13 must-read historical books like A Whisper of Smoke by Angela Hoke

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A Whisper of Smoke

By: Angela Hoke

4.09

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

When family secrets emerge that could destroy her and the boy she loves goes to war, will Susanna f…

If you liked the historical plot in A Whisper of Smoke by Angela Hoke , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Search

By: Nora Roberts

4.17

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life: a quaint house on an island off Seattl… read more

Similar categories in Nora Roberts's The Search book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Knowing isn't always believing."

-Nora Roberts, The Search

"Shut up. You Matter. That's it."

-Nora Roberts, The Search

"Everything I know, I learned from dogs."

-Nora Roberts, The Search

"—¡La madre que lo parió! —masculló, pero como estaba decidido a pillarlo por sorpresa, optó por imitar su tono alegre—. Ven, Tiburón, ven, cabroncete. Aquí, chico, ven, engendro del demonio..."

-Nora Roberts, The Search

2. The End of Temperance Dare

By: Wendy Webb

3.95

Format: 620 pages,

Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling page-turner from the auth… read more

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3. Finding Home (Hometown Harbor, #1)

By: Tammy L. Grace

4.14

Format: 438 pages,

A coming of age journey, but for a middle-aged woman, who flees to a small island expecting a chang… read more

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4. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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5. Mind Games

By: Nora Roberts

4.40

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy an… read more

Similar categories in Nora Roberts's Mind Games book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Fire and the Ore

By: Olivia Hawker

4.07

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterh… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's The Fire and the Ore book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Keeper of Stars

By: Buck Turner

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Who says you can’t rewrite the stars? 1962—Twelve years removed from the summer when she first g… read more

Similar categories in Buck Turner's The Keeper of Stars book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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8. The Echo of Old Books

By: Barbara Davis

4.28

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old pap… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Davis's The Echo of Old Books book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Call the Canaries Home

By: Laura Barrow

4.03

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heart… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Men were always there for the fun parts, she thought. Women were always left to pick up the pieces."

-Laura Barrow, Call the Canaries Home

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10. They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the… read more

Similar categories in Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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11. Dreaming of Flight

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

An unexpected connection becomes the saving grace for two unlikely friends in a heart-stirring nove… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Ryan Hyde's Dreaming of Flight book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Threshing of Straw

By: Kim Catron

4.51

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A grandmother who only ever wanted to protect her two little girls. A mother who did the unthinkabl… read more

Similar categories in Kim Catron's Threshing of Straw book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Hurt Mountain

By: Angela Crook

3.94

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

An estranged mother and father join forces to uncover the truth about their missing daughter in a h… read more

Similar categories in Angela Crook's Hurt Mountain book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • amazon
  • fiction
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14. Morning in This Broken World

By: Katrina Kittle

4.34

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Kindness of Strangers comes a poignant and life-affirming novel … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Kittle's Morning in This Broken World book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Broadway Butterfly

By: Sara DiVello

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

New York in the Roaring Twenties—a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious un… read more

Similar categories in Sara DiVello's Broadway Butterfly book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Last Orphan (The Last Orphan Books Book 1)

By: Jeffrey Lowder

4.26

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

2020 Winner New York City Big Book award 2020 Distinguished Favorite-Western Fiction by Independent… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Lowder's The Last Orphan (The Last Orphan Books Book 1) book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Light to the Hills

By: Bonnie Blaylock

4.32

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A richly rewarding novel about family bonds, the power of words, and the resilience of mothers and … read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Salthouse Place

By: Jamie Lee Sogn

3.62

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

From debut author Jamie Sogn comes a twisty thriller about the allure of the past and the danger of… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Lee Sogn's Salthouse Place book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy     Webb

19. The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

By: Wendy Webb

3.85

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to rese… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Webb's The Haunting of Brynn Wilder book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • fiction
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20. Wild, Beautiful, and Free

By: Sophfronia Scott

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised… read more

Similar categories in Sophfronia Scott's Wild, Beautiful, and Free book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. A Light in the Forest

By: Melissa Payne

4.22

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspens… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Payne's A Light in the Forest book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Out of the Dust

By: Joyce E. Patterson

4.24

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the… read more

Similar categories in Joyce E. Patterson's Out of the Dust book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical fiction
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23. End of Summer (Seasons of Man #1)

By: S.M. Anderson

4.44

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

When a viral apocalypse kills 97% percent of the people on the planet, the survivor's humanity is h… read more

Similar categories in S.M. Anderson's End of Summer (Seasons of Man #1) book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • fiction
Cover of Where Courage Began: Velma's Story by G.L. Gooding

24. Where Courage Began: Velma's Story

By: G.L. Gooding

4.18

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A blizzard rages outside a ramshackle Iowa farmhouse in February of 1921. Five-year-old Velma and h… read more

Similar categories in G.L. Gooding's Where Courage Began: Velma's Story book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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25. The Forgiving Kind

By: Donna Everhart

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this masterful new novel, set in 1950s North Carolina, the acclaimed author of The Road to Bitte… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Forgiving Kind book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. When Silence Sings

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After the rival McLean clan guns down his cousin, Colman Harpe chooses peace over seeking revenge w… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Loudin Thomas's When Silence Sings book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. Mary Dannie

By: Patricia Keil

4.15

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Mary Dannie transports the reader into the lovely mountains of southeastern Kentucky. It is the sto… read more

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28. Reap What You Sow (Seasons of Man #2)

By: S.M. Anderson

4.54

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

The best-selling story of Jason, Pro, and Rachel continues where “End of Summer” left off. ‘The Suc… read more

Similar categories in S.M. Anderson's Reap What You Sow (Seasons of Man #2) book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • war
  • fiction
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29. More Than Grit

By: Gretchen A. Carlson

4.57

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

When do secrets become lies? When is grit not enough? A story of broken lives and deep friendships,… read more

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30. sparrows

By: Rose Betit

4.51

Format: None pages, ebook

It’s 1972 and Isabelle is four years old. She, her eight-year-old brother, and their mother are gra… read more

Similar categories in Rose Betit's sparrows book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • historical fiction
"We're *all* sparrows."

-Rose Betit, sparrows

Cover of A Whisper of Smoke by Angela Hoke

31. A Whisper of Smoke

By: Angela Hoke

4.09

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

When family secrets emerge that could destroy her and the boy she loves goes to war, will Susanna f… read more

Similar categories in Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke book and Angela Hoke's A Whisper of Smoke

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary

23 must-read fiction books like A Whisper of Smoke by Angela Hoke

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Nora Roberts

4.17

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Mind Games

Nora Roberts

4.40

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The Fire and the Ore

Olivia Hawker

4.07

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The Keeper of Stars

Buck Turner

4.39

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14 must-read fiction books like The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb

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The Unquiet Bones

Loreth Anne White

4.21

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The Daughters of Block Island

Christa Carmen

3.82

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Parting the Veil

Paulette Kennedy

3.98

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The Witch of Tin Mountain

Paulette Kennedy

4.06

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