Ann Pedtke
In the Shadow of the Lamp
When Molly is framed for a crime she didn’t commit, she is forced to leave her housemaid position in London…
The House of Dead Maids
When Tabby comes to Seldom House as the new maid, she quickly realizes that things are not as they should…
Daughters of Rome
In 69 A.D., one of the most tumultuous years in the history of Rome, four women of the Cornelii family…
Cate of the Lost Colony
Editors' choice
When her father is killed fighting in the Netherlands, young Catherine Archer is left alone and penniless – until Queen…
Penelope’s Daughter
Born soon after her father Odysseus sails for Troy, Xanthe is left behind to grow up on the rocky isle…
Gold Fever: A Klondike Mystery
The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 is in full swing, and Fiona MacGillivray is making the most of it. While…
Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
Mercy Lewis is an orphan of the French and Indian War, beautiful but doomed to servitude in the Putnams’ Puritan…
Twilight at the World of Tomorrow
The 1939 New York World’s Fair transformed the dumps of Flushing Meadows into a wonderland of science, architecture, and cultural…
The Education of Bet
Sixteen-year-old Bet yearns to go away to school like her friend Will, but in 19th-century England girls are barred from…
Mistress of Rome
Thea is a Jewish slave girl, brought to Rome to be maidservant to the spoiled beauty Lepida Pollia. Arius the…
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