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Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought.

Two rivals from opposing gangs grow dangerously close in this dazzling YA debut set in 1940s San Francisco Chinatown. Beneath the neon glare of postwar San Francisco, Chinatown is ruled by two rival crime families. East Phoenix deals in secrets and stealth, West Dragon in fists and fear. But...

In this gothic historical tale full of mystery, two girls must uncover the secrets of their haunted home before it's too late. THE HARROW HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS has long stood as a place of secrets. The estate has housed hundreds of young women hidden away during their pregnancies, their...

The Inheritance Games meets Bridgerton in the riveting companion novel to The Queen's Spade, where our heroine must play a deadly game and risk everything to get to the truth that’s poisoning Victorian England’s royal court. Favored by Queen Victoria, Vicky Davies has survived royal courts...

A brilliant girl risking it all to infiltrate a secret society of enchanters gets unexpected help from one of their victims—now a vengeful spirit—in this historical dark academia novel by New York Times bestselling author S. E. Grove. In a world where magic is drawn from the realm of the...

A time-bending love story between a prickly young woman and a carefree stranger, who are tasked with saving the universe—after accidentally destroying it in the first place.

Rosalinda è intrappolata sull’Isola delle Peccatrici insieme ad altre Maestose come lei: bellissime streghe odiate dalla società per la loro magia, ma venerate da uomini potenti che vogliono usarle a proprio vantaggio. Ha diciotto anni, ormai, e sa di essere considerata il premio più ambito dell’Offerta di quest’anno, quando il sovrano e i nobili del Regno di Coronado sbarcheranno sull’isola per pagare le decime alla Chiesa e adorare gli dei con feste, danze e gozzoviglie, e infine scegliere tra le Maestose quella destinata a salvare le loro anime.

Based on the true life story of Anne Burras, First Lady of Jamestown shares the excitement, sorrow, and grit of 17th Century Jamestown. When tragedy strikes, young Anne is left as the lone woman among hundreds of men in the fledgling Virginia colony, forced to forge a new life for herself despite the confines of her culture and gender. From heartache to love, and from tragic loss to heroic survival in the harshest of conditions, Anne's determination and fortitude through her life's challenges inspires all who learn of her story.

When tragedy strikes, Victoria Ravenwood inherits the crumbling estate of Ravenfell Manor, hoping to find solace within its ivy-choked walls. Instead, she discovers a house alive with sorrow, secrets, and whispers of the dead. Gabriel Allward has guarded Ravenfell for years, his mysterious presence as rooted as the stones themselves. Cold and distant, he carries a secret that binds him to the estate—a truth too dangerous to share. Yet Victoria is drawn to him, even as the shadows close in.

The Roman occupation is brutal. The governor’s grip on the region is fragile. The authorities throw banquets in palaces while fishermen go hungry. Speaking out is dangerous. Two men, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth, dare to, and pay with their lives. Is their talk of a new Kingdom a delusion, or a promise of future liberation and justice?

Independência ou morte! Um momento decisivo na história do Brasil. Mas este foi apenas um momento, eternizado em marcantes obras de arte. O que aconteceu antes daquele dia em que Dom Pedro I declarou a independência? Quem foram os personagens históricos envolvidos? Com base no famoso quadro "Independência ou morte", de Pedro Américo, o autor Gustavo Penna resolveu investigar a trajetória de sete indivíduos intimamente envolvidos no processo de independência do nosso país para recriar a história de como o Brasil resolveu se separar de Portugal, há quase 200 anos atrás.

I had a lot going through my mind. Call it what you will, but I was just a tween girl on a mission. One I couldn't control. But, did I want to control it? I have no clue! Anyways, I couldn't escape these three thoughts that kept bothering me like some song from last summer.

In a breathless, haunting, and rich historical mystery, New York Times bestselling author Monica Hesse speaks to the depths of trauma and the power of memory. Seven months ago, Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred “Hello Girls,” female switchboard operators employed...

Nikola Tesla, the visionary genius, is lecturing in New York City when he falls for Victoria, the mysterious young woman he sees night after night in the front row. The woman intrigues him: her curiosity is as great as his own, and her interest is wide-ranging. But there’s something she’s hiding, a family secret so horrendous no one speaks of it. When Tesla finds out, he has a decision to make: listen to the inner voice warning him to stay away, or abandon his morality and help her with her own terrible science.

Chicago, 1910. Vier junge Frauen auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe. Die Davenports gehören zu den wenigen Schwarzen Familien, die zu Wohlstand und Ansehen gekommen sind. Sie leben in einem Anwesen mit Kristallleuchtern, Dienstboten und großen Festen. Nun werden Olivia und Helen, die beiden Davenport-Töchter, in die Gesellschaft eingeführt. Wie das Dienstmädchen Amy-Rose und die beste Freundin Ruby müssen sie ihren Weg finden.

It’s 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she’s still reeling from her parents’ divorce, and her grandmother Katherine’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine’s vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself—a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about her—the exact scene she wrote about him in her journal—and Gracie realizes that she can create any reality she wants.

Eighteen-year-old Joaquín del Toro’s future looks bright. With his older brother in the priesthood, he’s set to inherit his family’s Texas ranch. He’s in love with Dulceña—and she’s in love with him. But it’s 1915, and trouble has been brewing along the US-Mexico border. On one side, the Mexican Revolution is taking hold; on the other, Texas Rangers fight Tejano insurgents, and ordinary citizens are caught in the middle. As tensions grow, Joaquín is torn away from Dulceña, whose father’s critical reporting on the Rangers in the local newspaper has driven a wedge between their families.

In the land of Taletha, the wife market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse, but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.

Lady Hazel Sinnett ist vollkommen allein. Nicht sicher, ob Jack noch am Leben ist, bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als weiterhin Patienten zu behandeln. Da wird sie vom Königshaus beauftragt, die Leibärztin der kranken Prinzessin Charlotte zu werden. Schon bald findet die junge Lady sich in einer glanzvollen Welt wieder, in der nichts so ist, wie es scheint. Jeder hat etwas zu verbergen, vor allem der geheimnisvolle Gesellschaftsklub der Todesgefährten. Während Hazels Arbeit sie mehr und mehr mit dem britischen Hof verstrickt, merkt sie, dass ihre eigene Zukunft als Chirurgin nicht das Einzige ist, was für sie auf dem Spiel steht.

A coming-of-age story set in the 1960s during the sexual revolution and the civil rights movement, two teens separated by geography must navigate family expectations to find a way to be together on a journey to love and fulfillment.