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The Counterfeit Guest
This, the second in the Mary Finch series (the first reviewed in HNR 44) sees our redoubtable heroine immersed in…
The Time of Singing
AD 1173: Roger Bigod knows he must work hard for his rights and his desires. As the eldest son of…
It is ten years since the Black Death reaped its harvest at Cambridge. Now, in the stifling summer of 1357,…
A Place Beyond Courage
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John FitzGilbert is King’s Marshal to Henry I. His duties are many, including responsibility for the good administration of the…
Arrows of Desire
Life is hard for Beth Somerville in a Glasgow torn apart by the Second World War. Her sweetheart, Teddy,…
Birds in the Spring
It is 1920 and women are no longer prepared to take a back seat in business. Fiona MacDowell is…
Woman of Iron
Set in 1830, during the Industrial Revolution in Britain, Women of Iron depicts a story of poverty, deceit, and revenge.…
Silk and Steel
This novel is set in the mid-19th century, in a fictional South Riding, which is quite clearly, South Yorkshire, though…
The Blackstone Key
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Mary Finch receives an invitation from a rich, estranged uncle to meet him at White Ladies, his estate on the…
The Russian Concubine
As one of the characters remarks early in this novel, Russian and Chinese history is of little interest to…
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