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El misterio del último Stradivarius

de Alejandro G. Roemmers • 2025

A Paraguayan detective hunts a stolen Stradivarius entangled with Nazi plunder and inherited guilt.

3.50

286

🖼️ Stolen Art Thriller 📜 Historical Mystery 🕵️ Disenchanted Detective 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎨 Nazi Looted Art

El misterio del último Stradivarius

A Paraguayan detective hunts a stolen Stradivarius entangled with Nazi plunder and inherited guilt.

de Alejandro G. Roemmers 2025 325 pagini

3.50

286 evaluări

🖼️ Stolen Art Thriller 📜 Historical Mystery 🕵️ Disenchanted Detective 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎨 Nazi Looted Art

The Girls of Pearl Harbor

de Soraya M. Lane • 2019

Three nurses arrive in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor turns their island into a battlefield of love and loss.

4.29

12.000+

🩺 World War Ii Nursing 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🤝 Found Family 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Girls of Pearl Harbor

Three nurses arrive in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor turns their island into a battlefield of love and loss.

de Soraya M. Lane 2019 353 pagini

4.29

12.000+ evaluări

🩺 World War Ii Nursing 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🤝 Found Family 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Undertakers

de Nicole Glover • 2021

Married undertakers read star sigils to catch a killer in post-Civil War Philadelphia.

3.86

500+

👰 Married Sleuths 🕯️ Post-Civil War 🗝️ Coded Treasure Hunt 👻 Ghosts And SéAnces ⭐ Sigil Magic

The Undertakers

Married undertakers read star sigils to catch a killer in post-Civil War Philadelphia.

de Nicole Glover 2021 429 pagini

3.86

500+ evaluări

👰 Married Sleuths 🕯️ Post-Civil War 🗝️ Coded Treasure Hunt 👻 Ghosts And SéAnces ⭐ Sigil Magic

The Cut of the Moon

de Cynthia Ellingsen • 2025

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

4.39

1.000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

The Cut of the Moon

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

de Cynthia Ellingsen 2025 374 pagini

4.39

1.000+ evaluări

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

Death Beside the Seaside

de T.E. Kinsey • 2019

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

4.26

10.000+

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery 👯 Lady Detective Duo 🏠 Found Family

Death Beside the Seaside

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

de T.E. Kinsey 2019 378 pagini

4.26

10.000+ evaluări

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery 👯 Lady Detective Duo 🏠 Found Family

The Chanel Sisters

de Judithe Little • 2020

The forgotten sister who built Chanel tells the story Coco never would.

3.95

8.000+

🧵 Fashion History 👤 Woman Behind The Icon 🏙️ Belle ÉPoque Paris ⚔️ Wartime Separation 👩‍👩‍👧 Orphaned Sisters

The Chanel Sisters

The forgotten sister who built Chanel tells the story Coco never would.

de Judithe Little 2020 329 pagini

3.95

8.000+ evaluări

🧵 Fashion History 👤 Woman Behind The Icon 🏙️ Belle ÉPoque Paris ⚔️ Wartime Separation 👩‍👩‍👧 Orphaned Sisters

The Silence Factory

de Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4.000+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

de Bridget Collins 2024 384 pagini

3.42

4.000+ evaluări

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Glassmaker

de Tracy Chevalier • 2024

Barred from the Murano furnace, a girl masters secret beadmaking, then five centuries sweep past.

3.93

43.000+

🏠 Generational Family Saga 🎨 Hidden Artistry 🌊 Venetian Setting 💔 Time-Spanning Love 💪 Matriarchal Resilience

The Glassmaker

Barred from the Murano furnace, a girl masters secret beadmaking, then five centuries sweep past.

de Tracy Chevalier 2024 402 pagini

3.93

43.000+ evaluări

🏠 Generational Family Saga 🎨 Hidden Artistry 🌊 Venetian Setting 💔 Time-Spanning Love 💪 Matriarchal Resilience

Pilgrims

de Matthew Kneale • 2020

A dozen pilgrims trek to Rome in 1289, each hiding a sin no shrine can cure.

