2010
Jezebel
In 1930s Paris, beautiful socialite Gladys Eysenach is accused of murdering her 20-year-old lover. The story begins with Eysenach’s trial…
Becoming Lola
During her lifetime, Lola Montez was, after Queen Victoria, the most famous woman in the Western world. Born Eliza Gilbert…
The Axe, The Shield, and the Triton
This novel is first in a promised series that tells of a 17th-century gleeman and his stories. The Axe, the…
To Do or Die
To Do or Die covers just thirteen days in September 1939, but oh, what harrowing days they are! Eddie Dawson,…
London Belles
London Belles is the tale of four girls, Tilly, Sally, Dulcie and Agnes, during the Second World War. Olive, Tilly’s…
A Place of Secrets
This story starts in the present as Jude, a young widow who works at an auction house, is sent to…
Armistice
Stafford begins his novel with the line “Some men had started a war, other men went off to fight it;…
Wild Rose
Maternal love isn’t restricted to those who carry a child for nine months, as Alice Moore is about to…
Cruel and Unusual
In this second in a series of books by D. Michelle Gent, Jack the Ripper gets the fantasy treatment. Born…
Assassins of Alamut
This is a rare first novel that not only is well written and crafted by a confident author but is…
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