HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
Whispers of Winter
Alaska of the World War I years is the setting for this mix of adventure, romance and religious faith, the…
Brother Fish
This is the story of three people thrown together through circumstances beyond their control and the friendships that develop through…
The Moments Lost
Olds (Bucking the Tiger, Raising Holy Hell), turns his stylish prose toward turbulent American Progressive Era history in The Moments…
Then Came Faith
Juliana Harris arrives in New Orleans to do her part in helping to rebuild the South at the end of…
Footsteps in the Dark
Brother and sisters, Peter, Margaret and Celia, inherit The Priory, a rambling ancient house, from their uncle. Celia and her…
A Whisper of Life
Hennaford, a Cornish village, is the setting for the sixth book in the Harvey series. It is 1948 and Jonny…
A Tropical Place Like That
This book of short stories is set in the mountainous part of Michoacan in the 1960s. Lou (Luis) Becton, an…
A Stranger in Burracombe
This sugary saga, set in a Devon village, opens in February 1952 with the arrival of a young woman, Jennifer…
Abraham’s Well
Editors' choice
Until she is about seven years old, Armentia never knows she is a slave. She grows up in the southern…
The White Marriage
Sunny Chantry is on the verge of adulthood when she crosses paths with the handsome and glamorous socialite, Gray Wyndham.…
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