Berkley
Lady of the Roses
In this novel, we see the War of the Roses through the eyes of Isobel, the wife of Sir John…
The Queen’s Handmaiden
Unwanted by her new stepfather, Eloise Rousell ends up in the care of her relation Kat Ashley, governess to Elizabeth…
The Musketeer’s Seamstress
Aramis finds his Spanish mistress, Violette, dead in her palace rooms. Violette, friend to Queen Anne, is married to a…
Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans
Emily Brightwood is at the top of her game in this, the twenty-second in the Mrs. Jeffries series of cozy…
The Sparks Fly Upward
Editors' choice
As the waning days of the French Revolution evolve into the Reign of Terror, marked by indiscriminate beheadings, fear and…
Wolf’s Temptation
It is 1776 and Ethan Gray, a spymaster called the Wolf, is on the hunt for a smuggler shipping arms…
Texas Rain
The first book in a trilogy featuring the handsome McMurry family features Texas Ranger Travis, product of mid-19th century Texas…
The Road from Chapel Hill
The Road from Chapel Hill offers readers a fascinating and blessedly stereotype-free drama about life in divided North Carolina during…
Murder in the North End
In this fifth mystery featuring Nell Sweeney, Detective Colin Cook is wanted for the murder of a man in the…
Lady of the Light
In her phenomenal 1994 debut novel, The Light Bearer, Donna Gillespie introduced readers to the Germanic warrior and seer, Auriane,…
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