19th Century
Pistols at Dawn
This Regency romance begins in Hyde Park as a duel is about to be fought. But Michael Yelverton is not…
The Inquest
In 1830 Burlington, Vermont, a young woman named “Speedy” (Experience) Goodrich dies of a botched abortion. An inquest is held…
The Amalgamation Polka
Liberty Fish is born in 1844 to an uncommon set of parents. His father is a Northern abolitionist; his mother…
Our Lives Are the Rivers
History recognizes Manuela Sáenz, mistress of the 19th century revolutionary Simón Bolívar, as one of South America’s earliest feminists…
The Price of Pride
Brace yourself. MacQuigg launches The Price of Pride with a double murder and charges toward a shootout ending that…
Louisa and the Crystal Gazer
It has become quite fashionable and profitable in the American writing world for an author to take a well-known person…
Captive of My Desires
After spending three years in the Caribbean treasure hunting with her pirate father, Gabrielle Brooks returns to the city of…
To Distraction
Since this is the fifth Regency romance in her Bastion Club series (“a last bastion against the matchmakers of…
Duchess of Fifth Avenue
In 1885, during a rough crossing from Ireland to the United States, Lana Dunleavy made a promise to her…
A Clearing in the Wild
The people of Bethel, Missouri, seek to follow God’s word by living both in the world of the 1850s and…
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