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Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg

Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg

Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen's Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot possesses an extraordinary gift: Le Nez, an exquisite sense of smell required to craft the world's finest champagne. Despite...

Bones of the Apostle by John Amos

Bones of the Apostle by John Amos

  Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew have earned a reputation for success against all odds. Just as...

The Case of the Stolen Goddess by John Amos

The Case of the Stolen Goddess by John Amos

  Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their previous quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew begin their next adventure in search of a stolen statue of Aphrodite. Their...

The Crush of Wine and War by Molly Fumia

The Crush of Wine and War by Molly Fumia

Summary: "Here is a book of exquisite honesty and profound depth... Along the way grief becomes a dance in the dark and suffering turns to love." -Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Book of Longings, review of Molly Fumia's Safe Passage Austria, 1938. Two Couples struggle...

Clean Sweep: A Novel by E. B. Lee

Clean Sweep: A Novel by E. B. Lee

Book Summary:  Retirement was supposed to bring her time to relax. Instead, she would find a purpose. Selling her Madison Avenue ad agency for billions, Carli Morris, the self-assured career woman, pursues her love of art and spends her spare hours volunteering. But...