Romance
Valerie
This is a Regency romp first published in America in 1987 and now published in Britain. Valerie, the eponymous heroine…
The Carstairs Conspiracy
As sole heir of the late Duke of Penrith, Abigail Carstairs is the target of many fortune hunters. But it…
Another Country
In the year 1832, young widow Eleanor Crombie is forced to decide. Should she stay in Scotland to live…
Private Arrangements
In 1893 London, a perfect marriage among the aristocratic elite was hard to find, with one notable exception: that…
Annette Vallon
Although I’m not a fan of novels written by men from a woman’s point of view, Annette Vallon disposed of…
The Blackstone Key
Editors' choice
Mary Finch receives an invitation from a rich, estranged uncle to meet him at White Ladies, his estate on the…
The Venetian Mask
Originally published in 1993, this novel of Venice is set in the last quarter of the 18th century. Marietta Fontana,…
My Enemy’s Cradle
Cyrla, child of a Polish Jewish father and a Dutch mother, is sent to live with her late mother’s…
A Wartime Marriage
It is 1918 and Captain Harry Phillips is a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital. When Major Carlsen tells…
The Tenth Gift
In present-day London, Julia Lovat receives a goodbye gift from her lover: a book of 17th century embroidery patterns…
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