Books like A harvest of rubies by Tessa Afshar

Set in 1910 Edwardian England, a young heiress raised in Monaco arrives in Yorkshire, where family secrets and mysterious threats test her survival.

When Libby Sawyer and her father return to their family home in Colden, Massachusetts, they discover Romanian widower Michael Dobrescu and his family occupying the house, triggering a legal showdown and a mystery over missing documents that pulls Libby into a tangled relationship with Michael.

An intriguing tale set in medieval Ireland, following a young monk tasked with illuminating a book of the Nativity story.

In late fourteenth‑century England, widow Lady Kathryn of Blackingham Manor courts protection from the monastery by hiring master illuminator Finn and his daughter. Finn’s secret translation of the Bible and their growing alliance spark love, treachery, faith, and redemption on the eve of the Renaissance.

When a scandal threatens Rome’s elite, Marcus Didius Falco must unravel a web of political corruption, sink into the world of pirates and organized crime, and protect his city's secrets.

In ancient Egypt, the diary of Nakht chronicles his family's move to Memphis, his training as a scribe, and the investigation of grave robbers, blending engaging storytelling with factual insights into Egyptian culture.

After years spent living with her mother and oppressive grandfather in Athens, Ariadne runs away to her father's home in Corinth, only to discover the perilous secret that destroyed his marriage: though a Greek of high birth, Galenos is the infamous thief who has been robbing the city's corrupt of their ill-gotten gains. Desperate to keep him safe, Ariadne risks her good name, her freedom, and the love of the man she adores to become her father's apprentice. As her unusual athletic ability leads her into dangerous exploits, Ariadne discovers that she secretly revels in playing with fire. But when the wrong person discovers their secret, Ariadne and her father find their future - and very lives - hanging in the balance. When they befriend a Jewish rabbi named Paul, they realize that his radical message challenges everything they've fought to build, yet offers something neither dared hope for.