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The Irish Girl

A Novel

by Ashley E. Sweeney ...

From multi-award-winning historical fiction author Ashley E. Sweeney comes a family saga about the Irish immigrant experience spanning New York, Chicago, and Colorado so compelling that, USA Today best-selling author Kelli Estes says, “I read this story in one sitting.”Thirteen-year-old Mary Agnes Coyne, forced from her home in rural Ireland in 1886 after being accused of incest, endures a ... Read more

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From multi-award-winning historical fiction author Ashley E. Sweeney comes a family saga about the Irish immigrant experience spanning New York, Chicago, and Colorado so compelling that, USA Today best-selling author Kelli Estes says, “I read this story in one sitting.”Thirteen-year-old Mary Agnes Coyne, forced from her home in rural Ireland in 1886 after being accused of incest, endures a
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Feisty Deeds : Historical Fictions of Daring Women

by Kimberly Sullivan, Elaine Aucoin Schroller, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Kay Smith-Blum, Christy Matheson, Joan Fernandez, Patty W. Warren, Beth Anne Hill, Della Leavitt, Kim Gottlieb-Walker, Marie W. Watts, Julia María Schiavone Camacho, Teri M. Brown, Raquel Y. Levitt, Nina Wachsman, Dawn W. Hogan, Ashley E. Sweeney, Julie Mayerson Brown, Barbara Buckley Ristine, Elisabeth Carson-Williams, Debra Borchert, Suzanne Samuels, Valerie Chalker ...

Series Book 1 - Feisty Deeds
Feisty women spanning six centuries ...The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination.An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the courage to escape an abusive marriage. When local men are shipped off to WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions factory at peak operation. ... Read more

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Feisty women spanning six centuries ...The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination.An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the courage to escape an abusive marriage. When local men are shipped off to WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions factory at peak operation.
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Feisty Deeds II

Historical Tales of Batches and Brews

by Carolyn Korsmeyer, Christy Matheson, Elaine Aucoin Schroller, Kay Smith-Blum, Kimberly Sullivan, Ashley E. Sweeney, Barbara Buckley Ristine, Beth Anne Hill, Debra Borchert, Elisabeth Carson-Williams, Joan Fernandez, Nina Wachsman, Patty W. Warren, Suzanne Uttaro Samuels, Teri M. Brown, Margaret Porter, Gabi Coatsworth, Beata Kurcz, Kimberly Nixon, Apple An, Paulette Brooks, Lorraine Norwood, N.J. Mastro, April Quarto Wright, Heather Dodge Martin ...

Series Book 2 - Feisty Deeds
Concoctions, treats, brews, and potions from another batch of feisty charactersWhether cooking for solace, scrounging for food, concocting medicine, or brewing poisons, the feisty women in these stories will keep you thirsting for more. Twenty-five tales will transport you far afield in time and place: third century Ireland, medieval Europe, twentieth-century Australia.Read your way from a hippie ... Read more

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Concoctions, treats, brews, and potions from another batch of feisty charactersWhether cooking for solace, scrounging for food, concocting medicine, or brewing poisons, the feisty women in these stories will keep you thirsting for more. Twenty-five tales will transport you far afield in time and place: third century Ireland, medieval Europe, twentieth-century Australia.Read your way from a hippie
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Answer Creek

A Novel

by Ashley E. Sweeney ...

From the award-winning author of Eliza Waite comes a gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon–California Trail from 1846 to ’47.Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Eliza Waite comes a gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon–California Trail from 1846 to ’47.Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she
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Hardland

A Novel

by Ashley E. Sweeney ...

“One of the top standalone Westerns in 2022.”—True West magazineArizona Territory, 1899. Ruby Fortune faces an untenable choice: murder her abusive husband or continue to live with bruises that never heal. One bullet is all it takes. Once known as “Girl Wonder” on the Wild West circuit, Ruby is now a single mother of four boys in her hometown of Jericho, an end-of-the-world mining town north of ... Read more

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“One of the top standalone Westerns in 2022.”—True West magazineArizona Territory, 1899. Ruby Fortune faces an untenable choice: murder her abusive husband or continue to live with bruises that never heal. One bullet is all it takes. Once known as “Girl Wonder” on the Wild West circuit, Ruby is now a single mother of four boys in her hometown of Jericho, an end-of-the-world mining town north of
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Eliza Waite

A Novel

by Ashley E. Sweeney ...

