2006
House of Meetings
Editors' choice
Written as a confession, House of Meetings is the story of two brothers—the unnamed narrator and Lev—and the beautiful, free-spirited…
The Unfinished Clue
The scene is 1933: a weekend country house party at The Grange, courtesy of General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith and his…
The True Darcy Spirit
Cassandra Darcy is disgraced, penniless and an outcast from her family. She is determined to earn her living in Regency…
Vashti
When two assistant curators die unexpectedly of gastric influenza, Tansy Clark’s retired policeman father asks her to investigate, and she…
Endure My Heart
When gently born Mab and Andrew Anderson’s father dies leaving them penniless, brother and sister are forced to sell the…
Valley Forge: A Novel of the American Revolution
British Army Captain Jamie Skoyles marches on in author David Garland’s successor novel to Saratoga. Captain Skoyles had been taken…
In Pursuit of Glory
In 1807, the fledging American merchant marine and naval ships continued to be harassed by the British Royal Navy in…
Nobody’s Child
Valerie Wood is very good at what she does, with a specific style which permeates all her books. Nobody’s Child…
His Boots Under Her Bed
1867 California: Rory O’Grady tartly informs Garth Fraser that, unlike the other saloon girls, she doesn’t take men upstairs to…
Sue Mundy
The 19th century media mislabeled M. Jerome Clarke female for their own purposes as well as because of his youth,…
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