3.80

500+

🚶 Pilgrimage Narrative 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌱 Unlikely Hero ✡️ Jewish Persecution

Pilgrims

A dozen pilgrims trek to Rome in 1289, each hiding a sin no shrine can cure.

de Matthew Kneale 2020 340 pagini

3.80

500+ evaluări

🚶 Pilgrimage Narrative 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌱 Unlikely Hero ✡️ Jewish Persecution

The Women of Troy

de Pat Barker • 2021

After Troy's fall, winds stall. Pregnant Briseis survives a camp where Achilles's son unravels.

3.83

30.000+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🔗 Captive Women ✊ Feminist Retelling 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 🌑 Grim Atmosphere

The Women of Troy

After Troy's fall, winds stall. Pregnant Briseis survives a camp where Achilles's son unravels.

de Pat Barker 2021

3.83

30.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🔗 Captive Women ✊ Feminist Retelling 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 🌑 Grim Atmosphere

Bone of My Bone

de Johanna van Veen • 2026

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

3.79

2.000+

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Bone of My Bone

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

de Johanna van Veen 2026 368 pagini

3.79

2.000+ evaluări

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Porcupines

de Fran Fabriczki • 2026

Her Hungarian mother fled into reinvention. Her American daughter wants the woman she was before.

3.29

1.000+

🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 👤 Absent Father ✡️ Jewish Diaspora 👯 Sisters Estranged

Porcupines

Her Hungarian mother fled into reinvention. Her American daughter wants the woman she was before.

de Fran Fabriczki 2026 320 pagini

3.29

1.000+ evaluări

🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 👤 Absent Father ✡️ Jewish Diaspora 👯 Sisters Estranged

Siren Queen

de Nghi Vo • 2022

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

3.67

13.000+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

Siren Queen

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

de Nghi Vo 2022 281 pagini

3.67

13.000+ evaluări

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

The Gift of Rain

de Tan Twan Eng • 2007

A Eurasian outcast bonds with a Japanese diplomat in colonial Penang; occupation makes it a trap.

4.28

19.000+

🌴 Colonial Malaya 🪖 Japanese Occupation ⚔️ Mentor Student Bond 💔 Collaboration Guilt 🥋 Martial Arts Philosophy

The Gift of Rain

A Eurasian outcast bonds with a Japanese diplomat in colonial Penang; occupation makes it a trap.

de Tan Twan Eng 2007

4.28

19.000+ evaluări

🌴 Colonial Malaya 🪖 Japanese Occupation ⚔️ Mentor Student Bond 💔 Collaboration Guilt 🥋 Martial Arts Philosophy

Birds Without Wings

de Louis de Bernières • 2004

Muslims and Christians share a town until war draws a border through every home.

4.16

16.000+

📍 Anatolian Village 🏛️ Ottoman Collapse 🌍 Multi-Ethnic Community 💔 Doomed Love 🧳 Forced Migration

Birds Without Wings

Muslims and Christians share a town until war draws a border through every home.

de Louis de Bernières 2004 554 pagini

4.16

16.000+ evaluări

📍 Anatolian Village 🏛️ Ottoman Collapse 🌍 Multi-Ethnic Community 💔 Doomed Love 🧳 Forced Migration

How to Love a Duke in Ten Days

de Kerrigan Byrne • 2019

To escape blackmail, a scholar marries a scarred duke, trading her fortune for his protection.

4.12

8.000+

🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Trauma Recovery 👯 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

How to Love a Duke in Ten Days

To escape blackmail, a scholar marries a scarred duke, trading her fortune for his protection.

de Kerrigan Byrne 2019 440 pagini

4.12

8.000+ evaluări

🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Trauma Recovery 👯 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

The Expert of Subtle Revisions

de Kirsten Menger-Anderson • 2025

Her father vanishes, leaving a time-shifting music box and a Wikipedia trail back to 1930s Vienna.

