Harper
The Confession of Katherine Howard
At the opening of this novel, the fate of Henry VIII’s fifth queen has already been sealed, even though she…
Dancing with Mr. Darcy
Collected in Dancing with Mr. Darcy are the winner of the Jane Austen Short Story Award and nineteen other selections.…
The Women Who Loved Jefferson
A fresh look at our nation’s third President through the women in his life. Scharff, incorporating recent research, provides a…
Russian Winter
Nina Revskaya was one of the Bolshoi Ballet’s great dancers, a prima ballerina beyond compare during her heyday. She was…
Every House Needs a Balcony
Editors' choice
Young Rina lives in a crowded neighborhood in Haifa with her extended family, comprised mainly of Eastern Europeans who immigrated…
Dearest Cousin Jane
Based on the life of Eliza Hancock, cousin to Jane Austen, Dearest Cousin Jane offers an engaging glimpse into the…
The Templar Knight
Editors' choice
The story begins in 1177. Exiled to the Holy Land ten years earlier, Arn Magnusson is now serving as Master…
The Barbary Pirates
Followers of the intrepid American naval officer Ethan Gage will be pleased to know their hero has set sail once…
The Lacuna
Who was Harrison Shepherd? If we are to believe his journals, preserved for posterity by his loyal stenographer, he was…
Small Wars
Cyprus 1956. The newly promoted Major Hal Treherne is sent to the garrison at Episkopi, where his wife Clara…
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