the present? It's 1915 and young Beatrice Damron burns to become a professional classical pianist. She leaves behind her meager mountain home and enters Martha Washington College to...

The Alliance Leadership is hastening its own demise. Robert and the team at Open have a plan to hurry things up but the Security Forces are onto it. They think. Can a vicious murder stop change in its tracks? What is a murder in...

After laboring in Germany for thirty years, H?seyin uses his hard-earned savings to purchase a sunny and spacious flat in Istanbul, envisioning the joys of retirement in his home country with his wife, Emine, by his side. But in a cruel twist of fate,...

He'll never forgive me... Jamie swore to keep us safe from evil, but it was at our doorstep the entire time; just waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. I led it into our home and once he finds out, I'll have to pay...

I grew up in the dark. Right and wrong? In my world, it was kill or be killed.I spend my time in the shadows; doing what I want, when I want. I refuse to follow anyone's rules-I own this town. They might not see...

Bestselling author Kris Radish takes the emotional measure of mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends in her wise and wonderful new novel of a woman unsure if she's on the verge of a breakdown--or a breakthrough.... After all these years is there any way you...

The next instalment in the emotional Nightingale Family series from Fenella J Miller A future free of peril? After the death of her husband, Sarah Cooper becomes betrothed to Robert Billings and moves her family back to Colchester. But with Robert away on-board ship,...

The emotional and gripping Victorian saga series from Fenella J Miller 1840s Colchester A tragic loss, a new path? When her family is struck by a terrible tragedy, Sarah Nightingale is forced to go into service at Grey Friars House as an under nursery-maid....

The next instalment in the emotional Nightingale Family series from Fenella J Miller A new family, an old fear... After the death of his wife, Sarah Nightingale marries Dan Cooper and becomes mother to his three little boys. They move to a fine house...

Imagine if who you thought you were wasn't your true identity. That is what Jade and her sister Amber discover soon after inheriting their multimillion-dollar company from their late parents. Gathering clues to understand the strange coincidences and answer the questions left unanswered for...

A father and son, long-estranged, fight to win a fishing competition together--and lose the pain that's kept them apart. It's 1976, and William McKay is at the top of his game. He's taken over the family brokerage firm. He has a stunning and accomplished...

A masterly crafted and haunting tale of survival, longing, and empathy, set during the Spanish Civil War. In late 1936, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in Northern Spain, spurred to join the fight to preserve his country's democracy from the insurrectionists by...

From award-winning writer Mortada Gzar, author of the acclaimed memoir I'm in Seattle, Where Are You?, comes an enthralling and lyrical novel about a girl's liberating self-discovery in Iraq.Fifteen-year-old Charlotte is restlessly coming of age in early twentieth-century Basra, Iraq. The daughter of a...

Where does the line between ones duty and one's morals fade? Most importantly can a world built on a foundation of sin produce a savior when it needs it most? These are the questions Marcus, Helena and Liam hope to answer as they journey...

In this third and final installment of The SideRoad Kids, the boys and girls say goodbye to their childhood. As such, this book contains themes and imagery unsuitable for young audiences. Each of the nine stories is told by one adult character. Blew, Flint,...

The emotional next book in the Victorian saga series from Fenella J Miller Dangerous times, new fortunes London October 1843. Sarah Nightingale is a strong young woman who keeps her head high and faces every new adversity with courage. So when Daniel Cooper, a...

A dramatic story of love and loss across three generations as the railroad came to Patagonia, forever changing the landscape and its peoples.Llankaray's grandmother left a rich inheritance: her medicine, an undefeatable spirit, and the stories of her Mapuche ancestors. These tales are forever...

"A brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America."-Charles Frazier Against the breathtaking backdrop of Appalachia comes a rich, multilayered post--Civil War saga of three generations of families-their dreams, their downfalls, and their faith. Cataloochee is a...

Ida's shadow rose erect, and her black-eyed gaze, calm as the eye of the hurricane, rested on Geneva's face. 'Who's the father?" Geneva gripped the sheets more tightly, her eyes blurring, her mind struggling to imagine the consequences of answering her question. Victor was...

In this third and final installment of The SideRoad Kids, the boys and girls say goodbye to their childhood. As such, this book contains themes and imagery unsuitable for young audiences. Each of the nine stories is told by one adult character. Blew, Flint,...

Secrets. Ruthless operatives. Shadowy overseers. And two young adults caught in the middle.Frankie Donofrio's dad told her, "We all have choices."Day Goode's father told him, "One can never go home."Together, the high school sweethearts make a choice... to go home. Only his home is...

Best Beloved, Are you up in your room this afternoon, I wonder, or are you sitting here beside me, looking out over the water - with your head resting on my shoulder...?Told with authentic love letters, Maplecroft, the first book in the Maplecroft family...