3.70

1.000+

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🏛️ Interwar Vienna ⏳ Queer Love Across Time 📜 Erased Women's History 🫂 Found Family

The Expert of Subtle Revisions

Her father vanishes, leaving a time-shifting music box and a Wikipedia trail back to 1930s Vienna.

de Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 256 pagini

3.70

1.000+ evaluări

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🏛️ Interwar Vienna ⏳ Queer Love Across Time 📜 Erased Women's History 🫂 Found Family

Indigo

de Beverly Jenkins • 1996

An Underground Railroad agent hides a wounded legend. His arrogance asks for trust she cannot give.

4.30

6.000+

🕯️ Antebellum Romance 🚂 Underground Railroad 🖤 Black Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine

Indigo

An Underground Railroad agent hides a wounded legend. His arrogance asks for trust she cannot give.

de Beverly Jenkins 1996 370 pagini

4.30

6.000+ evaluări

🕯️ Antebellum Romance 🚂 Underground Railroad 🖤 Black Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine

The Miniaturist

de Jessie Burton • 2014

Newly married in Amsterdam, she fills a dollhouse whose tiny figures predict the household's ruin.

3.62

100.000+

🏙️ Dutch Golden Age 🕯️ Gothic Domestic Suspense 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Family Secrets

The Miniaturist

Newly married in Amsterdam, she fills a dollhouse whose tiny figures predict the household's ruin.

de Jessie Burton 2014 416 pagini

3.62

100.000+ evaluări

🏙️ Dutch Golden Age 🕯️ Gothic Domestic Suspense 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Family Secrets

Churchill's Secret Messenger

de Alan Hlad • 2021

A grieving typist spying in occupied Paris falls for a Jewish saboteur the Gestapo is hunting.

4.40

11.000+

🔥 French Resistance 🕵️ Female Spy 🗼 Occupied Paris 💔 Forbidden Wartime Love 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Churchill's Secret Messenger

A grieving typist spying in occupied Paris falls for a Jewish saboteur the Gestapo is hunting.

de Alan Hlad 2021 406 pagini

4.40

11.000+ evaluări

🔥 French Resistance 🕵️ Female Spy 🗼 Occupied Paris 💔 Forbidden Wartime Love 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Brothers of the Gun

de Mark Lee Gardner • 2025

Thirty seconds of gunfire ignited a friendship, a blood feud, and a legend that outlived them both.

4.21

408

🤠 Old West History 👥 Dual Biography 🥀 Frontier Lawlessness 🏛️ Myth-Making 🔫 Gunfighter Legends

Brothers of the Gun

Thirty seconds of gunfire ignited a friendship, a blood feud, and a legend that outlived them both.

de Mark Lee Gardner 2025 336 pagini

4.21

408 evaluări

🤠 Old West History 👥 Dual Biography 🥀 Frontier Lawlessness 🏛️ Myth-Making 🔫 Gunfighter Legends

The Wolf and the Watchman

de Niklas Natt och Dag • 2017

A one-armed watchman and a dying lawyer pursue the fiend who dismembered a young man.

3.88

23.000+

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Odd Couple Detectives 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Body Horror ⚖️ Corrupt Institutions

The Wolf and the Watchman

A one-armed watchman and a dying lawyer pursue the fiend who dismembered a young man.

de Niklas Natt och Dag 2017 384 pagini

3.88

23.000+ evaluări

🌑 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Odd Couple Detectives 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Body Horror ⚖️ Corrupt Institutions

The Help

de Kathryn Stockett • 2009

In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.

4.47

3.000.000+

🏚️ Jim Crow South 🧹 Domestic Workers 🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship 📖 Stories Of Resistance 🌸 Southern Women

The Help

In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.

de Kathryn Stockett 2009 451 pagini

4.47

3.000.000+ evaluări

🏚️ Jim Crow South 🧹 Domestic Workers 🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship 📖 Stories Of Resistance 🌸 Southern Women

Death Comes as the End

de Agatha Christie • 1944

When a concubine threatens an Egyptian family's inheritance, she is the first to die.

