2010
The Saffron Gate
Editors' choice
This book was a delightful surprise. I do not usually review romantic fiction, but this arrived just after I had…
Ruby’s Spoon
Small, landlocked, and economically depressed in 1933, the English town of Cradle Cross isn’t a place one goes for an…
Starlight and Promises
In 1891, British botanist Richard Colchester and his friend James Truett come across a smilodon (saber-tooth tiger) while visiting an…
Lessons in French
At age twenty-seven, having been jilted by three different fiancés, Callista Taillefaire believes her chances for love and marriage are…
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
The 1930s changed the lives of millions of Americans. Dreams and hope disappeared for the majority of the laid-off, financially…
Fortunate Wager
Caroline Fortune is a spirited young lady who nevertheless knows that she has to live within the conventions of Newmarket…
In a Dark Wood
“The heart of the heart. The midst of the battle. Midway through our lives, when we find ourselves in a…
Requiem in Vienna
Editors' choice
In 1899 Vienna, the director of the Court Opera, conductor-composer Gustav Mahler, appears to be the intended victim of a…
The Promise of Rain
This is a moving novel about family, love and war. It is split between the viewpoint of an 11-year-old girl,…
The Crimson Rooms
In London in 1924, Evelyn Gifford is a young lawyer of thirty, a single woman living at home with her…
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