Clean Historical Fiction

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Captive Heart
By Michele Paige Holmes
ROMANCE HOLMES
Thayne Kendrich’s urgent need for a school teacher forces him to abduct Emmalyne Madsen off her westward-bound train and lead her to his Black Hills home – and into the path of his deadly ex-wife who will kill for the gold he’s discovered.

Seeking Persephone
By Sarah M. Eden
ROMANCE EDEN
Lodged deep in a forest infested with wild dogs, the Duke of Kielder’s castle is as forbidding as the Duke himself, a man with terrible scars on his body and his soul. But the Duke’s determination to protect his heart at all costs is challenged by his growing attachment to his gentle bride.

Mark of Royalty
By Jennifer K. Clark
ROMANCE CLARK
Determined to fulfill her devoted mother’s wishes, Sarah reserves her heart for Chad despite her growing affection for another man. But as plots against the crown unfold, someone accidentally discovers Sarah’s mark of royalty – setting the stage for discoveries that will shake the kingdom to its core.

The Blue Castle
By L.M. Montgomery
YA F MONTGOME
Valancy Stirling, an inhibited twenty-nine-year-old spinster, undergoes a total personality change when a doctor tells her she has no more than one year to live.

Mr. Darcy’s Daughters
By Elizabeth Aston
F ASTON
Elizabeth Aston has written a novel of historical fiction that depicts British social life and customs during the 19th century. She follows the adventures of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth’s five daughters giving Jane Austen fans an opportunity to visit old friends and learn what happened to the Bennet, Darcy, and Bingley clans.

Enthralling Nonfiction

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• Entertaining books

The Glass Castle
By Jeannette Walls
BIO Walls
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
By Jung Chang
951.05 CHA
A Chinese woman chronicles the struggles of her grandmother, mother, and herself to survive in a China torn apart by wars, invasions, revolution, and continuing upheaval, from 1907 to the present.

At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson
643.1 BRY
Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. It is a very entertaining and fascinating read.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
394.12 POL
An ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.

Mysteries for Teens

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• Teen books

Down the Rabbit Hole
By Peter Abrahams
YA F ABRAHAMS Echo Fal #1
Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her home town of Echo Falls. First book in the Echo Falls series.

Dark Life
By Kat Falls
YA F FALLS
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat. Though it has science fiction adventure element to it, the mystery is what drives the story along. First book in the Dark Life series.

Death Cloud
By Andy Lane
YA F LANE Young Sh #1
In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously "unwell," fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain. First book in the Young Sherlock Holmes series.

A Spy in the House
By Y.S. Lee
YA F LEE Agency #1
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. First book in The Agency series.

The Killer’s Cousin
By Nancy Werlin
YA F WERLIN
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.