New England Fiction

"Couldn't put it down"; "Excellent read"; "10 out of 10 stars!" Meeting Aphra Behn is Billie's wish come true -- and now she's trapped in the 17th century! Billie Armstrong has long wanted to give Aphra Behn, the first professional woman writer in English, the prominence she deserves. But when Billie accidentally activates the magical properties of a baroque mirror, propelling herself into the seventeenth century, she gets more than she bargained for. What develops is an unwilling masquerade, a tale of license, love and literature, as Billie does her best to survive in a strange era and ...

Nur ein einziges Mal. Eine Nacht. Alles ist egal. Nur er nicht. Das Leben von Lia Winslow scheint perfekt zu sein: Sie kommt aus einer angesehenen Bostoner Familie und ist die talentierteste Tänzerin der New England School of Ballet. Doch niemand ahnt, dass sie ihre wahren Träume hinter einer Fassade aus Perfektionismus verborgen hält und das Tanzen nahezu das Einzige ist, was sie noch kontrollieren kann. Das dachte sie zumindest, bis ihr am ersten Tag ihres Abschlussjahres plötzlich Phoenix gegenübersteht.

Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money Boston family, but she is also an accomplished, modern woman and an avid student of archaeology who can handle any situation with poise. When the death of her parents leaves her too destitute to pursue her academic career and she receives a letter from a distant relative on Great Misery Island, Marigold decides she must do what any person of superior sense and greater-than-average curiosity would: she mounts her trusty bicycle and heads up the craggy, fog-shrouded coast of New England for a date with fate.

In the New England university town of Elm Harbor, a murder begins to crack the veneer that has hidden the racial complications of the town's past, the secrets of a prominent family, and the most hidden bastions of African-American political influence. At the center is Lemaster Carlyle, the university president, and his wife, Julia Carlyle, a deputy dean at the divinity school - African Americans living in "the heart of whiteness".

It's summertime in Busman's Harbor, Maine, and the clamming is easy - or it was until a mysterious new neighbor blocks access to the beach, cutting off the Snowden Family Clambake's supply. Julia Snowden is just one of many townspeople angered by Bartholomew Frick's decision. But which one of them was angry enough to kill?

Del has never had a good relationship with her family. After her parents’ divorce, and with the town rumor mill in full swing, Del’s uncle and the rest of the family shunned her and her mother. For years, there was nothing she could do about this. Now, with both of her parents gone, a chance has arrived. Her uncle wants the one thing Del inherited: the family home. Instead of handing the place over and giving her uncle what he wants, and with no other resources at her disposal, Del decides she will tear the place apart herself, by hand - piece by piece.

1850, London, England. Nellie is encouraged to travel with her two companions to New Zealand, leaving behind her sad and tragic past. She thrives in her new life in the colonies until she returns to London to settle the estate of her late uncle, of which she is the only heir. As soon as she arrives in London she is dragged back into the past and must deal with a situation she was not prepared for. When Nellie arrives back in New Zealand almost a year later, she finds her life there has been torn apart, leaving her once again having to face a situation she was not expecting. She is forced to...

Taking a train full of currency or capturing a Spanish treasure ship is nothing compared to the greatest theft in history—when the captain of a company of English archers and his men stole the entire treasury and religious relics of the world’s greatest and richest empire and escaped to Cornwall with chests and chests of gold coins and priceless relics. This is part of the exciting and action-packed story of how it happened and, in particular, what happened afterward to affect the people involved.

When young Mattie Silver arrives at her cousin Zeena Frome's farm in the New England village of Starkfield, no one could have imagined the tale of sublime and thwarted passion which ensues. Starkfield, like so many New England village communities, is a place where the emotional terrain resembles the physical: stony, hard, and snow covered much of the year. Ethan Frome - "the most striking figure in Starkfield" - ekes out a bleak living from his ungenerous farm, until Mattie brings love and a dream of escape. The powerful sway of obligation and duty and Ethan's inherent dignity make this novel a great American tragedy.

