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  • Wrenching Fate

    Brides of Prophecy, #1

    by Brooklyn Ann ...
    Book 1 - Brides of Prophecy
    She's haunted by her past.Akasha Hope trusts no one. Her parents were shot down by uniformed men, forcing her to spend most of her life on the run.She's so close to getting out on her own, making her own dreams come true when he shows up and disrupts everything.Her new legal guardian.His kindness makes suspicious, while his heart-stopping good looks arouse desires she'd kept suppressed.He promises ... Read more

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    The Home for Unwanted Girls

    The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken - inspired by true events

    by Joanna Goodman ...
    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    Philomena meets The Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit—the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other.In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility—much like Maggie Hughes’ parents. Maggie’s English-speaking father has ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • A View Across the Rooftops

    An epic, heart-wrenching and gripping World War Two historical novel

    by Suzanne Kelman ...
    ‘Heart wrenching… I really struggled to put this book down, particularly the end of the book which I sat up until 2am reading and trying hard not to wake my husband with my crying!’ Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. An unforgettable story of love, hope and betrayal, and a testament to the courage of humanity in history’s darkest days. As Nazis occupy his beloved city, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Girl from Bologna

    A heart-wrenching historical novel from Siobhan Daiko

    by Siobhan Daiko ...
    A tale of courage, loss and heart-wrenching redemption.1944Bologna, Italy, and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp.1981Exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives in Bologna and m... ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Under a Gilded Sky

    An utterly heart-wrenching historical novel of star-crossed love and survival

    by Imogen Martin ...
    1874: In the wilds of Missouri, one woman’s struggle for survival takes an unexpected turn the day that an injured stranger arrives at her door. This unforgettable story shows the true resilience of a young woman’s spirit when faced with the fight to make a life for herself.It’s been a long, cold winter. Every morning Ginny pulls on her father’s old leather coat and pushes her feet into stout ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • A Sister's Shame

    a heart-wrenching and nostalgic family saga, set in the East End of London

    by Carol Rivers ...
    A heart-warming and nostalgic family saga set at the heart of London's East End, from the bestselling author of A Wartime Christmas. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Rosie Goodwin'Surely one of the best saga writers of her time' – Rosie ClarkeWILL FOLLOWING HER DREAMS COST HER EVERYTHING?London's East End, 1934. Eighteen-year-old twins Marie and Vesta Haskins work at the local shoe f... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Eve of the Isle

    a heart-wrenching and nostalgic saga about love, family and loss

    by Carol Rivers ...
    A heart-wrenching and nostalgic family saga set in the East End of London, from the bestselling author of A Wartime Christmas. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Rosie Goodwin'Surely one of the best saga writers of her time' – Rosie ClarkeJanuary 1928, the Isle of Dogs.Following the mysterious disappearance of her sailor husband, young widow Eve struggles to provide for herself and her twin ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Widow's Vow

    a heart-wrenching, ultimately uplifting saga

    by Rachel Brimble ...
    Book 1 - The Ladies of Carson Street
    From grieving widow...1851. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath the only things she has left of him. And now the debt collectors will come calling.To a new life as a madam ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • JAMIE RASKIN BEARS ALL!

    A Heart-Wrenching Memoir of Profound Trauma and the Ongoing Struggle for the Soul of America’s Democracy

    by Nolan C. Hanson ...
    Raskin, a long-term critic of the Electoral College system, gives an unmistakable and critical admonition for the future of America’s democracy, which he says is in a "questionable and dangerous place" after the Jan. 6 attack.In his memoir Unthinkable, Congressman Jamie Raskin, takes us on a journey, traveling through layers of unbearable pain and trauma. On the last day of 2020, Raskin lost his ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Oakland Raiders

    Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Oakland Raiders History

    by Steven Travers ...
    series The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
    The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly includes the best and worst teams and players of all time, the most clutch performances and performers, the biggest choke jobs and chokers, great comebacks and blown leads, plus overrated and underrated players and coaches. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Convict's Wife

    A heart-wrenching and emotional 1800s northern saga

    by Libby Ashworth ...
    Book 1 - The Lancashire Girls
    Can she keep her family together?When Molly Holden’s husband, Thomas, is convicted in 1812 of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to Australia. Left with their baby daughter, Molly must find work to survive.But the man who informed on Thomas is a former suitor of Molly’s, and Isaac believes that with Thomas out of the way she will return to him…Yet ... Read more

    $3.99 USD $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Summary of The Home for Unwanted Girls

    The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken – inspired by true events: Conversation Starters

    by Paul Mani ...
    The Home for Unwanted Girls: The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken – inspired by true events by Joanna Goodman: Conversation StartersFifteen-year-old Maggie is the daughter of a poor French woman and a middle-class Englishman in post-war Quebec. She falls in love with a poor French boy, Gabriel Phenix, who lives in the next farm but her father looks ... Read more

    $4.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus