2006
In the Thrill of the Night
London, March 1813. As a member of the perfectly respectable Benevolent Widows Fund, Marianne Nesbitt has played the role of…
The Wife Trap
Lady Jeanette Brantford was banished from the high society she loved simply because she coerced her more docile twin…
Afterlands
Editors' choice
In 1871 a thwarted American expedition to the Arctic casts 19 survivors adrift on an ice floe off the coast…
The Husband Trap
The time is July 1816. The setting is St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, where the Haut Ton has gathered to…
The Secret River
The Secret River follows the life of William Thornhill, born into the working class of London in the late 1700s.…
City for Ransom
Inspector Alastair Ransom is faced with a diabolical and ruthless killer who is stalking the streets of Chicago during…
His Wicked Kiss
His Wicked Kiss is the seventh novel in an extraordinary family saga. It features Lord Jack Knight as the hero,…
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
Editors' choice
Luis Alberto Urrea had a “flying Yaqui aunt” in Tijuana, Mexico, a woman who was said to be the mystical…
The Observations
In Scotland in 1863, 15-year-old runaway Bessy Buckley finds work as a maid for the beautiful Arabella Reid and her…
Fort Pillow
It’s 1864 in Jackson, Tennessee, at a military headquarters that has changed from Confederate to Union and now back…
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