HNR Issue 63 (February 2013)
If You Give a Rake a Ruby
Fallon, called the “Marchioness of Mystery” by her admirers, hates the life she leads as a celebrated courtesan. Most of…
Paper Moon
The novel is set just after the end of World War Two, and the author captures well that sense of…
Child of Vengeance
Bennosuke is a lonely 13-year-old with a skin condition who lives in the village of Miyamoto and dreams of becoming…
Temple of a Thousand Faces
In 1177 in Angkor, Khmer (now Cambodia), Prince Jayavar and his chief wife, Ajadevi, stand on a causeway gazing at…
Cymberie
Sir Richard Belvoir of Cymberie, Essex, hanged woodcarver Thomas Fisher for a murder he did not commit, leaving his young…
Sins of a Virgin
At age 14, Madeline Valdan was rescued from prison – and certain death – and trained as a spy. Ten…
Hurricane Hole
Hurricane Hole is a WW2 thriller set in the Bahamas. Since this was not a very active theatre of war,…
The Gilded Lily
Two teenage sisters, Ella and Sadie, escape from rural poverty to seek a living in Restoration London. We think we…
Countess So Shameless
Mélisande Compton, the Countess of Wilmington, may be an English peer, but she has a secret that, if revealed, would…
Summerset Abbey
In the first of a series set in England before World War I, Prudence Tate, an orphan, shares the loving…
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