26 must-read fiction books like Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake

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Under a Gilded Moon

By: Joy Jordan-Lake

3.81

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous …

If you liked the fiction plot in Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist

1. Maid to Match

By: Deeanne Gist

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled--by the riches of the Vanderbilts… read more

Similar categories in Deeanne Gist's Maid to Match book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Shadow Box

By: Luanne Rice

4.21

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

The Amazon Charts bestselling author of Last Day delivers a haunting thriller about how far one wif… read more

Similar categories in Luanne Rice's The Shadow Box book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Protection came in many forms. My love of nature and my father, and their love for me, had made me strong and brave, and I had survived."

-Luanne Rice, The Shadow Box

"I stared into the lion’s eyes and knew that he could take me down so easily. He’d swipe me with his curved claws, clamp his fangs around my throat or my skull, kill me in an instant."

-Luanne Rice, The Shadow Box

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3. 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 Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Bootlegger's Daughter by Nadine Nettmann

4. The Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Nadine Nettmann

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Prohibition-era Los Angeles, two women on opposite sides of the law must take control of their l… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Nettmann's The Bootlegger's Daughter book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. The Lost Letters of Aisling

By: Cynthia Ellingsen

4.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman faces the past she fled in a heart-stirring novel about unforgettable love and indomitable … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ellingsen's The Lost Letters of Aisling book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake

6. Under a Gilded Moon

By: Joy Jordan-Lake

3.81

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous … read more

Similar categories in Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel

7. Night Angels

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.22

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the Mass Book Awards 2024 From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a pr… read more

Similar categories in Weina Dai Randel's Night Angels book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sing, Wild Bird, Sing by Jacqueline O'Mahony

8. Sing, Wild Bird, Sing

By: Jacqueline O'Mahony

4.12

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful nove… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline O'Mahony's Sing, Wild Bird, Sing book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of After Alice Fell by Kim Taylor Blakemore

9. After Alice Fell

By: Kim Taylor Blakemore

3.59

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Until she discovers the truth of her sister’s death, no one will rest in peace. New Hampshire, 1… read more

Similar categories in Kim Taylor Blakemore's After Alice Fell book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. The Life She Wanted

By: Anita Abriel

3.94

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

New York in the 1920s—a time when fortunes are made and a woman’s dreams are challenged against all… read more

Similar categories in Anita Abriel's The Life She Wanted book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Veridian Sterling Fakes It by Jennifer Gooch Hummer

12. Veridian Sterling Fakes It

By: Jennifer Gooch Hummer

3.78

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In this colorful and humorous tale, a hopeful young painter finds herself embroiled in the world of… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Gooch Hummer's Veridian Sterling Fakes It book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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13. Swan Light

By: Phoebe Rowe

4.21

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweeping, emotional tale of hope and perseverance, Swan Light weaves together the stories of two … read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Rowe's Swan Light book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"There were as many parts of a story as there were people who remembered it."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"It was the story of the wrecks that hadn't happened, of the lives people got to keep living because of a light in the darkness ..."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"But shipwrecks were rarely like that, she’d learned later, proud and upright, perched whimsically on the seafloor. Wrecks were wrecked, sure and violent. Shattered and flattened, rotting edges under …"

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

Cover of Along the Broken Bay by Flora J. Solomon

14. Along the Broken Bay

By: Flora J. Solomon

4.29

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Pledge of Silence comes a story of resistance, intrigue, and riski… read more

Similar categories in Flora J. Solomon's Along the Broken Bay book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Hate strips the vitality out of one's life. It consumes energy that can be channeled elsewhere."

