Books like Taube by Patrick Süskind

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 young man's family falls apart after a violent attack on his mother, forcing them into a world of turmoil and uncertainty.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

A harrowing tale of a lonely sociopath who kidnaps a young woman, holding her in a cellar while he persuades her to love him, narrated from both perspectives.

A kiss to Remember is a large‑print fiction work by Miranda Lee, designed for readers who benefit from larger text at a comfortable reading size.

Monsieur Perdu, a literary apothecary aboard a Seine barge, prescribes novels to heal broken hearts. When his own love remains a mystery, he journeys south of France to find closure and prove stories can mend souls.

A Modern-Day Gunfighter and a Woman's Touch in the Colorado Wilds

In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a huge crowd gathers at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death meant to "prove" which man's cause is right in God's sight. The dramatic true story of the knight, the squire, and the lady unfolds during the devastating Hundred Years' War between France and England, as enemy troops pillage the land, madness haunts the French court, the Great Schism splits the Church, Muslim armies threaten Christendom, and rebellion, treachery, and plague turn the lives of all into toys of Fortune. At the heart of the tale is Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing Jacques Le Gris, her husband's old friend and fellow courtier, of brutally raping her. The knight takes his cause before the teenage King Charles VI, the highest judge in France. Amid Le Gris's vociferous claims of innocence and doubts about the now pregnant Marguerite's charges (and about the paternity of her child), the deadlocked court decrees a "trial by combat" that leaves her fate, too, in the balance. For if her husband and champion loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. Carrouges and Le Gris, in full armor, eventually meet on a walled field in Paris before a massive crowd that includes the king and many nobles of the realm. A fierce fight on horseback and then on foot ensues during which both combatants suffer wounds, but only one is fatal. The violent and tragic episode was notorious in its time owing to the nature of the alleged crime, the legal impasse it provoked, and the resulting trial by combat, an ancient but increasingly suspect institution that was thereafter abolished. - Jacket flap.

A father's redemption story in Mississippi's heartland, filled with crime, family drama, and the weight of lost love.

A romantic business thriller about a librarian and CEO who unexpectedly fall in love at work, leaving her with a dangerous secret that threatens her career.

Letty Conroy, a history professor, sets out to rescue her fiancé from a wild medieval celebration organized by a knight in shining armor.

A captivating tale of forbidden love, corporate intrigue, and the secrets hidden in forgotten journals.

Margaret Maron's mystery, Slow Dollar, follows fictional judge Deborah Knott as she navigates a North Carolina case that turns to the intrigue of a circus.