20th Century

Seeking answers, Ellie turns to her sister for help, but before they can get to the bottom of the mystery, news reaches them of their aunt’s death, sending Ellie back to the water’s edge with the hopes of finding the truth and rewriting the stars....

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, comes a powerful, sweeping historical novel about a courageous woman in World War II Germany.

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes a sweepingly romantic tale of risk, redemption, and what happens when America’s most famous outlaw falls in love....

In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem....

1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in aviation. When the civilian flight school in her small Texas town begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF, she fights to become an instructor....

Bernard Cornwell, the perennial New York Times bestselling author of the Richard Sharpe series and “perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today” (Washington Post) joins co-author Susannah Kells for A Crowning Mercy—a breathtaking romantic adventure....

Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes....

Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again....

The New York Times best-selling author of The Summer Wives and A Certain Age creates a dazzling epic of World War II-era Nassau - a hotbed of spies, traitors, and the most infamous couple of the age, the duke and duchess of Windsor....

As the freedom of the Jazz Age transforms New York City, the iridescent Mrs. Theresa Marshall of Fifth Avenue and Southampton, Long Island, has done the unthinkable: She's fallen in love....

A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm, responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of hundreds. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree life is over....

Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world....

Experience the unforgettable, heartbreaking love story set in post-World War II North Carolina about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart—one of PBS's "Great American Reads"....

Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her brother open a private investigation firm marketed to the elite . . . to spy on the elite....

1950: Margaret Devonshire (Megs) is a 17-year-old student of mathematics and physics at Oxford University. When her beloved eight-year-old brother asks Megs if Narnia is real, logical Megs tells him it’s just a book for children, and certainly not true....

Adrift in the wake of her father's death, a failed marriage, and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone. Though her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it's also a distraction from her profound pain....

Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples with little in common. Yet their lives converge, yielding extraordinary journeys: beyond despair and death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart....

A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice - inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the 20th century: Doctor Zhivago....

When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis - known as Jack - she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn’t holding together her crumbling marriage....

A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. In return for one night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her from an impending and abhorred arranged union....

When tensions over the railroad’s departure boil over, Ellie and Carter are drawn together on a daring journey that tests the depths of their feelings and their faith in God.

An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately—and dangerously—to hide....

A sweeping historical saga that traces five generations of fiercely powerful mothers and daughters—witches whose magical inheritance is a dangerous threat....

Four American debutantes attend a renowned Paris cotillion in #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel's captivating new novel....

In this gripping portrait of war and its aftermath from bestselling author Lynn Austin, a young woman searches for the truth her childhood friend won’t discuss after returning from World War II, revealing a story of courage, friendship, and faith....

After becoming pregnant out of wedlock, only to find out her betrothed was already married, Kathy feared for her future. Her mother agreed to pass off baby Dennis as her own, treating Kathy as his older sister instead. Then a chance meeting with Alisdair, a handsome RAF airman, changes everything. They grow close quickly, but when Kathy believes Alisdair has discovered her secret, she runs away from heartbreak by joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

Sinead Williams is frustrated with the lack of opportunity for her. She’s a fully qualified doctor, but no one wants to see a woman doctor. When the opportunity presents itself for her to go West to a community where she may be of help, she jumps on it. It doesn’t matter to her at all that she has to marry a Mountie as part of the process. Matthew Montgomery knows exactly what he wants in a wife. He needs a woman who enjoys being at home and keeping house—someone who will have dinner on the table when he gets home every night. As soon as Sinead steps off the train, he knows she’s ...

Madelyn White finds herself in a difficult position. She is living in a large city for the first time in her life, and her boss is showing a very inappropriate interest in her. When she meets Miss Hazel—matchmaker to the Mounties—she worries that she’s being too hasty by even talking to the woman. But the letter she reads from a Mountie who recently lost his wife makes her want to go and be a mother to his two young girls. Gilbert Keeler has no desire for a woman in his life, but he recognizes the fact that his girls need a mother, especially with the danger involved with his job. He ...

Dorothy Sanders absolutely adores her life in Nowhere, Texas with her sisters and their devoted, eccentric adoptive parents. When she is hired by a young lawyer to do his bookkeeping, she is immediately drawn to his sharp intellect and good looks. Carter Reeves simply wanted a girl to help out with his filing for the summer. He wasn’t looking for love, and he certainly wasn’t expecting it in such a wholesome young woman like Dorothy. He intends to marry her and bring her back to the city with him, but Dorothy never wants to leave. Will they find a way to be together? Or will Carter ...

Alice Sanders feels as if love will never happen for her. She watches longingly as each of her sisters marries in turn. When her sister Ruby has a problem pregnancy, she agrees to help out in the store Ruby owns with her husband, Lewis. There she meets a handsome man she feels like she could care for, but his intentions are in question. Mark Brooks is struggling to find his way as he takes over the family business from his recently deceased uncle. His travel and work take him to Nowhere, Texas where he meets the beautiful Alice Sanders. For him, it’s love at first sight. When he makes an ...

