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Fawn Brokaw Doyle

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Fawn Brokaw Doyle is a lifelong history nerd and writer. While researching her genealogy, her creative spirit ignited to share the story of her 8th-great-grandmother, Sarah Rapalje.

By day, she’s a flatware designer and toddler mom who enjoys traveling, state parks, historic sites, and learning handicrafts, herbalism, and mycology. By night, she is a genealogist, historian, and novelist.

Historical fiction is her favorite genre because it’s transportive and connects modern readers with the human experience of history. She loves exploring lesser-known eras and short, intriguing side notes that inspire and deserve a fully rendered story arc. She plans to continue writing historical fiction with that focus.

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Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
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The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
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Positano, Italy. Dual timeline of past (early 1800s) and present. Adventurous, enthralling, enjoyable... great beach read. Romance was good in both timelines, if a bit unbelievable. I loved the sea witches and the oceanic archeology!
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The Push by Ashley Audrain
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A psychological horror dealing with motherhood, generational trauma, and psychopathy. So many painful, awful things happen. This was not an easy or fun read, but I had to know how it ended. The setup was very compelling, but I wish the ending had giv ...more
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The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
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Positano, Italy. Dual timeline of past (early 1800s) and present. Adventurous, enthralling, enjoyable... great beach read. Romance was good in both timelines, if a bit unbelievable. I loved the sea witches and the oceanic archeology!
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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Frankenstein 1831 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
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Late 17th century, Dominican Republic. If you enjoyed Our Flag Means Death, this one is for you. It features action, intrigue, and a mixed-race found family of pirates with queer and disability representation. In some ways, it's very plausible, and i ...more
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The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
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1930s Florida Keys. This triple POV narrative follows 3 women in very different circumstances whose paths cross during a historic hurricane. Mirta is on her honeymoon with her NY mob-boss husband she barely knows. Elizabeth (engaged to a rival NY mob ...more
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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
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Late 17th century, Dominican Republic. If you enjoyed Our Flag Means Death, this one is for you. It features action, intrigue, and a mixed-race found family of pirates with queer and disability representation. In some ways, it's very plausible, and i ...more
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The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
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1930s Florida Keys. This triple POV narrative follows 3 women in very different circumstances whose paths cross during a historic hurricane. Mirta is on her honeymoon with her NY mob-boss husband she barely knows. Elizabeth (engaged to a rival NY mob ...more
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Amy Harmon
“Don't go near the water, love.
Stay away from strand or sea.
You cannot walk on water, love;
The lough will take you far from me.”
Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

Adrienne Young
“You may have ruined my life, June. But first, you gave me one.”
Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

Lauren Groff
“It occurred to her then that life was conical in shape, the past broadening beyond the sharp point of the lived moment. The more life you had, the more the base expanded, so that the wounds and treasons that were nearly imperceptible when they happened stretched like tiny dots on a balloon slowly blown up. A speck on the slender child grows into a gross deformity in the adult, inescapable, ragged at the edges.”
Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies

Ruta Sepetys
“You must be brave,” says Rafa. “One Texano against three Vallecanos.” “Bravery and stupidity are sometimes interchangeable.” Rafa lights up. “Yes! But fear brings dimension to our lives. Without fear we will never meet courage”
Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

R.F. Kuang
“And what did I do? I lived a life I shouldn’t have, I had what millions of people didn’t – all that suffering, Victoire, and the whole time I was drinking champagne.”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

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