Best Family Saga Novels - April 2024

Best Laid Plans (Madaris Family Saga)

Love wasn’t supposed to be a part of the deal…Even a famed matchmaker like Nolan Madaris’s great-grandmother can’t get it right every time. Nolan, the notorious fun-loving ladies’ man, could never connect with someone as straitlaced as tech whiz Ivy Chapman. Yet the scheme Ivy proposes is tempting—they can pretend to be a couple, just long enough to satisfy their families.But someone forgot to clue in their heartsWhat happens, though, when Ivy’s plan to get her relatives off her back has an unexpected side effect: getting her into Nolan’s bed? Houston’s number one womanizer m... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1335900691
• ASIN: 1335900691
• ISBN: 1335900691
• Manufacturer: HQN

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M14UN1J
• ASIN: B01M14UN1J
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Prussian Captain

Finding love in the most unlikely place, Edward’s secret longing is finally realized.Edward turned twenty nine-years-old on the ship. Looking out over the grey water back towards America, his heart ached for both the country he had adopted and loved, and for the woman he had lost there. He was returning to England without having ‘made good’. Without fortune. Without wife and family.Based on a true story, spanning half a century, follow the lives of two very different people from opposite backgrounds. What happens when a middle-aged, wealthy aristocrat meets a young impoverished girl? In ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0994781385
• ASIN: 0994781385
• ISBN: 0994781385
• Manufacturer: Matthew Brough

Brought To Our Senses: A Family Saga Novel

In this Kindle Book Awards winner about the importance of family and the healing power of forgiveness, troubled sisters are torn apart and brought back together by their mother's dementia crisis in a riveting medical drama. "It's the quintessential 'how did we get here?' story" (Amazon Vine Voice).Favorite daughter Elizabeth wants to do the right thing when faced with a family emergency. Her beloved mother Janice receives a deadly Alzheimer's diagnosis, and her siblings at odds tailspin toward their last resort with disastrous fallout.Elizabeth soon exposes her mother's long-held secret, which... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07857VBH5
• ASIN: B07857VBH5
• Manufacturer: Attunement Publishing

What Once Was True: An Irish WW2 Story (The Robinswood Story Book 1)

New from USA TODAY Bestselling author, Jean Grainger,One House, two families and a war that changes everthing that once was true....Robinswood, Co Waterford, 1939. The once grand house is home to two very different families.Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children, live a life of decayed opulence as the money needed to keep such a large house and grounds ever dwindles. Meanwhile, the Murphy family, Dermot, Isabella and their three almost grown up girls, live and work on the estate and do their best to keep everything running smoothly.Social structure is ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07F1KTZDL
• ASIN: B07F1KTZDL

Hardacre (The Hardacre Family Saga Book 1)

The international bestseller - No.1 in the Kindle Family Saga chart in the UK, USA and Australia.Hardacre is the sweeping rags to riches story of the Hardacre family. This dramatic family saga follows generations of the Hardacres from Victorian times to the 1950s. Set against the backdrop of major historical events, Hardacre traces the family's humble beginnings to their position of great wealth.Sam Hardacre makes a tough yet honest living as a fish gutter. But he has ambitions for a life far removed from the harsh existence on the quays of the north English coast. Through drive and determinat... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00QKVV2FA
• ASIN: B00QKVV2FA
• Manufacturer: Wyndham Books (Family Saga)

And Then You Loved Me

Readers who have enjoyed the emotional, heartfelt stories of authors like Jodi Picoult and Nicholas Sparks may enjoy "this great read about life, love, and the consequences of choices and actions."A contemporary romance for anyone who's ever believed that true love never leaves our hearts. . .People say you can’t ever go back. That some of the things that happen to us simply cannot be redone. But the paths of a life journey are rarely straight. They twist and turn and wind back across those once visited and long thought to have faded from existence.Becca Miller has lived her life trying to d... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00JSW7IH4
• ASIN: B00JSW7IH4
• Manufacturer: Fence Free Entertainment, LLC

Hardacre's Luck (The Hardacre Family Saga Book 2)

The gripping sequel to the bestselling family saga Hardacre. Hardacre's Luck follows the triumphs and tragedies of the next generation of the Hardacre family in 1950s Yorkshire and London.Young Sam Hardacre leaves behind his life at the Abbey to continue the family tradition by starting his own business empire. Meanwhile, Harry Hardacre is now head of the household, but wonders which of the young Hardacre men should inherit his father's legacy. Joe's widow, Helen, plots the ultimate revenge on those who crossed her. And two best friends fight for the love of Maud and Albert's glamorous film-st... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00WSYSS50
• ASIN: B00WSYSS50
• Manufacturer: Wyndham Books (Family Saga)

Evergreen: A Novel (Werner Family Saga Book 1)

• ASIN: B0030P1WOA
• ASIN: B0030P1WOA
• Manufacturer: Dell

New York: The Novel

Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr., Prize in American Historical Fiction Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and “Required Reading” by the New York PostEdward Rutherfurd celebrates America’s greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga, weaving together tales of families rich and poor, native-born and immigrant—a cast of fictional and true characters whose fates rise and fall and rise again with the city’s fortunes. From this intimate perspective we see New York’s humble beginnings as a tiny Indian fishing village, the arrival of Dutch and British merchants,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345497422
• ASIN: 0345497422
• ISBN: 0345497422
• Brand: Ballantine Books
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Nothing Ventured (William Warwick Novels Book 1)

Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer’s #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective . . .William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force.After graduating from university, William begins a career that will define his life: from... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07NTZ32ZZ
• ASIN: B07NTZ32ZZ
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Circles of Time: A Novel (Greville Family Saga)

The Acclaimed Trilogy That Has Been Called a Must-Read for Fans of Downton AbbeyA generation has been lost on the Western Front. The dead have been buried, a harsh peace forged, and the howl of shells replaced by the wail of saxophones as the Jazz Age begins. But ghosts linger—that long-ago golden summer of 1914 tugging at the memory of Martin Rilke and his British cousins, the Grevilles.From the countess to the chauffeur, the inhabitants of Abingdon Pryory seek to forget the past and adjust their lives to a new era in which old values, social codes, and sexual mores have been irretrievably ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062229338
• ASIN: 0062229338
• ISBN: 0062229338
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Harvest: A Novel (Werner Family Saga)

"With the rich threads of Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry, skillful storyteller [Belva] Plain continues to weave her eventful saga of the Werners."—Publishers Weekly   Only one man knew the secret Anna Friedman vowed to carry to her grave. Only he could undo her perfect life, and he had kept his silence—and his distance—for years. Yet as she watched her daughter Iris marry and have her own family, Anna saw the slow corrosion of a lifetime of secrets seep into a new generation. Iris’s “ideal” marriage was built on silence and lies . . . their rebellious son found his calli... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0440208912
• ASIN: 0440208912
• ISBN: 0440208912
• Brand: Plain, Belva
• Manufacturer: Dell

The Novel: A Novel

In this riveting, ambitious novel from James A. Michener, the renowned chronicler of epic history turns his extraordinary imagination to a world he knew better than anyone: the world of books. Lukas Yoder, a novelist who has enjoyed a long, successful career, has finished what he believes to be his final work. Then a tragedy strikes in his community, and he becomes obsessed with writing about it. Meanwhile, Yoder’s editor fights to preserve her integrity—and her author—as her firm becomes the target of a corporate takeover; a local critic who teaches literature struggles with his ambitio... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00H6JHOSO
• ASIN: B00H6JHOSO
• Manufacturer: The Dial Press

The Dearly Beloved: A Novel

***A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection*** “A moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) “Here is the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love. That Wall executes it so beautifully? Well, this is exactly why we read literary fiction...The best book about faith in recent memory.” —Entertainment Weekly (A-) “When I began reading The Dearly Beloved I braced for piety, worried it mi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 198210452X
• ASIN: 198210452X
• ISBN: 198210452X
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Forgotten Family of Liverpool : A Gritty Postwar Family Saga Novel That Will Break Your Heart

The war is over - but are their troubles just beginning? It's 1951 and rationing is finally coming to an end. But while Liverpool is recovering from the ferocity of war, a family is about

• UPC: 503175892
• Rating: 4.0

The Secret Sister : A Thrilling Family Saga

Did she once have a sister? Has her mother lied all these years? After a painful divorce, Maisey Lazarow returns to Fairham, the small island off the South Carolina coast where she grew up. She

• UPC: 51492418
• Rating: 4.091

Jubilee's Journey : Family Saga (a Wyattsville Novel Book 2)

When tragedy strikes a West Virginia coal mining family, two children start out on a trek that they hope will lead them to a new life. Before a day passes, the children are separated and

• UPC: 53408480
• Rating: 4.556

Passing Through Perfect : Family Saga (a Wyattsville Novel Book 3)

FROM A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR... BOOK 3 IN THE AWARD-WINNING WYATTSVILLE SERIES It's 1946. The war is over. Millions of American soldiers are coming home and Benjamin Church is one of them. After four

• UPC: 53439639
• Rating: 4.778

Spare Change : Family Saga (a Wyattsville Novel Book 1)

Eleven year-old Ethan Allen Doyle has witnessed a brutal murder and now the boy is running for his life. Olivia Westerly is the only person Ethan Allen can trust, and he's not too sure he

• UPC: 53393082
• Rating: 4.25

The Marx Family Saga

The latest work from " the most important living novelist from Spain" (S.F. Guardian) is a surreal, witty, roller coaster of a novel. Juan

• UPC: 25659640
• Rating: 5.0

Heartaches and Christmas Cakes : A Wartime Family Saga Perfect for Cold Winter Nights

December, 1940: All that Audrey Barton wants is her family together for Christmas. But the war changes everything... The Barton family bakery in Bournemouth has been at the heart of the town for generations: Audrey

• UPC: 702666425
• Rating: 4.0

Wartime Brides and Wedding Cakes : A Romantic and Heartwarming Family Saga

January, 1941: As Charlie Barton tiptoes silently out of the house one cold winter morning to go off and fight for his country, his wife Audrey is left to run the family bakery on her

• UPC: 556023522
• Rating: 4.333

East Wind: West Wind: The Saga of a Chinese Family - eBook

Nobel winner Pearl S. Buck’s classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman’s coming of age as she’s torn between Eastern and Western culturesKwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl—taught by her mother to submit in all

• UPC: 937291899
• Rating: 5.0

Sweet Release : Kenleigh-Blakewell Family Saga, Book 1

When a woman buys a dying convict to save his life, she little suspects he is truly an English aristocrat who will soon steal her

• UPC: 53393046
• Rating: 4.0