8 Best contemporary books like The River Widow by Ann Howard Creel

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The River Widow

By: Ann Howard Creel

3.70

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Whiskey Sea comes a stirring novel of a young woman’s survival a…

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Cover of The House by the River by Lena Manta, Gail Holst-Warhaft

1. The House by the River

By: Lena Manta , Gail Holst-Warhaft

3.90

Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition

The first novel by acclaimed Greek writer Lena Manta to appear in English translation, The House by… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Wives of War

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.15

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effor… read more

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  • historical
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  • fiction
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"Before the war, she'd never have gone out in the rain and happily stood in it. Now, it was a reminder that she was alive..."

-Soraya M. Lane, Wives of War

"This war is going to be full of women who fall in love with men they'll never see again. All we do is say goodbye over and over."

-Soraya M. Lane, Wives of War

3. A Pledge of Silence

By: Flora J. Solomon

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

When Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be assigned to Manila--th… read more

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4. The Second Mrs. Hockaday

By: None

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

"All I had known for certain when I came around the hen house that first evening in July and saw my… read more

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5. White Rose, Black Forest

By: Eoin Dempsey

4.12

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers. Decemb… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
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Cover of Golden Poppies (Freedman/Johnson, #3) by Laila Ibrahim

6. Golden Poppies (Freedman/Johnson, #3)

By: Laila Ibrahim

4.10

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Mustard Seed comes the empowering novel of two gen… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
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  • historical fiction
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7. The Forgotten Hours

By: Katrin Schumann

3.74

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

In this evocative debut novel, Katrin Schumann weaves a riveting story of past and present—and how … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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  • drama
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8. Half in Shadow

By: Gemma Liviero

4.31

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In a Field of Blue comes an unforgettable novel about courage, love,… read more

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  • audiobook
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Cover of Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption by Vanessa McGrady

9. Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption

By: Vanessa McGrady

3.49

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

From a story first told in the popular New York Times parenting blog comes a funny, touching memoir… read more

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10. The Last of the Stanfields

By: Marc Levy

3.99

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A mystery, a love story, and a search through a shadowy past. Two strangers unite in this novel of … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Opium and Absinthe

By: Lydia Kang

3.94

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two pun… read more

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  • mystery
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12. Beautiful Exiles

By: Meg Waite Clayton

3.63

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Meg Waite Clayton comes a riveting novel based on one of the… read more

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"Bertrand made me laugh. I suppose he was the first man who really did, and if there is anything better than a man that makes you laugh, I don't know what it is."

-Meg Waite Clayton, Beautiful Exiles

"Nights, I danced with the Swede, and lay alone in bed with the humid air softening my lungs and my skin and my despair, invoice my gods—who all look like typewriters—to give me strength to write a bo…"

-Meg Waite Clayton, Beautiful Exiles

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13. A Lily in the Light

By: Kristin Fields

3.87

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A harrowing debut novel of a tragic disappearance and one sister’s journey through the trauma that … read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
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  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • novels
  • drama
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14. The Snow Gypsy

By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

4.04

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express comes a haunting novel of two women—… read more

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  • historical
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  • novels
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15. True Places

By: Sonja Yoerg

3.95

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller A girl emerges from the woods, starved, ill, an… read more

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  • audiobook
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"Sometimes it takes a stranger to show you what should be obvious, how far you’ve drifted from who you want to be, from what’s right for you, your true place"

-Sonja Yoerg, True Places

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16. As Good as True

By: Cheryl Reid

3.75

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful and haunting novel of a woman’s broken past and the painful choices she must make to kee… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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17. The King Tides (Lancaster & Daniels, #1)

By: James Swain

3.86

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Reality and illusion blur for an ex-Navy SEAL investigating a deadly case of stalking in this page-… read more

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  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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18. The Lines We Leave Behind

By: Eliza Graham

3.96

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

England, 1947: A young woman finds herself under close observation in an insane asylum, charged wit… read more

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19. The Road Beyond Ruin

By: Gemma Liviero

4.06

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

For some people in post–World War II Germany, the battle is not over. August 1945. As Stefano, a… read more

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20. The River Widow

By: Ann Howard Creel

3.70

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Whiskey Sea comes a stirring novel of a young woman’s survival a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
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  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • drama
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21. The Moonflowers

By: Abigail Rose-Marie

4.39

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generati… read more

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