HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
The Judas Blade
Betsy Brand, an actress in the relaxed culture of Restoration England, is doing well financially, but her friends and family…
Iago
Iago, Shakespeare’s famous villain, has escaped from Cyprus, leaving a trail of corpses behind him. He falls into the hands…
At the King’s Pleasure (Secrets of the Tudor Court)
The successful author of Pleasure Palace, Between Two Queens and By Royal Decree returns us to the ever-popular Tudor court…
Caleb’s Wars
Fifteen-year-old Caleb Brown struggles through his adolescence in a tumultuous setting: Georgia during World War II. He’s waging wars on…
Before the Lark
Born in 1876, Jocelyn Belle Royal lives with problems that few modern American children can imagine, and emotions that resonate…
Southern Gods
Pacific war veteran “Bull” Ingram is big, coldly competent, and quick to break a deadbeat’s fingers. Just the man a…
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure
This book covers an ambitious amount of ground — biography, cultural history, treatise on American imperialism, and comment on today’s…
The Bleeding Dusk
Kick, shove, slice, and an ogre-faced demon’s head is parted from its doglike body; Lady Victoria Gardella is in action.…
Crown and Country
Just imagine that breathtaking moment when you become the ruler of Great Britain. Your father or brother dies, or perhaps…
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
The novel begins in a contemporary time at Selwick Hall with Eloise and Colin. The story soon slips back to…
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