Alana White
By Royal Decree
By Royal Decree, the third novel in Kate Emerson’s Secrets of the Tudor Court series (The Pleasure Palace, Between Two…
A Knight’s Enchantment
It’s spring of 1210 in England, and plucky alchemist Joanna of Glastonbury faces a desperate situation. With her father as…
Tangled Web
It’s 1816 in Regency London, and sodomy is a hanging offense. This is a world in which gentlemen who prefer…
Eleanor the Queen
First published in the 1950s and set in 12th-century France and England, Eleanor the Queen follows Eleanor of Aquitaine from…
Lovers’ Knot
Editors' choice
Lovers’ Knot, Donald Hardy’s beautifully rendered and entertaining historical romance, is set in Cornwall, England, in 1892 and 1906. It…
Lovers’ Knot
Editors' choice
Lovers’ Knot, Donald Hardy’s beautifully rendered and entertaining historical romance, is set in Cornwall, England, in 1892 and 1906. It…
No Law in the Land
Make no mistake about it: in Michael Jecks’s latest Knights Templar Mystery, No Law in the Land, there is no…
Off Season
With Off Season, Anne Rivers Siddons demonstrates again why she is lauded as one of America’s most popular and respected…
Tomato Rhapsody
Set in 16th-century Italy, this first novel by Adam Schell is advertised as “a fable of love, lust and forbidden…
Bloodline
Set in Britain circa 650 AD, Katy Moran’s debut novel is a coming-of-age story featuring a boy named Essa who…
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