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Broken Country
✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 7/21/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 7/21/25

Broken Country

This book basically grabbed me by the lapels and held on to me until I was done with it …

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Husbands & Lovers
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 11/25/24 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 11/25/24

Husbands & Lovers

Part historical fiction, part romance, this incredible book was on my mind NONSTOP…

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The Sicilian Inheritance
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 7/1/24 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 7/1/24

The Sicilian Inheritance

This book reminded me how much I love historical fiction…

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The Women
✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 2/19/24 ✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 2/19/24

The Women

Kristen Hannah is a masterful storyteller …

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Still Life
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 8/26/22 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 8/26/22

Still Life

This book is filled with contradictions; it's meandering but not slow, nestled in history yet modern, filled with loss but hopeful. I genuinely enjoyed it. …

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Woman on Fire
✮✮✮✮✮, Thriller, Historical Fiction Repy White 8/4/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, Thriller, Historical Fiction Repy White 8/4/22

Woman on Fire

So far, my favorite read of the year …

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The Nightingale
✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 7/29/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 7/29/22

The Nightingale

The best story I’ve read in 2020…

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Outlawed
✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/8/22 ✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/8/22

Outlawed

The premise of this book was really exciting to me- an old western rewritten where the band of outlaws are all bad ass feminist women 🐎 🤠 .

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Bringing Down the Duke
✮✮✮✮, Romance, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/7/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/7/22

Bringing Down the Duke

I love this book! …

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Malibu Rising
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/2/22 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/2/22

Malibu Rising

If you asked me what you should read this summer, this is it…

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The Lost Apothecary
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction, Mystery Repy White 6/1/22 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction, Mystery Repy White 6/1/22

The Lost Apothecary

A female apothecary concocts deadly poisons to help the women of London bring down the men who have wronged them. I freaking love the premise!!! …

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The Things We Cannot Say
✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/1/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 6/1/22

The Things We Cannot Say

This book is incredible and has basically rendered me speechless…

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Black Cake
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 5/25/22 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 5/25/22

Black Cake

How is this Charmaine Wilkerson’s first novel…

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Lessons in Chemistry
✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 5/25/22 ✮✮✮✮, Historical Fiction Repy White 5/25/22

Lessons in Chemistry

A true and unequivocal delight…

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS BOOKS!
There is no gift like a book- it’s the equivalent of a toy you rip open as a kid and get to play with all day! But, book buying is hard. Every book on this list is one I’ve read and loved- except for a f
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance)
This modern-day retelling of Persuasion is just a total delight. If you like your holiday books to be less Hallmark and more “love story set against a snowy backdrop,” you’re going to love this.

Anne has been
I apologize for the lack of cocktail making lately but baby boy #3 is joining our family this Spring!!

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(4.5/5 Holiday Romance)
What a funny, touching, lovely holiday romance that is heartwarming in the way all holiday stories should be!

This book explores grief in such a well done way: I laughed! I cried! I waited with bated breath for a ki
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, holiday romance)

This is a Christmas Carol retelling that asks the important question: “What if the Ghost of Christmas Past was really hot?”

I kid! He is much more than a handsome haunter!

Harriet York is the charming (al

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