Fiction - Sagas

A BookLife Editor's Pick!"Who She Left Behind" is a captivating historical fiction novel that spans multiple generations and delves into the emotional lives of its characters. Set in various time periods, from the declining days of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey to Armenian communities...

Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener's monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America's most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely...

After losing everything but his life, a young man forges a new identity for himself in the jungles of Vietnam and on the gritty streets of New York in this epic and riveting tale of crime, punishment, and redemptionIt's 1969. Devastated by the loss...

I used to think the past was dead and gone, that the passage of time erased memories...An unexpected visitor triggers buried memories of the mysterious deaths that plagued a family on the island of Trinidad at the turn of the 20th century. The "Great...

As the war reaches London, they'll band together...War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times.The...

Book two in the gripping Nurse's War series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller.Will she be reunited with those she loves?With her first husband dead and the war still ferocious, Victoria finds herself nursing injured soldiers on the Burma front. There she meets charismatic...

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poignant life of King Henry VIII's daughter--infamously known as Bloody Mary--who ruled England for five violent years.Born from young King Henry's first marriage, his elder daughter, Princess Mary,...

A jilted bride. Her brother's ex-buddy. An affair would be crazy...right?Chloe Kingston's life is exactly how she needs it: safe and stable. Right up until her reliable, low-risk fiancé jilts her on their fairy-tale wedding day. As she works her way through the reception...

John Thornton appears to be a successful self-made man, and a leading figure in Victorian England's manufacturing town of Milton. But his outward facade hides the reality. The only beacon of light in his life is when he attends weekly lessons with Richard Hale,...

The Flipside of Yellowstone. A Native American family saga filled with young love, personal and spiritual conflict, as well as the generational bonds of the ancients within the modern world. There is a special way of life on a ranch, but Grandfather's property is...

A quest for redemption or an exercise in futility...? In the late 1930s in a Southern port city, Joseph Curcio meets his former student Amanda, who is now a street artist selling mosaics made of broken glass and who offers Joseph a place to...

The Lyons Saga is a captivating story that will transport you into a world created by the author filled with intriguing characters. This book is where she introduces you to them and gives you details of their private lives as well as a glimpse...

In the Nevada desert, in the near future, a brilliant biologist and single mother named Naomi Chiang sets off a chain reaction that threatens to bring the networked world to its knees. When her seventeen-year-old son, Colt, who spends most of his time in...

This retelling of the ancient Saga of the People of Eyri is a modern classic. Absolutely gripping and compulsively readable, Booklist said this book, "does what good historical fiction is supposed to do: put a face on history that is recognizable to all." And...

Memories of a Pure Spring is a mesmerizing portrait of modern Vietnam and its people who struggle to survive under the complexities of a post-war regime. During the Vietnam war, Hung, a well-known composer, becomes enchanted by the voice and beauty of a young...

One single night. One perfect kiss. One undeniable connection. That's all it took for the most captivating man I've ever met to anchor himself within my soul. Deeply enough that I can't help reliving our stolen moment in time over two years later. So...

One single night. One perfect kiss. One undeniable connection. That's all it took for the most captivating man I've ever met to anchor himself within my soul. Deeply enough that I can't help reliving our stolen moment in time over two years later. So...

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL A haunting, epic novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center. In...

Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener's magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America's past, the story of Colorado--the Centennial State--is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain...

I used to think the past was dead and gone, that time erased memories ...An unexpected visitor to a cocoa estate on the island of Trinidad triggers buried memories of the mysterious deaths that plagued a prosperous French Creole family who once lived there....

The "revelatory" (The New York Review of Books) story of an ordinary man, his century, and his home. Jamaica Kincaid's first obsession, the island of Antigua, comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of Mr. Potter, an illiterate chauffeur who makes his living along...

That one simple kiss slayed him as nothing in his very, very long life had ever done. It physically hurt him to release her and turn his back on everything she offered, but it was for the best. A KING WHO WALKS IN DARKNESS...

Author: Jeffrey ArcherISBN-10: 1250363284ISBN-13: 9781250363282Publisher: St. Martin's GriffinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2013Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.14d

PJ and Brad return and continue Brad's training. When their old enemy comes calling, they must fight to defend what they have gained.In this riveting and heart-pounding sequel to The War Within, PJ and Brad come back for another high-stakes adventure. Still as determined...

In the wild and rugged Cherokee Nation, a young bounty hunter named Jacob Wolf embarks on a dangerous journey to retrieve stolen horses and seek justice for his retired partner, Jerome Freeman. But it won't be an easy task, as Levi White Horn and...

"In today's society, we mourn what seems like an endless stream of preventable tragedies. Evil walks among us, and we want to know why and how to stop it. Is it nature-or nurture-that drives humans to psychopathic behavior? Ellie S. Dias's debut novel takes...

Can love blossom in times of trouble?Life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are following in the footsteps of their families, working at the Clarks shoe factory.But when Britain declares war on Germany, the Somerset village of Street is shaken to its core. The Clarks...

A gripping story from bestselling author, Fenella J. Miller.For King, for country...for love?Victoria Bahani, the privileged seventeen-year-old, daughter of the Rajah of Marpur and an English woman, has always believed she would marry an Englishman. And when she meets Captain Henry Hindley-Jones she knows...

Mersey Square, Stockport. Can she give her young sons the life they deserve, or will taking them away from their father destroy them all? Singer Olivia Grant has recently separated from the father of her two small boys and knows that the best place...

Mersey Square, Stockport, 1984. Can she find the courage to overcome a devastating tragedy? Sammy and Roy Cantello have been inseparable since they were teenage sweethearts. Married for twenty years, their eldest son is the apple of Sammy's eye. When the police arrive, telling...

Mersey Square, Stockport. With her daughter in danger, how far will she go to save her? Every day for the last sixteen years, Olivia Grant has longed for her daughter. Forced to give her up at birth, Harley has been raised by her father...

Can they put on a happy front for just one more Christmas?Charlotte and Bryan have been separated for six months. With Bryan constantly working, Charlotte struggling with a baby and their son diagnosed with Autism, the fairytale future they imagined never quite came true....

The #1 bestselling author of Cooking for Picasso and The Godmothers returns with The Girl from the Grand Hotel, a dazzling historical novel that brings readers into the glamorous world of the first (and doomed) Cannes Film Festival and the deadly atmosphere of Europe...

Guido has two passions: The big river and women. Only one can win... It's 1964 and confirmed bachelor Guido Martelli lives in the Zambezi Valley on a sugar estate. Born in Italy, he's lived in Rhodesia for ten years and his passion for the...

In a time of war, family is everything...From their arranged marriage through the births of their six beautiful daughters, Franco and Anna Gennusa's love carried them all through the struggles of World War II. German soldiers, hiding a fleeing family, aiding the Italian Resistance...

From the author of the Amaryllis Series, Midas Series, and Glacier Adventure Series: Captain Brett Stewart is a second-generation firefighter. His life is irrevocably changed when he enters a burning building only to be trapped. Now, recovered from his injuries, he's eager to don...

A battle-scarred father. A disillusioned daughter. Can a grieving widower rebuild his splintered family to find peace at last? South Dakota, 1949. WWII veteran John Smith longs for the life he lost after the tragic death of his wife during childbirth. But in the...

Somewhere in the endless darkness of space lies an uncharted planeT.The planet orbits dangerously close to the very hostile territory, the Dominion. A special team of scientists has gone missing after finding a mysterious ancient relic on the planet's surface. Soon after the team...

Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid...

A masterpiece of breathtaking scope--a brilliantly conceived epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history This rich tapestry weaves a compelling saga of five families--the Wilsons, the Masons, the family of Porteus, the Shockleys, and the Godfreys--who reflect the changing character...

Two women--separated by decades and continents, and united by an exotic family heirloom--reclaim secrets and lost loves in this sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives. "My favorite kind of page-turner--unputdownable!"--Martha Hall Kelly, author of The Golden Doves...

"A wonderful, moving story about love and loss, focusing on two generations: grandmother and granddaughter." -Marie W. Watts, author of the award-winning trilogy, Warriors for Equal RightsA beloved home. Matters of the heart. Can an elderly woman find the key to saving her precious...

Inspired by a true storyDaughterMidwifePrincess'A fascinating story reflecting the past moving alongside the present day' USA Today Bestseller Glynis PetersBorn Nigerian royalty, Princess Adenrele Ademola trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London and stepped up to serve the people of Britain when...

"Broughman has created an American epic, a grand story that stretches across land and water, time and race, gender and religion. ... as characters go off to war, flee to cities, and escape the terrors of slavery, we encounter the awesome forces of mercy,...

About the BookFULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS, CHATURANGA WILL KEEP READERS ENGAGED FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST PAGE.Political intrigue is astir in the land of Mahishmathi. After the failed coup staged by the Vaithalikas, Sivagami finds herself elevated to the position of bhoomipathi,...

Magdalene is eager to find love and friendship, something she lacked growing up. She leaves her Canadian home to join her sisters in New Jersey, quickly learns the language, and lands a job. All that's left is to find a husband. But after a...

A fantastically lively novel that follows the story of Frankie Solomon as he leaves his life as a musician in New York and moves to a small Island in the south. There he discovers the hidden culture of modern day pirates, drugs and love...

EMMA ANDERSON has everything in her life worked out. She has a perfect job in a Manhattan empire, allowing her to live a quiet, organised and safe existence. A necessity after a childhood filled with abuse, bad memories, and a mother who was less...

Flashback to the '70s in electrifying Las Vegas. Angie Russo's eighteenth birthday wish on New Year's Eve, 1970, is to break free from the sheltered life in which she was raised. Following the murder of her father and her sister's overdose, her uncle and...

Written nearly a decade after Lithium for Medea, Palm Latitudes, Kate Braverman's second novel and arguably her chef d'oeuvre, explores the intertwined lives of three women who await absolution and revelation in the bougainvillea- and violence-filled "barrio" of Los Angeles. Frances Ramos is a...