19th Century
The Rancher’s Heart
James Ryan, a successful and respected Colorado rancher in the 1880s, catches young Mick O’Toole on his ranch with a…
Tilly True
Tilly True is another of Dilly Court’s sagas set in Victorian London. It’s a big read, over 500 pages, spanning…
The Cockney Sparrow
1889. Struggling to make a living in the slums of Cheapside, London, Clemency Skinner supports her crippled brother Jack and…
The Companion
London, 1864: Elizabeth Martin, the daughter of a charitable thus penurious country doctor, takes a post as paid companion to…
The Snake Stone
This is the second novel in the series featuring Yashim the Eunuch. Goodwin has written non-fiction about the Ottoman Empire…
Suddenly, You
It’s the fall of 1872 in Cedar Springs, Colorado, and Jasmine Fairchild is a barmaid at the Dark Horse Saloon.…
Her Only Desire
In 1817, Ian Prescott, Marquess of Griffith, arrives in India on a peace mission from the British government. Before he…
Mademoiselle Victorine
This engaging novel recounts an exciting life for the nude model in Edouard Manet’s famous painting, Olympia. Mademoiselle Victorine is…
A Tendering in the Storm
This book continues the story begun in A Clearing in the Wild. Both novels are based on the true story…
Voices of the Night
Former pickpocket and secret murderess Maggie King has run afoul of London’s most notorious criminal. She and her “chavies,” the…
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