Colonial America
A Newfound Land
This is the fourth book in a time-slip series featuring Alexandra Lind and her 17th-century husband, Matthew Graham. I read…
Hannah of Santiago: The Adventures of an English Woman in a Spanish Colony
In 1626, Englishwoman Hannah Fisk accompanies her father to the New World, but the voyage ends tragically. Pirates attack their…
Spider in a Tree
The proverb says, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but I might extend that to “cover blurb.” On reading…
Father Junipero’s Confessor
In the mid 1700s, Father Paloú, a young Franciscan friar from Mallorca, joins the exuberant and zealous Father Junípero Serra…
The Infamous Rosalie
Lisette, a Creole slave, works in the plantation house of owners better than some in the 1750s. Still, they could…
Espinas
Author Pérez Valdez has carved out a unique niche in historical fiction by writing exclusively about Spanish missionaries of the…
Winter of the Metal People
Despite the fact that so many public buildings, parks, and monuments throughout what is today America’s Southwest bear the name…
Original Death
Editors' choice
1760, New York Colony: Exiled Scot Duncan McCallum seeks only to avoid the fighting between the French and English and…
Anton and Cecil: Cats at Sea
In the time of sailing ships and pirates, two cats, brothers Anton and Cecil, live near the docks of Lunenburg.…
The Society for Useful Knowledge
On the cusp of the American Revolution, a group of humble craftsmen came together to successfully challenge the central tenets…
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