16th Century
At Drake’s Command
This first installment in Hill’s adventures of young Peregrine James, set during the height of Elizabethan ‘sea-dog’ days, has a…
The Nine Day Queen
This is much more the story of all three Grey sisters – Lady Jane, Lady Katherine and Lady Mary –…
The King’s Deception
It is 2010; the Government of Scotland wants to return a Pan-Am 103 bomber to Qadhafi’s Libya, and the Government…
The Boleyn King
What if Anne Boleyn had not miscarried of her son and savior in the winter of 1536 and instead had…
Blood Between Queens
The Thornleigh series continues with this fifth installment in which Richard Thornleigh’s ward, Justine Grenville, is entrusted with a delicate…
Heart of Glass
This sequel to Cross My Heart, a thriller set in 16th-century Venice, finds the teenage heroine, Laura, engaged to her…
The Chieftain
The Chieftain is a hearty historical romance with the same air of adventure, mystery and passion which characterizes the other…
The Sisterhood
There is much to admire in Helen Bryan’s second novel, The Sisterhood. It consists of dual timelines: one contemporary, one…
The Falcons of Fire and Ice
In 16th-century Iceland, a menacing stranger possesses the soul of a woman, chained with her twin sister in a deep…
To Tempt the Devil
London, 1598. Rafe Fletcher has come home after seven long years as a foreign mercenary. Forced to leave home as…
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