Cynthia McArthur
Her Highness, The Traitor
This is not the story of the nine-day Queen, Lady Jane Grey, but of her family, her husband Guildford Dudley’s…
Under the Same Sky
Maggie and her sisters are left to fend for themselves in colonial South Carolina after their brutish father dies in…
Beyond the Wood
Set during the American Civil War and “not long ago,” this is the story of Union soldier Hank Gragg and…
You Are Not Like Other Mothers
Editors' choice
You Are Not Like Other Mothers is a simple title for a book that is neither simple fiction nor dry…
Shadow of the Green Cross
Isabel Alvares is the daughter of a prominent Jewish bookseller. Her family is forced into baptism by the Spanish Inquisition…
Cross My Heart
Venice, 1585. Confined to a convent for the six years since her mother’s death, 16-year-old Laura lives for her memories…
By the King’s Design
Annabelle Stirling (Belle) and her flighty, journal-writing brother Wesley own a draper’s shop in Yorkshire until a Luddite mob, unhappy…
My Enemy’s Tears
Mary Bliss (Parsons) moves with her family from England to the colonies to escape religious persecution and the King’s tyranny. …
Accidents of Providence
Set in England during Cromwell’s interregnum, Accidents of Providence centers on Rachel Lockyer, a glove maker’s apprentice accused of murdering…
Fires of Winter
Fires of Winter is a journey through 12th-century England as seen from the perspective of Bruno, the son of the…
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