19th Century
The Admiral’s Daughter
It is 1803, and Commander Thomas Kydd’s mission is to patrol home waters in order to suppress the smuggling trade.…
War Brides
War Brides is the story of five young women who come together in a small Sussex village in 1939. From…
No Regrets
Carolyn Torrington has had a crush on Lucas, Lord Foxhaven, since childhood. Nevertheless she turns down his proposal, knowing it’s…
The Coal Gatherer
Callie is one of many children born to Mary and Ebeneezer Ingram, fisher-folk who scratch a precarious and impoverished living…
The Journal of Dora Damage
Editors' choice
Dora Damage has a name straight from Dickens, and in fact her tale would not be out of place in…
Delsie
Delsie Sommers reluctantly agrees to marry a dying man at the request of his family. In exchange for a home…
The Riddle of the River
1898. Cambridge. In this, the fifth of the Vanessa Weatherburn mysteries, a beautiful young girl is discovered floating in the…
The Diamond Frontier
In 1880, in the South African province of the Transvaal, Simon Fonthill and his sidekick “352” Jenkins are on a…
The Best of Sisters
Sagas, the comfy slippers of reading matter. Nothing demanding in style or content, but a good book for bedtime or…
Bitter Inheritance
Sally Mason faces losing her farm home when her parents die leaving her penniless. In spite of her pleas her…
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