HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)
A Claim of Her Own
Desperate to escape an abusive employer, twenty-year-old Mattie O’Keefe makes the arduous trek to the gold-rush town of Deadwood, in…
A Quiet Belief in Angels
A Quiet Belief in Angels follows narrator Joseph Vaughan, an author, who recounts the story of his life, from his…
A Match for Mary Bennet
Without recourse to murder mysteries or explicit un-Austenlike bedroom details (not that I don’t enjoy those too), Eucharista Ward has…
The Other Eden
Sarah Bryant is unquestionably a talented writer who deserves a wide readership. Her historical novel set during the time of…
Ciao Bella
Corelli’s Mandolin meets The Bridges of Madison County in this WWII tale of a love affair between an American soldier…
The Sky Took Him
Donis Casey continues this gentle but enlightened series with a second mystery set in early 20th-century Oklahoma. Alafair Tucker, wise…
Broken Music
In the golden summer of 1914, Lady Sybil Foley plans a dinner party. Her husband, “self-made man” Alfred, has provided…
Five Smooth Stones
The story takes place in New Orleans in 1933. Times are hard, money is scarce, and Jim Crow separates black…
Walking in Pimlico
This is Ann Featherstone`s first novel, and I, for one, will be looking forward eagerly to her next. She has…
Turbulence
From time to time weather forecasters find themselves in the news (remember Michael Fish and the hurricane?) but mostly, they…
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