Victorian
Jeanie’s Destiny
Jeanie’s Destiny is set in 1870 on the coast of Galloway in Scotland. The book opens when the heroine is…
The Dead Travel Fast
In 1858 Edinburgh, Theodora Lestrange finds herself an anchorless young spinster. She has just lost her grandfather, a kindly professor…
Scandal on Rincon Hill
In 1881, San Francisco is still a rough and rowdy city, with bordellos lining the streets near the busy wharves…
The Calton Papers
Opening at an auction in May 1894, characters and plot are quickly established and the reader drawn into the story.…
Sweetwater Run
Newlywed Cara Whitt finds herself suddenly alone in the eastern Kentucky mountains in 1893. Her husband Dimmert has been jailed…
The Shangani Patrol
The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in…
Hope Against Hope
Editors' choice
1837 sees the start of a powerful story about two young sisters, stoical and industrious Carrie, and carefree and vivacious…
Quest for a Killer
This is the fifth novel featuring private investigator Rose McQuinn, daughter of Inspector Faro. The circus is in town, and…
Becoming Jane Eyre
In 1846, the educated but unworldly daughter of a Yorkshire clergyman begins writing a novel. It is not her first…
Desires of a Perfect Lady
When her husband’s unexpected murder frees Lady Olivia Rathbourne from a wretched union, she is eager to begin a new…
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