B. J. Sedlock
The Privateer
Lady Lark Eddington, despite being an earl’s daughter, is in Marshalsea prison for debt after her father gambled away his…
Sun Going Down
This Western saga begins in 1863 when Eb Paint, sick of war, sells his Mississippi River supply boat and…
The Venetian Mask
Originally published in 1993, this novel of Venice is set in the last quarter of the 18th century. Marietta Fontana,…
Loving Liza Jane
Bostonian Liza Merriwether arrives in 1895 Little Hickman, Kentucky, to become the new schoolteacher. The school board’s rules forbid “inappropriate…
Just Jane
This fictional biography of Jane Austen, published by a house better known for Christian fiction, spans the period of her…
Fire from the Rock
Most young people look forward to the growing-up milestone of starting high school. But African American Sylvia Patterson lives in…
Tennyson
In 1932 Louisiana, Emery Fontaine leaves daughters Tennyson and Hattie on the decaying ancestral doorstep while he searches for their…
First There Is A River
This tale is set in 1900 on an Ohio River paddlewheeler. Emma Perkins is married to a violent husband who…
A Reason To Believe
McKade delivers another excellent historical romance. In 1867, drifter and ex-soldier Rye Forrester had intended to unburden his conscience by…
The Hearts of Horses
The ranchers of 1917 Elwha County, Oregon, might have expected a female stranger to be a “land girl,” a city-dweller…
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