Knox Robinson
The Wells
The first of a series to be called the Hope Trilogy, The Wells is a long, well-written read, a lovely blend…
The Necromancer’s Grimoire (Elysium Texts Series)
In 1495, a woman and nine men are riding on a road near Rome. The group includes five Templar Knights.…
Lenin’s Harem
Lenin’s Harem takes place between 1905 and 1941 during the turbulent political and social struggles of the Russian Empire. The…
Selkie Dreams
Máire lives in comfort with her father and their servants in Belfast in 1889. Her loving cook has always maintained…
To Take Her Pride
Growing up in the Yorkshire countryside in 1898, Aurora Pettigrew has almost everything a young woman could want: adoring parents,…
Catching the Eagle
Catching the Eagle is based on a true story of the theft of £1157 from Kirkley Hall in Northumberland in…
Literally Dead
In Depression-era Chicago, Amos Jansen, clerk at the Chicago Modern Literature Society, welcomes Ernest Hemingway to the city to give…
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Throne
I have to admit that I found this novel very difficult to read. This had nothing to do with the…
The House of Women
The House of Women is a poignant, very readable novel of life in Victorian England, which is set in Leeds…
Vengeance Thwarted
Daniel Wilson leads his sick brother away from the battlefield against the Scots and goes in search of food, just…
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