Blood's Game (Holcroft Blood 1) by Angus Donald
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Rascal, Rogue, Traitor . . . hero?
It is the winter of 1670. Colonel Thomas Blood has fallen on hard times. A man used to fighting, he lives by his wits and survives by whatever means necessary. Holcroft, his son, has entered the employ of the Duke of Buckingham, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom after the king. It is there that his education really begins. Both father and son must learn what it is to survive in a more dangerous battlefield than war - the court of King Charles II.
One missed step could prove fatal . . .
Fools and Mortals: 2 by Bernard Cornwell
Release Date: January 9, 2018
In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As William’s star rises, Richard’s onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty.
So when a priceless manuscript goes missing, suspicion falls upon Richard, forcing him onto a perilous path through a bawdy and frequently brutal London. Entangled in a high-stakes game of duplicity and betrayal which threatens not only his career and potential fortune, but also the lives of his fellow players, Richard has to call on all he has now learned from the brightest stages and the darkest alleyways of the city. To avoid the gallows, he must play the part of a lifetime . . . .
Winter Sisters by Robin Oliveira
Release Date: February 27, 2018
New York, 1879: After an epic snow storm ravages the city of Albany, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former Civil War surgeon, begins a search for two little girls, the daughters of close friends killed by the storm who have vanished without a trace.
Mary’s mother and niece Elizabeth, who has been studying violin in Paris, return to Albany upon learning of the girls’ disappearance—but Elizabeth has another reason for wanting to come home, one she is not willing to reveal. Despite resistance from the community, who believe the girls to be dead, the family persists in their efforts to find the two sisters. When what happened to them is revealed, the uproar that ensues tears apart families, reputations, and even the social fabric of the city, exposing dark secrets about some of the most powerful of its citizens, and putting fragile loves and lives at great risk.
All the Beautiful Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth J. Church
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas—and finds unexpected fortune, friendship, and love.
It was unimaginable. When she was eight years old, Lily Decker somehow survived the auto accident that killed her parents and sister, but neither her emotionally distant aunt nor her all-too-attentive uncle could ease her grief. Dancing proves to be Lily’s only solace, and eventually she receives a “scholarship” to a local dance academy—courtesy of a mysterious benefactor.
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