19th Century
The Wreck of the Medusa: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century
In 1816, the French frigate Medusa, bound for Senegal, hit a reef off the coast of Africa. This book is…
The Pilfered Plume
The Pilfered Plume is a Regency romance set in London. Linnet Carlisle returns to the capital after spending a year…
The Shanghai Tunnel
This is the first in Sharan Newman’s Emily Stratton series. Newman always possesses the special key to a portal that…
Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher
Besides the immediate appeal of visiting again with Mark Twain’s immortal characters, the author has created an adventure story that…
The Rules of Gentility
The heroine is Philomena Wellesley-Clegg. Not those Wellesleys, as Philly always adds to her introductions. Her entrance into the ton…
Why Mermaids Sing
In Regency-era England, wealthy, aristocratic young men are being murdered, and the bodies are mutilated in grisly ways that seem…
The Straw Halter
Betsy Salden was eleven years old when she was sent into service with Mrs. Wallasey, who taught her to read…
Fancy Pants
Newly arrived in the United States in 1890, Lady Sydney Hathwell cannot bring herself to enter into a loveless marriage…
Just Jane
This fictional biography of Jane Austen, published by a house better known for Christian fiction, spans the period of her…
Not Quite Dead
Dr. Chivers is shocked to find his childhood nemesis, Edgar Allan Poe, convulsing outside his Baltimore hospital. Poe pleads with…
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