HNR Issue 60 (May 2012)
The Flight of Gemma Hardy
The Flight of Gemma Hardy is less a remake of Jane Eyre than it is a variation on a theme.…
True Highland Spirit
A sealed missive orders Morrigan McNab’s brother to kill the bishop. In his absence, the task falls to her. If…
The Secret Keepers
The Secret Keepers opens in 1906 in Chinatown, San Francisco, moments after the historical earthquake rocked the city, leaving it…
A Lasting Impression
Featuring the courageous Civil War figure Adelicia Acklen, this first in a series begins with the risky romance between Adelicia’s…
Song of My Heart
Goldtree, Kansas, 1895. Sadie Wagner travels from her Indiana home to work as a store clerk and part-time singer in…
Texas Pride
A Polish prince on the Texas borderlands of the 1870s provides plenty of fish-out-of water humor and action in this…
The Mighty Miss Malone
From award-winning children’s author Christopher Paul Curtis comes a companion book to Bud Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone. Mentioned…
London Belles
London Belles is the tale of four girls, Tilly, Sally, Dulcie and Agnes, during the Second World War. Olive, Tilly’s…
Heading Out to Wonderful
In Robert Goolrick’s second novel, Charlie Beale arrives at Brownsburg, Virginia in 1948. Beale is carrying two suitcases; one is…
A Simple Murder
Maine, 1796, a Shaker settlement. The Shakers are a fascinating movement; their lifestyle and worldview could make for an absorbing…
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