19th Century
War Drums
This is the second book in the Palmetto Trilogy, the first being Call To Arms. This series portrays how the…
Much Ado About Grubstake
In the 19th century, penny dreadfuls were sensational tales of crime, adventure, or horror. These inexpensive texts, printed on cheap…
Letter Perfect
In 1859, nineteen-year-old Ruth Caldwell fulfills her mother’s dying wish that she go to California to live with the father…
A Texan’s Honor
Although born and raised a Texan, Bret Nolan has spent the last six years behind a Boston desk trying to…
Powder Monkey
1800. Britain is at war with France and Spain. Young Sam Witchall is press-ganged and forced to join a Royal…
Critique Of Criminal Reason
Editors' choice
‘Observe, Stiffeniis. It slid in like a hot knife cutting lard.’ So begins Michael Gregorio’s chilling story of murder at…
Victory
Victory tells the parallel stories of two children, one in the past and one in the present. In the present-day…
The Perfect Stranger
There must be an unofficial rule for writing Regency romances: start with a large family. Faith Merridew has already seen…
Act Of Love
On her first day at work as a cleaner at the Palace theatre, Swansea, Ella Burton meets Anthony Weatherby Nichols…
Gary Jennings’ Aztec Revenge
Gleason and Podrug continue the late Gary Jennings’ popular Aztec series, bringing it up to the early 19th century, the…
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