HNR Issue 57 (August 2011)
The Somnambulist
This assured debut novel tells the story of Phoebe Turner, a young girl who lives in the East End of…
Fairer Than Morning
You can give your soul away, but no one can take it. These are wise words spoken at a pivotal…
The Widow Makers: Strife
Strife is the second book in the Widow Makers trilogy. It is a well paced, very readable novel in the…
Just One Season in London
The Ryecrofts, a noble family in a dire financial situation, are pinning all of their hopes on daughter Sophie making…
A Heart Divided
In 1878 Colorado, everyone knows of the decades-old feud between the Caldwells and the Wainwrights. Sarah Caldwell’s father is obsessed…
The Cleansing Flames
The Cleansing Flames is the fourth and final book in this St Petersburg historical crime series. It is Easter 1872,…
Norah: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th-Century New York
Norah tells the story of Norah McCabe, an Irish immigrant living in Five Points, a notorious Manhattan slum in the…
Sweet Revenge: A Lady Hadley Regency Mystery
In 1812, Lady Arianna Hadley, the daughter of a disgraced earl, returns to England from exile in the West Indies…
Hearts Aglow
Angelina County, Texas, in 1886, is a troubled stew of resentments, but Deborah Vandermark, heroine of Tracie Peterson’s new novel,…
Nowhere Near Respectable
Part of the Lost Lords series, Nowhere Near Respectable mixes romance and Regency history in equal measure and produces a…
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