HNR Issue 63 (February 2013)
Battle of Kings
First published by Headline in the UK (2011), this is the US paperback edition of Book One of Hume’s series…
Between Two Fires
It is 1348, and the Black Death has come to wreak its destruction. Thomas, a fallen knight, finds himself in…
The Winter Witch
This is a fun, satisfying read about young Morgana, mute since her father’s disappearance, and newly wed to widower Cai…
Spartacus: Talons of an Empire
This slim novel is a new addition to the already crowded Roman history genre, and Robert Southworth’s is a new…
Mosaic of an Unquiet Time
This novel is set in 1963 in the fictional British colony of As Areias, an archipelago located off the coast…
Ashenden
Editors' choice
Ashenden, the delightful debut novel from Elizabeth Wilhide, traces the life of a beautiful English house from the time of…
The Geek Girl and the Scandalous Earl
When 21st-century gamer-girl Jamie Marten is sucked through an antique mirror into the 19th century and the Earl of Dunnington’s…
Time’s Echo
Hartshorne’s engaging time-slip opens with one chilling scene after another. Hawise, a young Elizabethan woman, is drowned as a witch…
The Silent Touch of Shadows
The prologue to The Silent Touch of Shadows sets the tone for this romance. In Chapter One, we meet Melissa…
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
This novel, written in the style of Joyce or Proust, is essentially based on Faulkner’s theme: “The past is never…
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