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“Believable, and bittersweet. It captures the era without a single false note.” The Literary RedheadShe’s going to be the greatest orator of the Civil WarEighteen-year-old Anna Dickinson is nothing like the women around her, and she knows it. Gifted with a powerful voice, a razor-sharp wit, and unbounded energy, the diminutive curlyhead sets out to surpass the men of her day as she rails against slavery and pushes for women’s rights. There are only two thin...

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She will not be silenced!Brilliant, corseted, and haunted by spirits from the Borderlands, Ida Craddock, the only surviving daughter of a well-to-do Philadelphia, Quaker patent medicine purveyor and the serving girl he married, is outraged by unmarried women's lack of knowledge about what happens in the marriage bed.Turning her back on the tight constrictions of Victorian society, Ida strikes out on her own and sets up as a marriage counselor. Eager to share what s...

Romance and recipes for the holiday season.From Halloween to Valentine's Day, from witches to cosplay, celebrate the seasons with some of your favorite romantic tropes—from sworn-off love and second chances to forced proximity and enemies-to-lovers. Despite the cold, the stress, and life's complications, love always finds a way.Journey from the majestic Adirondack Mountains through the shimmering Finger Lakes Region and onward to the iconic romance of Niaga...