Morrow
Figures in Silk
Using the point-of-view of a female silk merchant of London, Vanora Bennett, in Figures of Silk, gives readers a…
The Miracles of Prato
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Miracles of Prato relates the fictionalized story of the scandalous romance between real-life Renaissance painter…
The Last Cowgirl
Seven-year-old Darlene (Dickie) Sinfield’s life takes an altering turn when her teacher father decides to uproot his family from…
Bound
Editors' choice
Gunning’s second outstanding historical novel explores a young woman’s difficult coming of age, a process that teaches her much about…
A Pale Horse
Tenth in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, A Pale Horse finds Rutledge searching for a missing man in Berkshire,…
A Fatal Waltz
Vienna! “For the connoisseur of the waltz, there is no better place,” pens Lady Emily Ashton in the very beginning…
Empire Rising
Mesopotamia, 3157 BC. A bloody tyrant is dead in Akkad, and the city is ruled by erstwhile wild man, Eskkar,…
Where the Heart Leads
Late one November night in 1835, Penelope Ashford, twin sister of Portia, wife of Simon Cynster, pushes her way into…
The Jewel Trader of Pegu
In the 1590s, news reached Italy of the source of Asia’s outstanding jewels. Sailors’ tales were backed by samples, and…
Death and the Devil
Set against the backdrop of the building of one of the world’s largest cathedrals and the power struggles between the…
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