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  Abigail Adams Mystery: Book 1

  The Ninth Daughter

  by Barbara Hamilton

  In the Massachusetts Colony, political upheaval turns murderous...a new series featuring First Lady Abigail Adams. 1773: The Massachusetts colony is torn between patriots who want independence from British rule and loyalists who support the King. At the center is the educated and beautiful Abigail Adams-wife of John Adams, the leader of the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization opposing the Crown. When a... (more)
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  Abigail Adams Mystery: Book 2

  A Marked Man

  by Barbara Hamilton

  "Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth." (Sharon Kay Penman) Abigail Adams, wife of attorney John Adams-who is deeply involved with the Sons of Liberty-is shocked when one of the Sons is accused of murder. Did the crime arise from the romantic competition for the daughter of a prominent Royalist-or was it politically motivated? Abigail and John believe the accused is innocent, though the... (more)
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  Samuel Adams

  Father of the American Revolution

  by Mark Puls

  Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark of American politics, Adams astutely forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to the irreversible split... (more)
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  Brothers

  by Julian F. Thompson

  Now in paperback, the gripping story of one brother's struggle to save his sibling from the influence of an antigovernment militia.
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  Desperate Sons

  by Les Standiford

  “This is popular history in its most vital and accessible form. Standiford has recovered the mentality of America’s first group of young radicals, the Sons of Liberty, and tells their story with flair and grace.” (Joseph J. Ellis, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Founding Brothers and forthcoming Revolutionary Summer )
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  Bound by Freedom, Unbound by Love

  by April Dawn

  Chloe Adderley is on the run from an unwanted marriage and a father who is far more dangerous than she realizes.After finding herself with an ultimatum that she can't accept- marry the man or starve to death in her room- running to her grandmother's house in Italy seems the only thing to do. She will pretend to be a governess, and hire a ship to take her there. It is a flawless plan. When she is attacked... (more)