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An Inconvenient Beauty

Kristi Ann Hunter

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Griffith, Duke of Riverton, likes order, logic, and control, so he naturally applies this rational...

christian fiction historical fiction romance regency romance

When Twilight Breaks

Sarah Sundin

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Munich, 1938. Evelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent as determined to prove her worth in...

Romance World War 2 Germany Nazi Adult Fiction Christian Fiction

Traitor's Knot (Quest for Three Kingdoms #1)

Cryssa Bazos

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England 1650: Civil War has given way to an uneasy peace . . . Royalist officer James Hart...

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Faulkner's Media Romance

Julian Murphet

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This book treats William Faulkner's major fiction-from Flags in the Dust through to Absalom,...

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Mar 26, 2020

The Animals at Lockwood Manor

Jane Healey | 2020 | LGBTQ+, Romance

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A tense, suspenseful debut historical novel

The Animals at Lockwood Manor is a debut historical fiction novel. It takes place in England during the second world war. Hetty Cartwright is tasked with moving animal specimens from the Natural History Museum collection to a manor in the countryside to protect them from the German air raids. Shortly after moving to Lockwood Manor, Hetty realizes all is not quite right with the inhabitants of the manor. The novel is well-written, tense, and atmospheric. The author skillfully builds the suspense, culminating in the motive for hosting the zoological collection and the revelation of multiple secrets. There is also a romance intertwined with the plot and, although important, is not the main focus of the story. It was highly readable and difficult to put down.