2007
A… My Name’s Amelia
At the age of twelve, Amelia Anne Polley, a victim of “brain fever,” lost her hearing. Her parents, unable to…
Sand Daughter
Editors' choice
In the late 12th century the Islamic world is in turmoil, torn apart by the Crusades, and the Holy Land…
Blessings in Disguise
When Nolan McKenna brings his sisters to Glasgow they are penniless. They pretend to be the long-lost relatives of Cissie…
The Social Outcast
Surrey, 1820: Eloise Hamilton, the 17-year-old illegitimate daughter of a wealthy banker, knows that she can never aspire to a…
Betrayal
In the year 1122, Lady Katherine Stanfield’s husband, William Norris, is murdered. Heavy with child, Katherine does not grieve for…
The God of Spring
It is 1818, and French artist Théodore Géricault is in danger of becoming the 19th century equivalent of a one-hit…
Liszt’s Kiss
Editors' choice
Paris, 1832. A cholera epidemic rages, and Anne de Barbier-Chouant has lost her beloved mother to its deadly grasp. Alone…
People of the Nightland
This is the 14th in this series of novels about American prehistory. Written by a husband-and-wife team of archaeologists who…
The Solitude of Thomas Cave
Editors' choice
Set in the first half of the 17th century, this is a poetic and highly literate novel that has as…
The Painted Lady
London, 1670s. To aid their seduction of the beautiful Araminta, four of London’s most dissolute rakes have set up The…
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