17th Century
Adele: Wilderness Bride – a novel of New France
In the 1660s, when illegitimate orphan Adele Dupuy leaves for New France aboard a ship of similarly-disadvantaged young women, she…
Like Chaff In The Wind
In 1661 Matthew Graham cut off his brother’s nose; in revenge, the brother sold him into slavery. Matthew finds himself…
The Witch and her Soul
Editors' choice
There have been many novels about the Lancashire witch trials of 1612 but for many modern readers the tragedy and…
A Touch of Scarlet
Emma Townsend’s second autumn at Lockwood Prep brings more than a change of seasons. Her boyfriend began training with an…
The Opening Night Murder (A Restoration Mystery)
With Charles II’s restoration, Suzanne Thornton, an entrepreneuring former prostitute, receives license to put on plays at the Globe Theatre.…
The Devil’s Recruit
This is the fourth novel with Alexander Seaton as its hero, but it was my first introduction to him. The…
House of Rocamora
House of Rocamora is the continuing story of Vicente de Rocamora, former confessor to the Royal House of Spain and…
The Gilded Fan
The story is set in the 1640s, starting off in Japan and then going via Amsterdam to England at the…
A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate
Calkins’s uneven debut mystery centers around chambermaid Lucy Campion, servant of a kindly magistrate’s family in Restoration England. When her…
Crow Boy
This is the story of Tom Afflick, who reluctantly moves from Manchester to Edinburgh with his mother after his parents…
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