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 An American Beauty: A Novel of the Gilded Age by Shana Abe






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
 
 
 
















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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Enheduana: Princess, Priestess, Poetess (Routledge Ancient Biographies) by Alhena Gadotti
 

 

 

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







 My Name Is Ona Judge by Suzette D. 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 Woman at the Wheel by Penny Haw


 



 



 

 







 

 
 

 





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 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

 

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