HNR Issue 43 (February 2008)
The Night Birds
American history, the natives versus the new settlers, does not make pretty reading. The Night Birds is a fictional telling…
The Kind One
Danny Landon knows his hoodlum acquaintances call him Two Gun Danny, but that is about all he knows about himself.…
Mark’s Story: The Gospel According to Peter (The Jesus Chronicles, Book Two)
Much like this series’ first book, John’s Story, this novel from the authors of the Left Behind series has many…
The Tea House
During the summer of 1925, to entertain themselves and their friends, Michael and Emily Stewart, thirteen-year-old fraternal twins, dabble in…
Sarah, My Beloved
Sarah Woodward believes God led her to answer an ad for a bride through the Marriage Made in Heaven Agency,…
The Palace of Illusions
Set in a mythic age, “when the lives of men and gods still intersected,” this new novel from feminist writer…
Lady of the Roses
In this novel, we see the War of the Roses through the eyes of Isobel, the wife of Sir John…
Loving Liza Jane
Bostonian Liza Merriwether arrives in 1895 Little Hickman, Kentucky, to become the new schoolteacher. The school board’s rules forbid “inappropriate…
The Queen’s Gambit: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery
Art is but one skill under scrutiny at Castle Sforza, Milan, in 1483. The Duke commands his court artist and…
Where the Heart Leads
Late one November night in 1835, Penelope Ashford, twin sister of Portia, wife of Simon Cynster, pushes her way into…
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