Univ. of New Mexico
The Soledad Crucifixion
What novel that opens with the voluntary Good Friday crucifixion of a Catholic priest in the mountains of northern New…
Amadito and the Hero Children
Amadito lives in New Mexico in 1918, where his whole family has to help with the harvest, because most men…
La Llorona, the Crying Woman
Maya is born in ancient Mexico with a sunburst birthmark on her shoulder. She is declared to be a child…
Cowboys Don’t Cry
Scout McBride is a young boy growing up outside of El Paso, Texas, during the Depression. Raised on a farm…
rode
Taking as his inspiration the story behind the ballad “Tennessee Stud,” Averill is off and running on a journey tale…
War and Music: A Medley of Love
Ty Hale, a young soldier from New Mexico, is left by his unit in a grain field in Normandy after…
Love in an Envelope: A Courtship in the American West
This collection of letters, between Leroy Carpenter, of Greeley, Colorado, and Martha Bennett, of DeWitt, Iowa, covers from January 1871…
Shaman Winter
In the late 1990s Albuquerque resident and private investigator Sonny Baca is recovering from his latest run-in with his nemesis,…
Nambe Year One
Out of print for many years since its publication in 1976, Romero’s luminous and mystical novel is once again available…
Beating the Devil
In the 1930s near the Texas town of El Paso, young Carlos has grown to become a tough-minded fighter. He…
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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.
