Five Star
The Landlord’s Black-Eyed Daughter
John Randolph Remington leads a double life, one as a nobleman and one as a “Knight of the Road,” a…
Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner
Tom Wasp is one of the most engaging characters I’ve encountered in years. A Victorian chimney sweep and not ashamed…
The Rancher’s Heart
James Ryan, a successful and respected Colorado rancher in the 1880s, catches young Mick O’Toole on his ranch with a…
Suddenly, You
It’s the fall of 1872 in Cedar Springs, Colorado, and Jasmine Fairchild is a barmaid at the Dark Horse Saloon.…
Cold Cache
Kent Rasmussen, an officer of the North West Mounted Police, is leaving the force to return home to his mother…
Northfield: A Western Story
Few American criminals enjoy the attention paid to Jesse James and his gang of Confederate guerrillas and post-Civil War bank…
Season of the Burning Souls
If most historical fiction is a glass of milk, Season of the Burning Souls is a tiki drink made out…
The English Horses
The English Horses is subtitled “a Western story,” and that is what we have. This is the tale of Gordon…
A… My Name’s Amelia
At the age of twelve, Amelia Anne Polley, a victim of “brain fever,” lost her hearing. Her parents, unable to…
A Mass for the Dead
In McDuffie’s first mystery, set in Scotland in 1373, the author looks deep into the glass of her own ancestry…
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Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
