HNR Issue 52 (May 2010)
Dancing on the Wind
Lucien Fairchild, 9th Earl of Strathmoor, leads a double life. In Society, he is the debonair dandy nicknamed “Lucifer”. He…
Dancing for Degas
Degas’ paintings of the Paris Opera Ballet corps come to life in all their freshness and immediacy in Kathryn Warner’s…
Sweetwater Run
Newlywed Cara Whitt finds herself suddenly alone in the eastern Kentucky mountains in 1893. Her husband Dimmert has been jailed…
Pieces of Sky
Carrying the deed to Bickersham Hall and hiding the new life stirring inside her, Jessica Abigail Rebecca Thornton flees her…
Snowbound
This novel describes Pathfinder John Charles Frémont’s fourth expedition, an effort to find a railroad route over the Rocky Mountains.…
The Shangani Patrol
The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in…
Hope Against Hope
Editors' choice
1837 sees the start of a powerful story about two young sisters, stoical and industrious Carrie, and carefree and vivacious…
Stolen Promise
The story begins in England in 1806 when Jade, a Romani girl, runs away from an unwanted betrothal. She falls…
Map of the Invisible World
Adam is an orphan, several times over. First, he and his older brother were left at an Indonesian orphanage; then…
A Fierce Radiance
Editors' choice
Set on the home front of New York City during World War II, Belfer’s second novel (after the acclaimed City…
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