Romance
The Sixth Wife
Plaidy’s retelling of the story of Katharine Parr is masterly. Those who know little more of Katharine than that she…
The Master of Verona
How much of life is determined by the stars? How much by the choices of men? How far will a…
No Mortal Reason
After reuniting with her estranged mother in Fatal as a Fallen Woman, reporter Diana Spaulding is determined to meet the…
Devil Water
Through a youthful misalliance, Charles Radcliffe, brother to the Earl of Derwentwater, is forced to marry a pregnant Northumbrian lass.…
The Lark’s Lament
Editors' choice
The Lark’s Lament is the sixth of Alan Gordon’s Fools’ Guild mysteries. Theophilus the Fool now shares the stage with…
Never Lie to a Lady
Lord Nash, notorious for his dark, dashing elegance and the string of women he’s left broken-hearted, comes to Town in…
Snow Angel
Noah Wesley, batching it in the mountains near Juneau, Alaska, in 1897, is startled when he finds a young woman…
In the Tenth House
In the Tenth House explores the blurred lines between spiritualism and science in London of 1896. The story begins when…
The Conjurer
This historical mystery is set in Philadelphia in 1842. Martha Beale is the sheltered, unmarried daughter of a wealthy financier,…
Silk Dreams
Set in the Byzantine Empire at the end of the first millennium, Silk Dreams is an adventurous love story between…
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