3.84

28.000+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🏛️ Ancient Egypt 💰 Inheritance Murder Plot 👪 Family As Suspects 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

Death Comes as the End

When a concubine threatens an Egyptian family's inheritance, she is the first to die.

de Agatha Christie 1944 267 pagini

3.84

28.000+ evaluări

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🏛️ Ancient Egypt 💰 Inheritance Murder Plot 👪 Family As Suspects 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

Paradise

de Abdulrazak Gurnah • 1994

Pawned for debt in colonial East Africa, a boy discovers that every refuge demands a price.

3.60

14.000+

📖 Postcolonial Literature 🌱 Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Desire 🌍 East Africa 🏛️ Colonial Africa

Paradise

Pawned for debt in colonial East Africa, a boy discovers that every refuge demands a price.

de Abdulrazak Gurnah 1994 256 pagini

3.60

14.000+ evaluări

📖 Postcolonial Literature 🌱 Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Desire 🌍 East Africa 🏛️ Colonial Africa

The House with the Golden Door

de Elodie Harper • 2022

A Pompeii freedwoman risks everything to rescue the friend still trapped in the brothel she escaped.

4.19

22.000+

🏛️ Ancient Rome 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🕊️ Fragile Freedom 🍂 Bittersweet 🔥 Female Rage

The House with the Golden Door

A Pompeii freedwoman risks everything to rescue the friend still trapped in the brothel she escaped.

de Elodie Harper 2022 472 pagini

4.19

22.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Ancient Rome 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🕊️ Fragile Freedom 🍂 Bittersweet 🔥 Female Rage

Arthur & George

de Julian Barnes • 2005

After a solicitor is wrongly imprisoned, the creator of Sherlock Holmes turns detective to free him.

3.73

19.000+

🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 📖 Biographical Fiction 📚 Literary Crime 🔍 Amateur Detective 👥 Parallel Lives

Arthur & George

After a solicitor is wrongly imprisoned, the creator of Sherlock Holmes turns detective to free him.

de Julian Barnes 2005 147 pagini

3.73

19.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 📖 Biographical Fiction 📚 Literary Crime 🔍 Amateur Detective 👥 Parallel Lives

The Masterpiece

de Fiona Davis • 2018

A divorcée uncovers a lost painting in Grand Central and the forgotten woman who created it.

3.87

34.000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art World Mystery 👩‍🎨 Forgotten Woman Artist 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Masterpiece

A divorcée uncovers a lost painting in Grand Central and the forgotten woman who created it.

de Fiona Davis 2018 368 pagini

3.87

34.000+ evaluări

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art World Mystery 👩‍🎨 Forgotten Woman Artist 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Physician's Barbarian

de Amy Padilla • 2025

A physician becomes barbarian tribute to save his sister and is claimed by a gentle horsemaster.

4.16

1.000+

🗣️ Language Barrier Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💊 Healer Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Physician's Barbarian

A physician becomes barbarian tribute to save his sister and is claimed by a gentle horsemaster.

de Amy Padilla 2025 165 pagini

4.16

1.000+ evaluări

🗣️ Language Barrier Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💊 Healer Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Christmas at The Grange

de T.E. Kinsey • 2017

A country house Christmas turns odd when a theft leaves clues so abundant they feel like a prank.

4.15

9.000+

🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Lady Detective 💝 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Meta Mystery

Christmas at The Grange

A country house Christmas turns odd when a theft leaves clues so abundant they feel like a prank.

de T.E. Kinsey 2017 76 pagini

4.15

9.000+ evaluări

🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Lady Detective 💝 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Meta Mystery

The Wolf Den

de Elodie Harper • 2021

In Pompeii's most notorious brothel, an enslaved woman learns that freedom costs more than coin.