2017 Nancy Pearl Book AwardAfter the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. When Eliza arrives in Skagway, Alaska, she has less than fifty dollars to her name and not a friend in the world—but ... Read more

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2017 Nancy Pearl Book AwardAfter the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. When Eliza arrives in Skagway, Alaska, she has less than fifty dollars to her name and not a friend in the world—but
... Read more
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Answer Creek

A Novel

by Ashley E. Sweeney ...

Narrated by Laci Morgan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 40 min

From the award-winning author of Eliza Waite comes a gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon–California Trail from 1846 to ’47.Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Eliza Waite comes a gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon–California Trail from 1846 to ’47.Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she
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The Irish Girl

A Novel

by Ashley E. Sweeney ...

Narrated by Aoife McMahon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

From multi-award-winning historical fiction author Ashley E. Sweeney comes a family saga about the Irish immigrant experience spanning New York, Chicago, and Colorado so compelling that, USA Today bestselling author Kelli Estes says, "I read this story in one sitting."Thirteen-year-old Mary Agnes Coyne, forced from her home in rural Ireland in 1886 after being accused of incest, endures a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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From multi-award-winning historical fiction author Ashley E. Sweeney comes a family saga about the Irish immigrant experience spanning New York, Chicago, and Colorado so compelling that, USA Today bestselling author Kelli Estes says, "I read this story in one sitting."Thirteen-year-old Mary Agnes Coyne, forced from her home in rural Ireland in 1886 after being accused of incest, endures a
... Read more

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While the Music Played

A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII

by Nathaniel Lande ...

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot ...

Unabridged

15 hours 25 min

“We were the dreamers of dreams, the singers of songs. We were the music makers. We would not hear nor play nor love without each other. This is a prelude to our experience, an overture to who we were and how we arrived on the shores of friendship.”Beginning in 1939 prewar Prague, While the Music Played focuses on the story of young Max Mueller, a curious bright romantic—a budding musician, piano ... Read more

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“We were the dreamers of dreams, the singers of songs. We were the music makers. We would not hear nor play nor love without each other. This is a prelude to our experience, an overture to who we were and how we arrived on the shores of friendship.”Beginning in 1939 prewar Prague, While the Music Played focuses on the story of young Max Mueller, a curious bright romantic—a budding musician, piano
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Mademoiselle Eiffel

A Novel

by Aimie K. Runyan ...

Narrated by Caroline Hewitt ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

From the author of The School for German Brides and A Bakery in Paris, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century Paris tells the story of Claire Eiffel, a woman who played a significant role in maintaining her family’s legacy and their iconic contributions to the city of Paris.Claire Eiffel, the beautiful, brilliant eldest daughter of the illustrious architect Gustave Eiffel, is ... Read more

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From the author of The School for German Brides and A Bakery in Paris, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century Paris tells the story of Claire Eiffel, a woman who played a significant role in maintaining her family’s legacy and their iconic contributions to the city of Paris.Claire Eiffel, the beautiful, brilliant eldest daughter of the illustrious architect Gustave Eiffel, is
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Fortune's Child

A Novel of Empress Theodora

by James Conroyd Martin ...

Narrated by James Gillies ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Theodora Duology
Unabridged

14 hours 36 min

KIRKUS REVIEWS: "A meticulously researched historical account presented in the form of a thrilling political drama."GRAND PRIZE ~ Best Book, Chanticleer International Book AwardsTheodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the Roman world. Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard's apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary to the Empress. How does this unlikely pair bec.. ... Read more

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KIRKUS REVIEWS: "A meticulously researched historical account presented in the form of a thrilling political drama."GRAND PRIZE ~ Best Book, Chanticleer International Book AwardsTheodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the Roman world. Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard's apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary to the Empress. How does this unlikely pair bec..
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A Man Called Smith

by Tanya E Williams ...

Narrated by Alan Wade, Rosie O'Toole ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Smith Family Series
Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

A battle-scarred father. A disillusioned daughter. Can a grieving widower rebuild his splintered family to find peace at last?South Dakota, 1949. WWII veteran John Smith longs for the life he lost after the tragic death of his wife during childbirth. But in the desperation to provide for his two small children, he is manipulated into an unsuitable marriage by a young woman with a dark neurosis. ... Read more

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A battle-scarred father. A disillusioned daughter. Can a grieving widower rebuild his splintered family to find peace at last?South Dakota, 1949. WWII veteran John Smith longs for the life he lost after the tragic death of his wife during childbirth. But in the desperation to provide for his two small children, he is manipulated into an unsuitable marriage by a young woman with a dark neurosis.
... Read more

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