Fiction - Sagas

A gripping, finely crafted read with a cast of compelling characters. High-school friends and rivals, Tenbrook and Pillars, find themselves on opposite sides of a barbed wire fence when one decides to plow and develop the native prairie they hunted together as youths. Gurley...

One of Pop Sugar's "10 BOOKS BY DEBUT AUTHORS TO WATCH." From a powerful new literary voice, a sweeping epic of one family and the destructive power of the American Dream. "A powerful debut novel for fans of literary fiction and with special import...

'Curl up in a chair with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another time and another place.' Lizzie LaneMay 1940There are new residents at Goodwill House - WAAF drivers Camilla 'Millie' Cunningham and Diane Forsyth, both eager to do their bit for...

Liverpool, 1942. As the residents of Pearl Street prepare for Christmas, adversity and tragedy bring them ever closer together. A powerful new saga from the bestselling author of AFTER THE WAR IS OVER. Eileen is worried about the growing distance between herself and her...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a rich historical novel of family and World War II, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel unfurls a powerful saga that spans generations and continents. This is a story of courage, friendship, and fate as two families...

1659: Cromwell's protectorate is drawing to a close, and the restoration of the monarchy can only improve the fortunes of the Morland family. The years of civil war and their aftermath have left Morland Place in dire straits, but with the return of the...

As an infant, Alice Thorton is found abandoned in a canoe. Adopted by a young childless couple, she is raised with no knowledge of her family's history, especially that of her strong female forebears--Eleonora, Signe, and Sophie--who hold a special place in the history...

The first installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.In the middle years of the ninth...

A compelling tale of secrets and betrayal, friendship and trust, and the legacy of war.Originally published as Hope at Holly Cottage.Plymouth, 1954.The future seems rosy for Plymouth schoolgirl Anna Millington, as she prepares for teacher training college.But Anna's life is not what it seems....

Harvest of Fear is a gripping historical novel that brings to life a family, a farm, and a racial war - in Africa. Johan Steenkamp brings ardent, impetuous Marie home to his flourishing farm in Rhodesia. There is a leopard roaming the bush and,...

Austin's life was destroyed by self-indulgence, neglect, and abuse. However, through the hearts of many, Austin's life was restored with meaning and peace. This story reflects Austin's life and his desire to help others. With no Dad and an alcoholic mother, Austin's trials of...

Brand new in Sheila Riley's brilliant, gritty Reckoner's Row seriesLiverpool 1953January sees the dawn of the Queen Elizabeth's Coronation year as the mothers of Reckoners Row unite in preparation for the celebration of the new Queen.Meanwhile Evie Kilgaren is dreaming of her summer wedding...

A dramatic and poignant tale of one girl's quest for the truth.Originally published as Lily's Journey.Dartmoor, 1952.When fifteen-year-old Lily Hayes loses her mother, she finds herself at a crossroads: go to a children's home or leave the bright lights of London to live with...

GRACE ARISING is the third full-length novel in The White Sails Series. The burgeoning 1840s New Holland wool market is irresistible to entrepreneurial souls prepared to brave the open oceans. Having survived unimaginable tragedy together, Grace and Seamus Fitzwilliam plan a fresh start aboard...

It's 1952 and Mabel is feeling the weight of being a mother to three young children and running the bakery. And now that Mark knows he is Matthew's father, she's afraid Luke will discover the truth.In this gripping story about family, fate, and forgiveness,...

"Rich, imaginative. . . . One of the best novels I've read all year."--Ross King, author of Leonardo and the Last SupperA sensuous, heartbreaking novel about art, beauty, and the choices we make that define us for life.In 1968 a young man travels to...

From the glamorous world of opera to the underbelly of New York's seediest tenements, a page-turning rollercoaster ride of kidnappings, betrayals, friendships, spies, bribes, hidden identities, and twisted intrigues ... By 1908, Francesca Frascatti has the opera world at her feet. A volatile Neapolitan...

Heartwarming and nostalgic fiction from the best selling author of The District Nurses of Victory Walk.It's 1943 and the district nurses have two new recruits ...As the country ramps up for D-Day, the new nurses getting to know their patients on their patch in...

As the war rages on, can they be there for each other?Spring 1940As the war rages on, Vickers steelworks is busier than ever which is proving tough for Nancy as she juggles working long hours and looking after two young children, all while waiting...

The plucky heroines at the Quality Street factory must be ready for anything as war looms.Rumours about a war with Germany have been whispered around the Quality Street factory for months. It's hard for everyone to get their heads around air raids, rationing and...

Winner of two major European prizes, this funny, quirky chronicle of a family of Dutch clockmakers is a bestseller in the Netherlands.Sixty-year-old Nathan Hollander is stranded in a winter blizzard with his young niece, Nina, in the deserted house of his late Uncle Herman....

Set amid the backdrop of the massacre of Greeks and Armenians after World War I, a deeply affecting family story of love and survival infused with the rich historical detail and emotional power of Sisters of the Resistance and The Women in the Castle.It...

Set amid the backdrop of the massacre of Greeks and Armenians after World War I, a deeply affecting family story of love and survival infused with the rich historical detail and emotional power of Sisters of the Resistance and The Women in the Castle.It...

Young Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II's adventure happens inside of Paris's Notre-Dame's Cathedral imaginary astrological clock. Exactly a year after his quest in Venice's astrological clock, together with the same band of now five young wizards, while seeking the path to the Orloj, the young wizard...

