2012
Death Speaker
Powerfully written, Death Speaker tells the story of Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul as seen through the eyes of the…
Adele: Wilderness Bride – a novel of New France
In the 1660s, when illegitimate orphan Adele Dupuy leaves for New France aboard a ship of similarly-disadvantaged young women, she…
Pirate’s Revenge
I enjoy pirate-based stories so much I even write my own series, so I am somewhat hesitant to meet characters created…
Congo – Spirit of Darkness
Susan Dawson’s journal is read on her deathbed by a nurse. Susan was a journalist and an abolitionist, her story…
Where The Golden Oriole Sang
As this book opens we meet Anna, who begins to reminisce about her mother, Eilidh who died when Anna was…
A Swarming of Bees
England, Whitby, mid seventh century and at the height of crisis for the early Christian church when the celebration of…
Tainted Prize
Tainted Prize is the second in the Under Admiralty Orders series about Oliver Quintrell, a naval captain serving at the…
New Fire
1455 and the Aztec people. Facing their fourth year of drought and famine, the people of Tenochtitlan are desperately hoping…
The Blood of Innocents
John Bridges tells the story of Jesus Christ’s last days through the eyes of the priests. With a large dose…
The Black Thread
This is an enchanting historical novel, well written with excellent local knowledge. It is a story based around the life…
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