2010
The World Turned Upside Down
The story opens in mid 17th-century England with Elizabeth Clark witnessing the death of her father at a clandestine church…
Prove a Villain
After two years spent away from Elizabethan London, young Hugh Seaton has returned to the Theatre in Shoreditch and to…
West Briton Story
Rhuadrac, the main character and narrator of Tom O’Rourke’s fantastic debut novel West Briton Story, is an old man (only…
With Hearts Courageous
With Hearts Courageous is the second installment in the life of Sir William Hillary, founder of the Royal National Lifeboat…
Ambrosius Aureliani (Arthurian Tales, #1)
In this first volume of a planned four-book set, the story of King Arthur is retold as actual history in…
Balfour and the Cargo of Innocence
In this new addition to Balfour’s adventures we encounter Myles and his crew setting sail for Saint Domingue, where the…
Yellow Crocus
Yellow Crocus, set in the antebellum era, tells the story of Hattie, an enslaved wet-nurse, living at Fair Oakes, a…
Love’s First Bloom
Ruth Livingstone arrives in 1838 Toms River, New Jersey, with a prostitute’s baby in her arms. Her minister father, who…
The King of Kahel
This tale is a loosely based story of Olivier de Sanderval, a Frenchman with an obsessive desire to explore Fouta…
The Oracle of Stamboul
In the late 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was a husk of the power that had shaken the Mediterranean world.…
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