Jane Kessler
A Tendering in the Storm
This book continues the story begun in A Clearing in the Wild. Both novels are based on the true story…
The Midwife of St. Petersburg
This story takes place amidst the turmoil of 1914 Czarist Russia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia has recently been assassinated,…
Finest Kind
It’s the fall of 1838. Twelve-year-old Jake Webber and his family have arrived in Wiscasset, Maine, from Boston. Jake’s father…
Dearest Enemy
It’s 1860 and Suzanna LeGrande, a pampered Southern girl à la Scarlett O’Hara, is living happily in Virginia with her…
Pemberley, or Pride And Prejudice Continued
Recently there has been a proliferation of books featuring characters from Jane Austen’s novels. This particular offering is a continuation…
On Agate Hill
Editors' choice
Lee Smith is a talented novelist who has written an absorbing novel of the post-Civil War South. Molly Petree is…
Murder On The Ballarat Train
This is the third book of the adventures of the Honourable Phryne Fisher, lady detective, set in 1920s Australia. Phryne…
The Librarians of Alexandria : A Tale of Two Sisters
This is the saga of the Canterno family. The story takes place in Italy and Egypt from 1870 to…
The Librarians of Alexandria: A Tale of Two Sisters
This is the saga of the Canterno family. The story takes place in Italy and Egypt from 1870 to…
The Grand Tour, or The Purloined Coronation Regalia
This is a sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia and tells the further adventures of cousins Kate and Cecelia. The…
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