Books like Plantation moon by Gloria Bevan

The story of a greaser and his friend, who are torn apart by the world's two types of people and must learn to cope with their differences.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

A heart-wrenching coming-of-age story of poverty and resilience in 1930s Brooklyn.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

A former Japanese POW survivor in post-war Malaya journeys to the secluded Garden of Evening Mists to learn from a reclusive gardener, uncovering secrets of war and forgiveness amid the country's turbulent fight for independence.

During World War II three American, Polish and German women’s lives intersect as they confront love, duty and the horrors of the Holocaust, ultimately working together to expose wartime secrets.

Erica, a city woman, inherits half of a Papua New Guinea plantation and must confront her ruthless co‑owner, Clark Trafford, whose determination and charm threaten both her business plans and her heart.

A quest across time, from a lost girl on an Australian voyage to a Cornish inheritance, where a hidden garden holds Victorian secrets and a desperate search for justice reveals family history and forgotten loves.

After she inherits her childhood home, a magnificent chateau in Le Cote d'Azur, France, Emilie de la Martinieres realizes that it may hold secrets to her family's enigmatic past during World War II.

Travis McGee: The Turquoise Lament

A tale of adventure and romance on a mysterious island

Elizabeth, an American in 18th-century Scotland, lands at Bowain Castle and faces danger and romance.

An English-language fictional work in large type, written by Velda Johnston.

Travis McGee #13

Joan escorts the President's widow to France, where they meet Paul, a French courier, but Paul is actually ordered to kidnap the widow.

A large type book of English fiction by Mervyn Jones.

Magnolia Plantation was the magnificent white-pillared mansion that rested hauntingly on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River. No other estate in Natchez was equal, with its majestic verandas, terraced gardens and surrounding forest of magnolia trees. Raven-haired, violet-eyed Tabitha Clay lived in the shabbiest section of Natchez, but she believed with all her heart that she was destined for the house on the hill. With her enchanting beauty and keen ambition, she soon bewitched and wed Magnolia's darkly handsome master, Nicholas Enright. Tabitha was sure she had everything she could ever need--until she met Michael Long, a physician whose mere glance made her shiver with desire. And amid the sweetly-scented gardens and the elegantly-furnished rooms, Tabitha learned she still didn't have what she wanted...

Travis McGee #2

When residents across the country vanish, detective Jonathon Payne follows clues that lead him to a New Orleans plantation, uncovering the South’s darkest secret.

A suspenseful tale of love, murder, and a mysterious goddess in the Tuscan countryside.

Travis McGee #14

Are trees social beings? Forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland.

When sixteen-year-old Noa is forced to abandon her child after a forbidden pregnancy with a Nazi soldier, she discovers a boxcar of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and steals one to escape.