2012
The Master’s Muse
In 1956, 27-year-old Tanaquil Le Clercq is at the height of her career. Principal dancer of the New York City…
A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar
In 1923, Evangeline English is stagnating in gray, sedentary Dorset. When her sister Lizzie joins Millicent Frost, a charismatic missionary,…
Hawkwood
The Bow Street Runners, generally accepted as London’s first professional police force, was founded in 1749 and operated in London…
Highland Storms
Heartbroken Brice Kinross travels from Sweden to take up the reins of the family estate, Rosyth, in Scotland. Having been…
Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina
Virginia Rounding offers a fresh look at the relationship of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra (Alix) his Empress, their accomplishments…
Love’s Sacred Song
King David, renowned Israeli king, is lying on his deathbed, comforted by Abishag, the woman taken from the Northern Tribe…
Louise’s Gamble
This is the second in a series set in Washington, DC during WWII. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, works as…
A Light on the Veranda
Daphne Duvallon must choose whether to play harp at her brother’s wedding in Natchez, Tennessee, or in her chamber ensemble’s…
The Yard
London, 1889. Jack the Ripper has finished his work, but the police’s inability to apprehend him results in an openly…
Blackmore’s Treasure
Editors' choice
I am a fan of Barbara Erskine’s time slip novels—and this is a superb equivalent for younger readers, boys especially,…
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