Lisa Allen has spent her entire life being different, and being different was perfectly fine with her as long as her two best friends were at her side. But now both of her friends have gone West to marry Mounties, leaving Lisa without their constant companionship. Lisa’s mother makes her realize she wants to be a Mountie’s wife as well, so she goes to see Miss Hazel, the matchmaker who helped her two friends find happiness. Wesley Jacobson has never known what it was like to have a family, filling the gap with his fellow Mounties and the people he serves. When he hears that there’s a ...

Minnie, a young widow and mother of a small child, finds out she has no money and no place to live after a meeting with her dead husband’s lawyer. When she goes to her church to find help getting a job, Miss Hazel invites her to stay with her and offers to help her find a Mountie to marry instead. She’s certain no one will want her, and she’s surprised when the first man she talks to decides she’s the wife for him. Robert Barret has always wanted children and a wife. When he sees beautiful Minnie in Miss Hazel’s parlor, he knows he doesn’t need to look any further. They marry, ...

Jessica Sanderson knows what it means to love unconditionally. She has doted on the same man for over a decade, and she’s in her early twenties. When that man’s mother asks her to be her traveling companion, she gladly accepts. She doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life sitting in a bank, after all. When the plan changes to something a bit crazy, she drags her feet, but finally agrees, only to have her heart broken in two. Theodore Hughes remembers Jessica from when they were younger, but he hasn’t given her a second thought in years. When she comes to visit him as his ...

Eighteen year old Ruby has known for years that she would eventually marry her childhood sweetheart. When she's forced to move to Texas, it throws a kink in her plans, but she still knows that David will send for her, and they'll marry. After a year of living in Texas she receives a letter changing her whole world. Lewis moves to Nowhere, Texas, to start a new life with his sons after his wife leaves him for another man. When he's introduced to Ruby, he feels strongly that she would be the perfect wife and new mother for his boys. The only problem is she's engaged to someone else. When he ...

JoAnn Becker, a wealthy socialite from Ottawa, has devoted her life to music and teaching others. She is content with her unmarried status, still living at home with her parents. That is until one of her closest friends moves west to marry the Mountie of her dreams. Once her friend is gone, she feels a bit lost and confused. When Miss Hazel approaches her with a plan to send her out West to marry a Mountie as well, she agrees, not sure at all what to expect. Kendall expects a wife just like his friend married—someone who will cook, clean, and dote on him. When JoAnn arrives, he finds that...

Betsy Sanders loves her life. She has a wonderful and often boisterous family. She has a job for a man who makes her a bit crazy, but it’s good honest work, and she makes a decent wage. When a new man starts working for the auction house, she feels immediately drawn to him. Charles Brooks has been left with the burden of four younger siblings to raise. When he begins working for the local auction house, he’s interested in getting to know the young lady who works there better. He hires her to help him with his home and younger siblings in an attempt to draw closer to her. His siblings ...

Sarah Jane Jefferson never felt like she was important to anyone. Just one of the fifteen orphaned girls Edna Petunia Sanders adopted, she spent her days working in an orphanage. She had no real talent other than cooking, but she knew how to love. Needing someone to play Santa Claus for the orphans' Christmas party, she approached the handsome young pastor, Micah Barton, the new man in town. Micah Barton had his eye on one of the orphans the Sanders had adopted, and when she approached him to help her at the Christmas party he couldn't refuse. When a little girl captured his heart at the ...

Hope Sanders is a no-nonsense girl who believes her straight-shooting ways will keep her single for the rest of her life. She has a fast-paced job, working for the only doctor in Nowhere, Texas. When her doctor’s nephew comes to apprentice with her, she is immediately frustrated, because they see things so very differently. Stephen Bennett has a great deal of compassion for others. He doesn’t like the way his aunt’s assistant talks frankly with the patients about money, but he finds himself more and more drawn to her anyway. When their bickering causes his aunt to tell them they have ...

Penny Sanders is happy with her life in Nowhere, Texas. She’s been adopted by a wonderful elderly couple who are determined to be good parents for her and her sisters, and she has a good job doing what she loves best. When a handsome stranger wanders into the mercantile where she works, she is immediately attracted to him, but she’s unsure if she can trust him beyond a business relationship. While his eyes make her heart beat faster, she is cautious, not wanting to ruin the good life she has. Tom McClain is a man who believes very strongly in fate. The youngest of seven brothers, he has...

When Josephine McClain finds out she is losing the only home she’s ever known, she doesn’t know what she should do. She soon meets Miss Hazel while walking around Ottawa, a woman who is building a reputation as a matchmaker to the Mounties. Within minutes of meeting the older woman, Josie is offered a letter to read from a Mountie looking for a bride. Feeling she has no alternative, she agrees to marry the man, but she makes a vow to herself to be positive. Ernest Keeler was a Mountie who loved his job, but realized he was lonely. He sent for a bride, and he was sure she would be the ...