-Flora J. Solomon, Along the Broken Bay

Cover of Queens of London by Heather  Webb

15. Queens of London

By: Heather Webb

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Looting, lying, and the letter of the  Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the cri… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webb's Queens of London book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of This Terrible Beauty by Katrin Schumann

16. This Terrible Beauty

By: Katrin Schumann

4.15

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Forgotten Hours comes an unforgettable story of one woman’s jour… read more

Similar categories in Katrin Schumann's This Terrible Beauty book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander

17. Carolina Built

By: Kianna Alexander

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This “exuberant celebration of Black women’s joy as well as their achievements” (Kate Quinn, New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Kianna Alexander's Carolina Built book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"When I interact with others, I try to let goodwill and love for humanity guide me. I don't always succeed, but I pray for the grace to do better the next time."

-Kianna Alexander, Carolina Built

Cover of Gerta by Kateřina Tučková

18. Gerta

By: Kateřina Tučková

3.95

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

The award-winning novel by Czech author Kateřina Tučková—her first to be translated into English—ab… read more

Similar categories in Kateřina Tučková's Gerta book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. This Magnificent Dappled Sea

By: David Biro

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Two strangers—generations and oceans apart—have a chance to save each other in this moving and susp… read more

Similar categories in David Biro's This Magnificent Dappled Sea book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"One of the most important skills in my profession is prognosis, the prediction of what will happen to a patient going forward."

-David Biro, This Magnificent Dappled Sea

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20. A Splendid Ruin

By: Megan Chance

4.14

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A spellbinding novel of dark family secrets and a young woman’s rise and revenge set against the ba… read more

Similar categories in Megan Chance's A Splendid Ruin book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. The Secret Stealers

By: Jane Healey

4.35

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unpara… read more

Similar categories in Jane Healey's The Secret Stealers book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France by Adin Dobkin

22. Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France

By: Adin Dobkin

3.48

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring, heart-pumping true story of soldiers turned cyclists and the historic 1919 Tour de F… read more

Similar categories in Adin Dobkin's Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

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23. The Last Correspondent

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.16

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When journalist Ella Franks is unmasked as a woman writing under a male pseudonym, she loses her jo… read more

Similar categories in Soraya M. Lane's The Last Correspondent book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Across the Winding River by Aimie K. Runyan

24. Across the Winding River

By: Aimie K. Runyan

4.17

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman unlocks the mystery of her father’s wartime past in a moving novel about secrets, sacrifice… read more

Similar categories in Aimie K. Runyan's Across the Winding River book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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25. Not One of Us

By: Debbie Herbert

3.94

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Cold Waters comes a brooding thriller about a woman who must decide … read more

Similar categories in Debbie Herbert's Not One of Us book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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26. The Woman in the Moonlight

By: Patricia Morrisroe

3.86

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring and romantic historical novel about nineteenth-century Vienna and the tragedy and dynami… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Morrisroe's The Woman in the Moonlight book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town by Art Chansky

27. Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town

By: Art Chansky

3.80

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few lo… read more

Similar categories in Art Chansky's Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

Cover of Poster Girls by Meredith Ritchie

28. Poster Girls

By: Meredith Ritchie

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

"Everyone is an outsider somewhere. There's a sameness to being different."After an unwanted southe… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ritchie's Poster Girls book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Rock Bottom Rising (Rock Bottom Historical Fiction Series, #2) by Kimberly  Nixon

29. Rock Bottom Rising (Rock Bottom Historical Fiction Series, #2)

By: Kimberly Nixon

4.47

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Winner of 2024 Speak Up Talk Radio International Firebird Fiction Award Winner. Ruby has no mone… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Nixon's Rock Bottom Rising (Rock Bottom Historical Fiction Series, #2) book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

Cover of Money Rock: A Family’s Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South by Pam Kelley

30. Money Rock: A Family’s Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South

By: Pam Kelley

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardshi… read more

Similar categories in Pam Kelley's Money Rock: A Family’s Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

  • historical
Cover of Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk by David Menconi

31. Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk

By: David Menconi

4.04

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

This book is a love letter to the artists, scenes, and sounds defining North Carolina's extraordina… read more

Similar categories in David Menconi's Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk book and Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon

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