Early United States
Beaufort 1849
Allen’s story about the antebellum South is a bittersweet tale of what might have been. The romance between protagonist Jasper…
Yellow Crocus
Yellow Crocus, set in the antebellum era, tells the story of Hattie, an enslaved wet-nurse, living at Fair Oakes, a…
Courting Miss Amsel
Edythe Amsel, an insecure, but headstrong, young woman with a belief in a well-rounded education, has accepted her first teaching…
Love’s First Bloom
Ruth Livingstone arrives in 1838 Toms River, New Jersey, with a prostitute’s baby in her arms. Her minister father, who…
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
It’s a good bet—anyone who knows anything about American history has heard of the slave revolts led by John Brown…
My Love, My Enemy
This fresh edition of the classic romantic historical novel set during the War of 1812 combines the wit and tenderness…
Good Fortune
Good Fortune follows the life of a young African-American woman in the early 1800s from her childhood and capture in…
Lady in the Mist
As tensions mount between England and the United States in 1809, a coastal Virginia town midwife, Tabitha Eckles, not only…
On The Volcano
In the 1850s, to escape the increasing lawlessness of town, Jack MacDonald sells his house and moves with his wife…
Within My Heart
Rachel Boyd, a widow with two sons, is trying to make a success of her late husband’s dream of a…
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