In this collection of four short stories, 19th-century writer Sarah Orne Jewett explores the theme of female friendship. Tana Hicken brings authenticity to the New England towns in which each story is set. The skillful reading and vivid descriptions conjure images of strong country women living simple, inspirational lives. In "Martha's Lady", the listener's own chest nearly fills with pride as Martha is inspired by a visitor's kind words.

A coming-of-age book set in New England and Labrador, Newfoundland during the early 20th century. Discover the captivating journey of one young man as he navigates the treacherous path from adolescence to adulthood in "Cold Fortune."In the early 20th century, Cabot Grant, a young man born into privilege in New England, finds himself at a pivotal crossroads. Despite graduating from a prestigious Technical Institute, Cabot wrestles with feelings of unfulfilled potential and societal expectations. Unlike his peers who secure distinguished positions, Cabot's path remains uncertain. Enter a ...

We Are Unprepared is a novel about the next big storm, the one that changes our relationship to nature and each other...the superstorm that threatens to destroy a marriage, a rural Vermont town, and the Eastern Seaboard when it hits. But the destruction begins months earlier, when fear infects people's lives and spreads like a plague.

Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New England unable to come to terms with her only son's death and now separated from her husband. The two women exchange houses for the summer with extraordinary consequences, each learning that the other has a deep secret that can never be revealed.

Verrat mir deine Wahrheiten, dann erfährst du meine. Als Zoe die Zusage für die renommierte New England School of Ballet erhält, erfüllt sich ihr größter Traum - auch wenn das bedeutet, dass sie dort Jase wiedersieht. Den Jungen, dem all ihre Wahrheiten gehören. Alle außer einer: warum sie vor einem Jahr den Kontakt zu ihm abbrach. Deswegen ist Jase auch überhaupt nicht begeistert, ihr plötzlich jeden Tag an der Schule zu begegnen. Denn neben seinen Eltern, die seinen Traum vom Tanzen nicht akzeptieren, braucht er nicht auch noch Zoe, die ihn an alles erinnert, was er verloren hat.

Ella Bridges faces her most challenging investigation so far when the vicar dies suddenly at the May Day Fete. But with evidence scarce and her personal life unraveling in ways she could never have imagined, she misses vital clues in the investigation. Working alongside Sergeant Baxter of Scotland Yard, will Ella manage to unearth the clues needed to catch the killer before another life is lost? Or will personal shock cloud her mind and result in another tragedy?

For Alissa, life was once sweet, wrapped in the loving kindness of her mother, Alice, and innocent play with cousins. But a deadly epidemic and her mother’s false witchcraft conviction ended her childhood abruptly. She survived by leaning on her Aunt Rhody and forgetting the dark details that changed everything. However, as ugly rumors of another “witch” emerged in Windsor, Alissa could no longer hide from the past or herself. Through friendship and the support of her husband and later, her children, she confronts disturbing dreams and tragic events which unlock memories, reveal ...

Would you rather be fired or face criminal charges? Dana Richardson faces that dilemma in her new job at a state university in New England. A research center, which reports to her, is falsifying data to help industrial clients meet federal pollution standards, and the last woman who tried to investigate the problem, died under suspicious circumstances.

In an era where the void of science is filled with superstition, some believe the “Night Waster” preys upon the blood of the living to keep the dead alive. Thomas Sullivan, a cabinetmaker’s apprentice in northeastern Connecticut, helps the Shaffer family confront the ravages of the Night Waster while dealing with his own father’s rejection of him. The lung disease, consumption, and the economic Panic of 1837 are making life a trial for his master’s family as well as stirring the town’s paranoia. The mystery deepens when a family Bible reveals two Spanish doubloons. With the ...

The exciting saga of the serf who rose to be the captain of a company of English longbow archers in medieval England continues. Anne is avenged and the king and his barons are surprised as arrows fly, knights and barons go down, and kings and churchmen are gulled when William and his lieutenants attempt to sell the priceless religious relics the company "rescued" when Constantinople was being sacked by the crusaders.

An old mansion in Salem, moss-covered and gabled, broods over the destiny of a distinguished but troubled New England Family, the Pynchons. A haunting, centuries-old curse, a forceful probing of national and personal guilt, a romance between the young heroine and an attractive stranger all intertwine in this classic work by one of America's greatest novelists.