Isaac and Scarlett Bailey's attempts to escape the smuggling syndicate have left their lives in pieces. Isaac's children are missing, and Scarlett's battle with the darkness inside her has just become far more difficult. As the search for the children escalates, long-buried truths begin...

A lush and atmospheric novel about three generations of a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias"An exciting new voice with a prowess for lyricism." ―Publishers Weekly NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A B&N DISCOVER PICK * A...

A betrayed and lonely young woman. An old lady locked in silence and regret. The ghosts of mothers who made their own choices.When her controlling boyfriend runs out on her, Laura believes she must pick up the pieces alone. But Peggy, her grandmother, has...

Author: Tamara BrighamISBN-10: 1737186926ISBN-13: 9781737186922Publisher: Tamara BrighamLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2022Pages: 762Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.91lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.52d

At the age of ninety-five, Sarah Blakemere signs her final will and testament, pleased with how it will throw the cat among the family pigeons. She has left her luxurious home in Mandurah, Western Australia, to two female relatives in the UK, on the...

In the waning years of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, when female power can only come at an unsettling price, four royal women struggle against the shadowy influence of Akhenaten, the infamous heretic Pharaoh. Akhenaten wields control of a strange, emerging religion unlike anything Egypt has...

They were an inseparable tribe of childhood friends whose world was torn apart by the First World War. Some were lost in battle, and those who survived have had their lives unimaginably upended, scattered to Ceylon and India, France and Germany, and, inevitably, back...

A New York Times Notable Book"A rich, seductive meld of characters real and fictive, of history and fancy." -- New York Times Book ReviewIn this compelling family saga set during a tumultuous era in Boston history, 1960-1984, acclaimed author James Carroll chronicles the lives...

One thousand years ago, chaos loosed itself upon Japan, upending an era in which the arts flourished. At the dawn of 250 years of civil war, in the opulent court of Lord Norimasa, the beautiful but cruel poet Lady Utsu wages war with men's...

A family divided......with no signs of reconciliation.Will Lydia rue the day she ever met them?Keen to get away from her abusive father, Lydia happily accepts the post of housekeeper at the Jackson family home.But when William senses romance in the air between Lydia and...

"When one does not love too much, one does not love enough." --Blaise PascalNo l Trudeau calls them moonstoners. The ones born under a restless moon during unsettling times, the ones who become the dreamers, the discontents, the seekers of a newer world. The...

Some women can touch a man and heal like Jesus. The man who sees sunrise from a Belle woman's bed will swear he's been born again. When it came to men, Charlotte Belle strictly ascribed to the law of catch and release. As soon...

Newly widowed after a forty-year marriage, Margaret Wright's decision to make a fresh start by redecorating her home has unexpected consequences when talented interior designer Jason Parker enters her life. But if Margaret rushes headlong into a new relationship, is she in danger of...

After the war, Kate Russell intends to marry a man with pedigree but meets Robert Campbell. Her family, outraged by their proposal, will only accept Robert if he climbs the ranks of the army, but then peace is declared. Trapped by her parents' demands,...

The haunting story of the beautiful--and tragic--Mary, Queen of Scots, as only legendary novelist Jean Plaidy could write it Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at the tender age of six days old. Her French-born mother, the Queen Regent, knew immediately that the infant...

A deeply troubled woman, Debra DeVereaux, is admitted to a hospital psychiatric ward in 1985 under suicide watch. Intrigued by her dreams and insistence that she speaks directly to God, a psychotherapist teams up with the hospital's chaplain to unravel the mystery of Untold...

In this deeply stirring novel, acclaimed author Cristina Garc a follows one extraordinary family through four generations, from China to Cuba to America. Wonderfully evocative of time and place, rendered in the lyrical prose that is Garc a's hallmark, Monkey Hunting is an emotionally...

In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. "The history is] exhilarating. . . . The Aviator's Wife...

A TONIGHT SHOW SUMMER READS FINALISTAn electrifying first novel from "a riveting new voice in American fiction" (George Saunders): A young woman returns to her childhood home in the American South and uncovers secrets about her father's life and deathBillie James' inheritance isn't much:...

When Malena Sevilla's tidy, carefully planned world collapses following her father's mysterious suicide, she finds a letter--signed with an "A"--that reveals that her mother, who she thought dead, is very much alive in San Isidro, a quaint town tucked in the Andes Mountains. Intent...

The year is 1976, and the Sexual Revolution is in full swing. Sensitive teen Dorothy is coming of age amidst the turbulence of a soulless town. SCORPIONS HUNT BY NIGHT is the first book in the four book series SOULLESS. It chronicles the journeys...

Winter is finally beginning to break in Thornata, and with the hope of a new spring comes the shadow of a horrifying new evil. The young Rawl wielder Adel and his allies have already handed their Hoyt enemies a number of resounding defeats. As...

Winter is finally beginning to break in Thornata, and with the hope of a new spring comes the shadow of a horrifying new evil. The young Rawl wielder Adel and his allies have already handed their Hoyt enemies a number of resounding defeats. As...

Combining the haunting power of Toni Morrison's Beloved with the evocative atmosphere of Phillippa Gregory's A Respectable Trade, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa's groundbreaking novel illuminates a little discussed aspect of history--the Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade--witnessed through the experiences of Pola, an African captive used as...

Armed with extraordinary medical talent and a winning smile, newly trained surgeon, Chase Callaway, enters the world of private practice in Los Angeles, only to be greeted by a wall of stunning peer rejection. A charge of malpractice is levied a mere three days...

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes an unforgettable novel of a BBC-sponsored wartime cooking competition and the four women who enter for a chance to better their lives. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING...