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Land of Silence by Tessa Afshar





Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander

The Romanov Bride: A Novel by Robert Alexander

The Mermaid and the Treasure of the Bay by A. Algeri












A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower by Patricia Bernstein

Sacrifice: Book One of y Ddraig (The Dragons of Brython) by Gwendolyn Beynon 






Once in a Blood Moon by Dorothea Hubble Bonneau

The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England’s Most Notorious Queen by Susan Bordo

Shoot Like A Girl (A Prequel Novella to Girl With a Gun) by Kari Bovee



























The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim series #1) by Melanie Dickerson

The Merchant's Daughter (Hagenheim series #2) by Melanie Dickerson

The Fairest Beauty (Hagenheim series #3) by Melanie Dickerson

The Captive Maiden (Hagenheim series #4) by Melanie Dickerson

The Princess Spy (Hagenheim series #5) by Melanie Dickerson

The Golden Braid (Hagenheim series #6) by Melanie Dickerson

The Silent Songbird (Hagenheim series #7) by Melanie Dickerson

The Orphan's Wish (Hagenheim series #8) by Melanie Dickerson

A Spy's Devotion (The Regency Spies of London series #1) by Melanie Dickerson

The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest (A Medieval Fairy Tale Book #1) by Melanie Dickerson

The Beautiful Pretender (A Medieval Fairy Tale Book #2) by Melanie Dickerson

The Noble Servant (A Medieval Fairy Tale Book #3) by Melanie Dickerson

Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Jane Dismore

The Bride's Trunk: A Story of War and Reconciliation by Ingrid Dixon

Chateau of Secrets by Melanie Dobson

Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor by Melanie Dobson

Where Freedom Rings: A Tale of The Underground Railroad by Steven Donahue

One Last Letter by Pema Donyo

Revolutionary Hearts by Pema Donyo

Stars in Their Eyes by Pema Donyo

Isabella: The Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey

America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

The Korr Stigmata by Tim Dugan

The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes

Sacred Hearts: A Novel by Sarah Dunant

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Song of the Nile by Hannah Fielding

The Cards Don't Lie by Sue Ingalls Finan

Lord Esterleigh's Daughter (Book One of the Serpent Tooth Trilogy) by Kathy Fischer-Brown

Sacred Legacy by Kat Flannery

West (History Interrupted #1) by Lizzy Ford

Juliet by Anne Fortier

The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier


The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox

Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile by Julia Fox

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee

A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee

Anna Howard Shaw: The Work of Women Suffrage (Women In American History) by Trisha Franzen

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire by Annelise Freisenbruch


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Allerleirauh by Chantal Gadoury

Winterdream by Chantal Gadoury

La Belle Creole: The Cuban Countess who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris by Alina Garcia-Lapuerta

Lumiere (Illuminations Paradox #1) by Jacqueline E. Garlick

Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

Daughter of Earth and Water: a Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Noel Gerson

Platinum Doll by Anne Girard


The American Adventuress by C.W. Gortner

The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile by C.W. Gortner


The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner 


The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Maria Feodorovna by C. W. Gortner

The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia by C.W. Gortner

Song of  Songs: A Novel of the Queen of Sheba by Marc Graham

Medea (Book 1 of the Delphic Women Series) by Kerry Greenwood

Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey


Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey

Confessions of Marie Antoinette: A Novel by Juliet Grey







Miss Aldridge Regrets (Canary Club Mystery #1) by Louise Hare

The It Girls by Karen Harper

Changeling (Sorcery and Society #1) by Molly Harper

Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison

Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman

Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman

Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria by Joan Haslip



The Invincible Miss Cust by Pennny Haw
















The Heart of a Valkyrie (The Vinland to Valhalla Saga #1) by Melanie Karsak

Named of The Dragon by Susanna Kearsley

The Movement of Crowns (Movement of Crowns Series #1) by Nadine C. Keels

The Movement of Rings (Movement of Crowns Series #2) by Nadine C. Keels

Mrs. Houdini by Victoria Kelly

City of Ladies (Book #2 of The Cross and The Crown Series) by Sarah Kennedy

Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison

The Infinite Air by Fiona Kidman

A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim and Sebastien Falletti

The Secret Life of Anna Blanc (Anna Blanc Mystery #1) by Jennifer Kincheloe

The Woman in the Camphor Trunk (Anna Blanc Mystery #2) by Jennifer Kincheloe

Lady Macbeth: A Novel by Susan Fraser King

Lady of the Bridge by Laura Kitchell

Lady of the Imperial City by Laura Kitchell

Ophelia by Lisa Klein


My Lady Viper by E. Knight

27 Days to Midnight by Kristine Kruppa

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Mother, Daughter, Traitor, Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal

The Fisherman's Bride: The Untold Story of the Wife of Simon Peter by Catherine Magia

A Fisher of Women by Catherine Magia

Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads by S.R. Mallery

Favorite Daughter, Part One by Paula Margulies

Daughter of the Forest (Book #1 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

Son of Shadows (Book #2 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

Child of the Prophecy (Book #3 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

Heir to Sevenwaters (Book #4 of the Sevenwaters Series by Juliet Marillier

Seer of Sevenwaters (Book #5 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

Flame of Sevenwaters (Book #6 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

Dreamer's Pool (Book #1 of the Blackthorn and Grim Series) by Juliet Marillier

Tower of Thorns (Book #2 of the Blackthorn and Grim Series) by Juliet Marillier











The Stolen Lady: A Novel of WWII and the Mona Lisa by Laura Morelli

The Bone Flower Throne: Book One of the Bone Flower Trilogy by T. L. Morganfield

The Bone Flower Queen: Book Two of the Bone Flower Trilogy by T. L. Morganfield

The Bone Flower Goddess: Book Three of the Bone Flower Trilogy by T. L. Morganfield

The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill

Grendel's Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd Wife by Susan Signe Morrison

Perfiditas (Book #2 of the Roma Nova Series) by Alison Morton

Aurelia (Book #4 of the Roma Nova Series) by Alison Morton

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton

Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton

The Lake House by Kate Morton

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

Emmy Nation: Undercover Suffragette by L. Davis Munro

Forest of Whispers (Hedge Witch Book #1) by Jennifer Murgia

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The Women Who Built The Ottoman World: Female Patronage and the Architectural Legacy of Gulnus Sultan by Muzzafer Ozgules

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The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence: A Story of Botticelli by Alyssa Palombo

The Spellbook of Katrina van Tassel: A Story of Sleepy Hollow by Alyssa Palombo

Michelangelo's Ghost (A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery #4) by Gigi Pandian

Dead White: A Della Arthur 1940s Murder Mystery by Gwen Parrott

The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak





The Novice: A Love Story by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer
















































The Last Princess by Shelley Wilson

Young Elizabeth: The Making of the Queen by Kate Williams

The English Wife by Lauren Willig

The Hidden Hills Saga: Ice Whispers (Book 1) by K. Willow

Victoria: A Life by A.N. Wilson

Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2) by Jacqueline Winspear

Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs #3) by Jacqueline Winspear

Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs #4) by Jacqueline Winspear

An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs #5) by Jacqueline Winspear

Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) by Jacqueline Winspear

The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs #7) by Jacqueline Winspear

A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8) by Jacqueline Winspear

Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #9) by Jacqueline Winspear

Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs #10) by Jacqueline Winspear

A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs #11) by Jacqueline Winspear

Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs #12) by Jacqueline Winspear

In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs #13) by Jacqueline Winspear

The Confessions of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

Feathered (Swan Maiden #1) by Rachel Wollanston

The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack

The Time Collector by Gwendolyn Womack

Daughter of the Sun: A Novel of the Toltec Empire by Barbara Wood

Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley

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The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke

When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By The Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb

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The Least of These by Scott Zachary

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