HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
Dawn’s Prelude
Recent widow Lydia Gray, who had married her older, abusive husband as a part of a business deal, is relieved…
I Was Jane Austen’s Best Friend
This is a very readable “journal” which covers the period from February to April 1791 as written by Jane Austen’s…
O, Juliet
Editors' choice
Maxwell delivers a mesmerizing retelling of the famous star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, in her latest novel, set in Italy…
Sent: The Missing
In this sequel to Found, four 21st-century teens find themselves transported to the 15th century. Two of the boys, Chip…
No Law in the Land
Make no mistake about it: in Michael Jecks’s latest Knights Templar Mystery, No Law in the Land, there is no…
The Highlander’s Sword
Destined for life in a convent, Lady Aila Graham finds herself exchanging marriage vows with Sir Padyen MacClaren. Facing devastation…
Choices
1876: Miriam Longstreet is unhappy to leave school and join her parents at her father’s post at Fort Randall, Dakota…
The Pale Assassin
Eugenie de Boncoeur is a typical 14-year-old aristocrat in France during its Revolution: unaware and frivolous. Although her portrayal is…
The Whaler’s Forge
Over a century before Columbus“discovered” the New World, Basque whalers were already hunting whales and setting up whaling camps in…
The Carousel Painter
Orphaned artist Carrington (Carrie) Brouwer intends to find a job and live independently, something “not done” in 1890 small-town Ohio…
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