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  Nirmala

  Munshi Premchand

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  A young bride. An aging husband. A life shaped by sacrifice. 
  Set in early 20th-century India, Nirmala tells the poignant story of a teenage girl forced into a marriage with a much older widower after her family’s financial collapse. As Nirmala adjusts to her new reality, her dignity and resilience are tested by jealousy, suspicion, and the deep emotional divides within her household. 
  Premchand’s powerful novel confronts the injustices of the dowry system, gender roles, and class expectations, through characters drawn with empathy and complexity. 
  A moving exploration of tradition, morality, and silent suffering, Nirmala remains one of the most enduring works of Hindi literature.

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  The Orphans of Mersea House

  Marty Wingate

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  England, 1957. Olive Kersey’s only love never returned from World War II, and now she’s alone and penniless. Then the last person she ever expected to see again returns to Southwold. Olive’s childhood friend, Margery Paxton, arrives to claim her inheritance: Mersea House, a stately old home she plans to turn into the town’s only lodging. Olive’s life takes a sunny turn when Margery hires her to run the establishment. But Mersea House holds its own mysteries—and its own dangers. First, rumors begin to fly when two enigmatic lodgers move in: Hugh Hodson, manager of the town cinema, and Mrs. Abigail Claypool, a recluse and war widow. And then the completely unexpected happens: Margery is informed she has a new ward, eleven-year-old Juniper Wyckes, the orphaned daughter of Margery’s first love. Mrs. Lucie Pagett, Children’s Officer at the local authority, informs Margery that Juniper was severely stricken with polio as a child and makes clear that she could be taken away if her welfare is in jeopardy. The past is never far behind for the inhabitants of Mersea House, and looming secrets may destroy the friendships they've created.

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  A Soldier´s journey - Sweden in...

  Bengt Bohm

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  A father falls from the mast of a ship. It´s Nils fault that father is dismissed from his service to the crown, that father is constantly drunk. Nils will be forced to flee his home and those he love. He will fight in the war between Sweden and Denmark, and lose again; even though the history books say otherwise. 
  ...Through fire and smoke Nils tries to see the flag. Is overrun by his own and drops his pike. Leaves it, the confusion makes the weapon useless. Have just gotten his rapier out when a Dane comes tumbling towards him. Fear is the power that Nils has in abundance. Cuts through the enemy that then clings to him.

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  Murder at the Masked Ball - A...

  Magda Alexander

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  Amateur sleuth Kitty Worthington once more investigates when a noble lord plummets to his death, and a dear friend is suspected of murder. 
   
   
   
  London. 1923. When an invitation arrives to the Duchess of Brightwell's Midsummer Masked Ball, Kitty Worthington does not even think of declining. Not with a mother on the hunt for a noble husband for her. But no sooner does she curtsy to her hostess at the ball than tragedy strikes. A very dead earl is found at the bottom of a staircase, and it's clearly the work of foul play. 
   
   
   
  Having proven himself a dab hand at dealing with the nobility, Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Robert Crawford is soon asked to investigate. In no time at all he hones in on Lord Newcastle, a friend of Kitty who'd earlier pummeled the earl for sorely abusing his wife. 
   
   
   
  Afraid her friend may wrongfully pay with his life, Kitty once more organizes her ace team, including her maid, two noble lords, a beloved sister, a lady, and Sir Winston, her still flatulent Basset Hound. From the seediest parts of London, to the fancy mansions of Mayfair, they fearlessly pursue the truth. For if they fail to find the killer, their dear friend may dance one last jig at the end of a rope.

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  Uncle's Tom Cabin

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  "Uncle Tom's Cabin," published in 1852, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The story follows the lives of several enslaved African Americans, primarily Uncle Tom, as they navigate the harsh realities of slavery in the United States. Stowe wrote the novel as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and intended to portray the immorality of slavery. The book had a profound impact on American public opinion and is often credited with helping to galvanize the abolitionist movement.

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  Shadows of Gravewood Manor

  Lauren Sanatra

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  Lady Charlotte is engaged to a Duke she's never met, a union that promises financial security for her struggling family. But when her fiancé mysteriously disappears, Charlotte refuses to remain in the dark. Determined to find him, she travels to the isolated Gravewood Manor, only to discover it abandoned, and unnervingly eerie. Trapped by a fierce snowstorm, Charlotte takes refuge at the manor, concealing her true identity under the guise of a simple maid. 
  As she explores the decaying estate, an overwhelming sense of being watched haunts her every step. She meets Graham, the brooding groundskeeper, whose enigmatic presence suggests he holds secrets of his own. With danger lurking in the shadows and a growing attraction between them, Charlotte must navigate a web of mysteries that threaten not only her safety but her heart. 
  A gothic romance with a twist, this Beauty and the Beast retelling, set in Regency-era England, is filled with passion, suspense, and dark, seductive secrets. Prepare for a love story like no other, where the lines between love and fear blur in the most unexpected of ways.

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