4.02

50.000+

🏛️ Ancient Pompeii 🖤 Gritty Historical ⛓️ Enslaved Protagonist 🤝 Female Solidarity ✊ Feminist Historical

The Wolf Den

In Pompeii's most notorious brothel, an enslaved woman learns that freedom costs more than coin.

de Elodie Harper 2021 464 pagini

4.02

50.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Ancient Pompeii 🖤 Gritty Historical ⛓️ Enslaved Protagonist 🤝 Female Solidarity ✊ Feminist Historical

The Kashmir Shawl

de Rosie Thomas • 2011

After her father dies, a Kashmir shawl sends Mair to India to unravel her grandmother's hidden past.

4.00

10.000+

⏳ Dual Timeline Saga 🇮🇳 Wartime India 🫂 Found Family 💘 Forbidden Love 👯 Female Friendship

The Kashmir Shawl

After her father dies, a Kashmir shawl sends Mair to India to unravel her grandmother's hidden past.

de Rosie Thomas 2011 400 pagini

4.00

10.000+ evaluări

⏳ Dual Timeline Saga 🇮🇳 Wartime India 🫂 Found Family 💘 Forbidden Love 👯 Female Friendship

A Man of Some Repute

de Elizabeth Edmondson • 2015

A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.

3.77

12.000+

🏰 Country House Murder ❄️ Cold Case Investigation 🇬🇧 Postwar England 🕵️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Family Secrets

A Man of Some Repute

A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.

de Elizabeth Edmondson 2015 305 pagini

3.77

12.000+ evaluări

🏰 Country House Murder ❄️ Cold Case Investigation 🇬🇧 Postwar England 🕵️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Family Secrets

The Fire Agent

de David Baerwald • 2026

A German-Jewish scientist helped build Tokyo. Now he must help burn it to the ground.

4.39

433

🏠 Family Saga 🗾 Wartime Japan 🕵️ Spy Networks 💕 Cross-Cultural Love ⚖️ Moral Compromise

The Fire Agent

A German-Jewish scientist helped build Tokyo. Now he must help burn it to the ground.

de David Baerwald 2026 624 pagini

4.39

433 evaluări

🏠 Family Saga 🗾 Wartime Japan 🕵️ Spy Networks 💕 Cross-Cultural Love ⚖️ Moral Compromise

The Dew Breaker

de Edwidge Danticat • 2004

A Haitian-American sculptor learns her gentle barber father was once a prison torturer in Haiti.

3.81

8.000+

🖇️ Linked Story Cycle 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🇭🇹 Haitian Diaspora 🤐 Hidden Family Secrets 🌊 Exile And Belonging

The Dew Breaker

A Haitian-American sculptor learns her gentle barber father was once a prison torturer in Haiti.

de Edwidge Danticat 2004 256 pagini

3.81

8.000+ evaluări

🖇️ Linked Story Cycle 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🇭🇹 Haitian Diaspora 🤐 Hidden Family Secrets 🌊 Exile And Belonging

Sparks Like Stars

de Nadia Hashimi • 2021

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

4.28

23.000+

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

Sparks Like Stars

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

de Nadia Hashimi 2021 464 pagini

4.28

23.000+ evaluări

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

In the Wilds of Derbyshire

de Jann Rowland • 2017

Cut off from her sister, Elizabeth Bennet seeks solace in Derbyshire and discovers an unlikely love.

4.10

500+

📖 Austen Variation 🕯️ Slow-Burn Courtship 💕 Sister Reconciliation 👯 Female Friendship 🌿 Derbyshire Countryside

In the Wilds of Derbyshire

Cut off from her sister, Elizabeth Bennet seeks solace in Derbyshire and discovers an unlikely love.

de Jann Rowland 2017 410 pagini

4.10

500+ evaluări

📖 Austen Variation 🕯️ Slow-Burn Courtship 💕 Sister Reconciliation 👯 Female Friendship 🌿 Derbyshire Countryside

We, the Drowned

de Carsten Jensen • 2006

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

4.24

12.000+

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers 🔄 Cycles Of Violence ⚓ Rites Of Passage

We, the Drowned

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

de Carsten Jensen 2006 678 pagini

4.24

12.000+ evaluări

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers 🔄 Cycles Of Violence ⚓ Rites Of Passage

Elizabeth's Deception

de Kate Speck • 2020

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

3.84

286

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

Elizabeth's Deception

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

de Kate Speck 2020 169 pagini

3.84

286 evaluări

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

The Other Typist

de Suzanne Rindell • 2013

A prim typist's obsession with a glamorous coworker draws her into 1920s New York's underworld.

