Elizabeth Caulfield Felt
The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots
In 1935, in the Belgian Congo, two young boys of the Bapende tribe participate in the ancient tradition of cannibalism.…
I, Iago
Editors' choice
How do you take one of literature’s most vile villains and make your readers like him? Nicole Galland begins in…
Dark of the Moon
Editors' choice
In Dark of the Moon, Barrett presents the “true” story of the Minotaur, told in alternating first person by Ariadne…
SOS Titanic
With the coming anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Harcourt is re-releasing this children’s novel of the event. Barry…
Sweeter than Birdsong
This is the second book in the Saddler’s Legacy series, set in the 1850s. Sweeter than Birdsong is a fictionalized…
R My Name is Rachel
Rachel has lived in the city her whole life and loves her neighborhood: Charlie the butcher, Clarence the stray cat,…
The Cocoa Conspiracy
This is a story for chocolate lovers. Chocolate appears on nearly every page, whether the characters are eating it, drinking…
The Blessed
In The Blessed, Gabhart continues her delightful Christian romances set in the Shaker community of Harmony Hill in the mid-19th…
The Days of the King
In 1866 Prussia, dentist Joseph Strauss is invited by one of his patients, Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig, to move…
A Mortal Terror
A Mortal Terror is the sixth book in the Billy Boyle World War II detective series. While the American army…
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