19th Century
Blessings in Disguise
When Nolan McKenna brings his sisters to Glasgow they are penniless. They pretend to be the long-lost relatives of Cissie…
The Social Outcast
Surrey, 1820: Eloise Hamilton, the 17-year-old illegitimate daughter of a wealthy banker, knows that she can never aspire to a…
The Devil’s Dance
Timothy Ryland stands accused by his father, Josh, and his father’s best friend, Nick Marriott, of a terrible deed. Nick’s…
The God of Spring
It is 1818, and French artist Théodore Géricault is in danger of becoming the 19th century equivalent of a one-hit…
Liszt’s Kiss
Editors' choice
Paris, 1832. A cholera epidemic rages, and Anne de Barbier-Chouant has lost her beloved mother to its deadly grasp. Alone…
An Impossible Confession
Helen Fairmead first meets Lord Drummond in slightly risqué circumstances and finds it impossible to confess her true identity to…
Eye of the Serpent
Editors' choice
1870: Christabel Brown leaves England, becoming governess to the teenage daughter of an Austrian count. Liesel von Holstein is a…
Leadville Lady
Set in booming, silver-rich Colorado in 1880, Leadville Lady follows the adventures of bookkeeper Sky Saunders, who leaves her embezzler…
The Hart Brand
In the tradition of such notable writers as Owen Wister, Louis L’Amour, and Max Brand, author Johnny D. Boggs delivers…
Jane and the Barque of Frailty
Miss Jane Austen has left cozy Chawton for a month in London overseeing the printing of her first novel, Sense…
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