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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale.

“A wonderful clash of fire and…

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1 author picked The Warm Hands of Ghosts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I read this book because it was recommended by a favorite author. I love books that center around historic events and teach me. From the first page it had me with the Halifax disaster in 1917. Nurses make perfect heroines and Laura, a WWI army nurse, is no exception. She is back in Halifax after suffering an injury. Too soon, she's on her way back to Belgium searching for her brother, Freddie who is presumed dead. Strange signs tell her otherwise. She's drawn to the people who help her spiritually as well as physically. The writing blends perfectly between her…

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The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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