2007 (US)
The Highwayman’s Footsteps
Inspired by the famous poem by Alfred Noyes, ‘The Highwayman’, this novel is about a young upper-class boy, William de…
The Spanish Bow
Can art save us from ourselves? In her elegant debut, Ms. Romano-Lax ponders this timeless question through the ambitious tale…
The Sister: A Novel of Emily Dickinson
So little is known about Emily Dickinson that studies of her poetry provide the major insight into the recluse of…
Desperate Duchesses
Lady Roberta is determined to escape her unconventional life with her father and his mistress by marrying the Duke of…
The Blooding of Jack Absolute
The Blooding of Jack Absolute, a prequel to the previously-published Jack Absolute, chronicles the bawdy and eventful youth of the…
Gone With The Wind
With this reissue of Gone with the Wind, I decided that it was time for me to finally read this…
The Mapmaker’s Opera
Editors' choice
Praise for Béa Gonzalez’ The Mapmaker’s Opera abounds, with many critics and other reviewers comparing the author’s work to that…
Love in the Time of Cholera
Florentino Ariza fell in love with Fermina Daza the first time he saw her when he delivered a telegram to…
Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles, 1910-1939
Uncommon Arrangements describes the marriages of several famous writers as works in progress. These husbands and wives struggled valiantly with…
Shadows and Lies
This mystery begins in 1909 when a woman called Hannah Smith is badly injured in a London omnibus accident and…
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