Books like Midnight rider by Joan Hiatt Harlow

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

A 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel follows Kim, an orphan raised in colonial India, as he navigates loyalties to his native land, his Irish‑English heritage, and the British Secret Service.

When a mysterious psychic arrives in 1969 Lower East Side, New York, four siblings learn the day they will die, setting off a life‑long quest that tests fate, choice, family and the search for meaning.

In 1621 Jamestown, eleven-year‑old Merry, an indentured servant for a glassmaker, stumbles upon a covert sabotage plot that threatens the fledgling colony’s industry.

Taken from France as a young child, Cassandra Deville has grown up wild and free in the South Seas. She spent her childhood following her artist father from island to island as her father crossed the seas, in constant fear that his mortal enemy would find and kill him. One day, when Cassie is on the brink of womanhood, the unthinkable happens. Jared Danemount, her father's sworn enemy, sails into the harbor with a retinue of sailors, ready to drag her father back to face his execution in France. Jared is enchanted with the bare breasted beauty he meets on the deserted beach. He's stunned to find that she is the daughter of the man he has sailed from England to capture. His desire for the beauty turns to rage when she drugs and binds him, allowing her father to escape back to France. Cassie knows that her father is on his way to France in a desperate attempt to clear his name. She strikes a bargain with Jared. She will sail to France as his hostage with the understanding that he will have his way with her. A battle of wills ensues that carries them across the seas to Jared's castle, where both find the true meaning of love and honor.

In turn‑of‑the‑century Texas, Bernadette Barron enters a marriage of convenience with the enigmatic Count Eduardo Cortes, only to find their bargain transforms into a passionate battle of wills and love.

Fourteen‑year‑old Sarah disguises herself as a boy to escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, enlisting in the Union Army and serving as a spy in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War.

Twelve‑year‑old Spring Pearl, an orphan in Guangzhou, uses her literacy and boyish courage to help her adopted family survive the 1857 Opium War.

A moving tale of a Hungarian prince, Prince Michael, who survives World War II while his father is condemned as a Nazi collaborator but secretly serves as a spy. With his nursemaid Nana, Michael navigates danger and finds hope for the future.

After escaping the gallows in 1850s London, orphaned thief Mary Quinn joins Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, training with the all‑female investigative unit, The Agency, to infiltrate a wealthy merchant’s home and uncover his lost cargo ships.

Jo Tate must protect her struggling ranch and her life when a dead body is found on her property and the police suspect her. With the help of a mysterious drifter, she digs for the real killer while navigating love and danger on the frontier.

In the waning days of Spanish California, María Rosalía, a Mestizo servant and orphan, records her life and the region’s loss to America in a personal diary.

Eleven-year-old Nell moves to Chicago to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the pioneering female detective of Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, and helps her solve intriguing mysteries including one linked to Abraham Lincoln and her own family.

In the competitive world of the River Heights Horse Show, Nancy, Bess, and George uncover a dangerous plot when someone drugs the horses, putting the animals and the event’s prizes at risk.

A young detective from the palace must navigate London's underworld and royal intrigue to solve a murder mystery involving a Chinese sailor in Buckingham Palace.