Books like Destiny by Sally Beauman

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.

A historical novel set in the 12th century, focusing on the building of a cathedral and the surrounding community's fortunes amidst historical events of the time.

In 1935 England, a young woman’s allegation of a crime sets off a chain of events that devastates families, alters lives during the Second World War, and echoes into a later life of remorse and reflection.

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.

Charismatic writer Henry Chinaski, an unrepentant alcoholic, reflects on a life of low-paying jobs, excess, and vices as his poetic career finally takes off, revealing the edge of survival and ambition.

Michael Cunningham’s lyrical novel weaves Virginia Woolf’s final days with contemporary tales of love, inheritance, hope, and despair, centering on poet Richard and his friend Clarissa as they navigate fame and personal fulfillment.

After a burn‑out, fashion model Gianetta Brooke retreats to a remote Hebridean hotel, only to uncover a gruesome murder and her ex‑husband’s sudden arrival. She soon finds herself entangled in a deadly mystery where she holds the key to the killer’s identity.

In Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire saga, Dr. Thorne’s orphaned niece Mary faces social exile, while her sweetheart Frank, constrained by family duty, pursues another bride. The story ends with family fortunes and affections reevaluated.

A Nation in flames. A passion triumphant. The Civil War. An epic battle that pitted brother against brother, father against son, lover against lover. It all started out so innocently. Bevin Cameron and Reeve Walker had been roommates at the university in Cambridge and had forged a strong friendship. At Harvard they had been just two students who had been able to put the conflict brewing between the North and South aside. Then, deciding to play “Cupid” between his stepsister and best friend, Bevin invited Reeve to spend the summer on his father’s plantation near Richmond, Virginia little realizing the havoc that would be unleashed. Though Reeve was greeted with Southern hospitality, there was an undercurrent of tension as the Camerons waited to see if their state would be pulled into the quickly blossoming war. Reeve was viewed with suspicion that turned to hostility by some, but he found a kindred spirit in Allegra. When Virginia voted to secede from the Union to join with the Confederate States Reeve realized that the south was no place for a Northerner. Allegra found that she and her lover were suddenly in two different countries, two different worlds, as their lands prepared for war. Reeve Walker was a Yankee; Allegra was the daughter of one of the richest plantation owners in Virginia. To those around them that made them enemies. But Allegra knew what was in her heart. She gave up everything to marry Reeve—but that was only the beginning. Driven by her love, she risked prison to see him, disguised herself as a soldier to save him, nursed the wounded and dying in the infamous Libby Prison just to be close to him, and when everyone said he was dead, never stopped loving him. For theirs was a passion forged in the captivating flames of love and desire.

A modern Mephistopheles and A Whisper in the Dark is an 1877 Gothic thriller by Louisa May Alcott, following young lovers Felix Canaris and Gladys as they navigate the manipulative influence of the wealthy Jasper Helwyze.

An unfinished portrait of a Hollywood film producer’s meteoric rise, loosely based on Irving Thalberg, exploring the glittering, ruthless world of motion‑picture power and its personal costs.

Nash admires the confident and beautiful Kelly Moss, but his budding attraction threatens his relationship with his newly discovered teenage half-sister, Tess. Secrets and hidden connections make any romance perilous.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

A hard‑working Capitol Hill press secretary, Louisa Brannigan, sparks a romance with her eccentric neighbor Pete Streeter while uncovering a pig’s disappearance from Witness Protection.

Two strangers in separate cities connect over the telephone, each sharing more of themselves as conversation deepens.

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Love or Hate? Their searing passion drove them to magical heights of ecstasy... Forced into the employ of a lustful tavern-keeper whose rapacious attacks made her his slave by night as well as by day, orphaned Kate McCrae escaped from the squalor of her life by stowing away on Captain Jason Steele's whaler. But Jason, jilted on his wedding eve, his manhood threatened, himself took brutal advantage of Kate's young and voluptuous body. And so she quickly learned that in order to survive, she must turn a man's carnal desires to her own advantage. But first she would punish Jason Steele for his betrayal-punish him to assuage her own guilt, for she had fallen in love with this handsome, bitter man who mistreated her so savagely. Thus begins a tumultuous saga of wild lust, all-consuming desire, and the tender yet violent love that binds Kate to the one man she wants, and to the many men who want her. Lying, cheating, scheming--all are part of Kate's plan. But nothing can stifle her love for Jason, a love that transcends time, distance, and the limits of human passion.

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