3.55

19.000+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💋 Femme Fatale 🍸 Jazz Age 👤 Stolen Identity

The Other Typist

A prim typist's obsession with a glamorous coworker draws her into 1920s New York's underworld.

de Suzanne Rindell 2013 384 pagini

3.55

19.000+ evaluări

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💋 Femme Fatale 🍸 Jazz Age 👤 Stolen Identity

Saints and Villains

de Denise Giardina • 1998

A German pastor discovers resisting Hitler will cost him his purity, his love, and his life.

4.10

500+

✝️ Theological Fiction 🏴 Nazi Germany 🔥 Faith Under Fire 👯 Twin Bond 🕵️ Double Agent

Saints and Villains

A German pastor discovers resisting Hitler will cost him his purity, his love, and his life.

de Denise Giardina 1998 487 pagini

4.10

500+ evaluări

✝️ Theological Fiction 🏴 Nazi Germany 🔥 Faith Under Fire 👯 Twin Bond 🕵️ Double Agent

The Last Song of Penelope

de Claire North • 2024

Penelope ruled Ithaca in secret for twenty years. Odysseus returns with blood on his mind.

4.29

3.000+

🏺 Mythological Retelling 🏛️ Ancient Greece 👁️ Divine Narrator 🕸️ Women's Secret Council ⚔️ Cycle Of Revenge

The Last Song of Penelope

Penelope ruled Ithaca in secret for twenty years. Odysseus returns with blood on his mind.

de Claire North 2024 464 pagini

4.29

3.000+ evaluări

🏺 Mythological Retelling 🏛️ Ancient Greece 👁️ Divine Narrator 🕸️ Women's Secret Council ⚔️ Cycle Of Revenge

Fractured Soul

de Akira Mizubayashi • 2019

After soldiers destroy his father's violin, a hidden boy becomes the luthier who restores it.

4.02

3.000+

🎵 Music And Memory 🫂 Found Family 💫 Intergenerational Healing 🌏 Bicultural Identity ✉️ Epistolary Fiction

Fractured Soul

After soldiers destroy his father's violin, a hidden boy becomes the luthier who restores it.

de Akira Mizubayashi 2019 224 pagini

4.02

3.000+ evaluări

🎵 Music And Memory 🫂 Found Family 💫 Intergenerational Healing 🌏 Bicultural Identity ✉️ Epistolary Fiction

The Atomic City Girls

de Janet Beard • 2018

Young women monitor machines in a secret city, never told they're building the atomic bomb.

3.54

26.000+

🏭 Home Front WWII 💔 Secret Romance 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Social Climbing

The Atomic City Girls

Young women monitor machines in a secret city, never told they're building the atomic bomb.

de Janet Beard 2018 353 pagini

3.54

26.000+ evaluări

🏭 Home Front WWII 💔 Secret Romance 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Social Climbing

The Light Ages

de Seb Falk • 2020

Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.

3.67

1.000+

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L'Orpheline du temple

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A duke who will not marry. A debutante who must. One fake courtship, two real hearts.

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Sky Burial

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Love sent a Chinese doctor into Tibet; the plateau took thirty years to return her.

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Love sent a Chinese doctor into Tibet; the plateau took thirty years to return her.

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Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

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Seventy years of herbal wisdom and blunt opinions have made her a witch to her neighbors.

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Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

Seventy years of herbal wisdom and blunt opinions have made her a witch to her neighbors.

de Rivka Galchen 2021 275 pagini

3.38

13.000+ evaluări

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