Eileen Charbonneau
Where Serpents Sleep
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Set in a grim version of Regency London, this fourth outing for Sebastian St. Cyr has him teamed up, almost…
The Last Cowgirl
Seven-year-old Darlene (Dickie) Sinfield’s life takes an altering turn when her teacher father decides to uproot his family from…
The Castaways
In this third novel in the early 19th century-set Curse of the Jolly Stone series, Tom Tin and his…
The Silk Train Murder
The debut of a new historical mystery series featuring English-gentleman-turned- detective John Landsdowne Granville, this turn-of-the-20th-century adventure is set in…
Hallam’s War
The American Civil War looms and then bursts into flame during this debut novel. Initially set on the West Tennessee…
The Disagreement
Framed by the gift of roses, everything in between this debut novel is haunted by the body- and soul-stealing…
Nick of Time
Set in the summers of both 1939 and 1805 in the English Channel, Bell has fashioned a boy’s adventure…
The Drop Edge of Yonder
The engaging Oklahoma farm wife and mother of ten, Alafair Tucker (The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, Hornswoggled), is…
Hundred in the Hand
First in a series of novels about the American West from the Lakota perspective, Marshall tells the events leading up…
The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Originally published in England in 1984 under the title The Wild Girl, this is what has almost become a genre…
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