19th Century
The Perils Of Pursuing A Prince
The year is 1820. Greer Fairchild has left her cousins in London to go to Wales to collect her inheritance…
Refining Emma
When tragedy strikes the town of Candlewood, New York, in 1842, no one in town is surprised when boardinghouse owner…
Tempted Tigress
This sixth book in Ms. Lee’s series of historical romances explores the Taoist sex cult of 19th-century China. Anna Thompson…
Gregorius
In 1905 Hjalmar Soderberg’s Dr Glas was published—a fictionalised journal of the murder of an obese clergyman in late 19th-century…
Beyond Seduction
The 6th Earl of Crowhurst, Gervase Tregarth, has problems. There have been a series of strange incidents at Crowhurst Castle,…
Set In Stone
Set near Chichester in Victorian England, the title refers to carvings of the North, South and East winds mounted on…
The Sister: A Novel of Emily Dickinson
So little is known about Emily Dickinson that studies of her poetry provide the major insight into the recluse of…
Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner
Tom Wasp is one of the most engaging characters I’ve encountered in years. A Victorian chimney sweep and not ashamed…
Gone With The Wind
With this reissue of Gone with the Wind, I decided that it was time for me to finally read this…
Pleasure For Pleasure
Josie, the last of the four Essex sisters, is worried. All of her sisters are beautiful. She feels that she…
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