Jeanne Greene
Sloane Hall
Sternberg’s dubious decision to set the plot of Jane Eyre in the US in the 1920s, with a gender switch,…
Prisoners in the Palace
MacColl’s fictional romp through Kensington Palace takes place in the months before Victoria becomes Queen in 1837. When Liza Hastings,…
The Gendarme
Editors' choice
During World War I, Ahmet Kahn, a Turkish soldier, suffers an injury that destroys his memory of the past. He…
A Curable Romantic
A Curable Romantic follows Dr. Jakob Sammelsohn, seeker, intellectual, lover, as he wanders Europe trailing the ghost of Jewish history.…
Blackout
To the staff of the Oxford time travel lab in 2060, visiting the past is as routine as taking the…
A Hopeful Heart
In 1888 New York, Tressa is a well-bred young woman without means. Her aunt and uncle have given her a…
Snow Hall
In 1907 County Durham, Lorna Robson lives in poverty, selling hats. Then Aidan Hedley, handsome solicitor for the Carlyle family,…
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter
In the early 1900s, a spunky young woman called Addie lives in a lighthouse on a remote California island. She’s…
Becoming Jane Eyre
In 1846, the educated but unworldly daughter of a Yorkshire clergyman begins writing a novel. It is not her first…
Provocative in Pearls
In Madeline Hunter’s first novels, the vivid language, believable characters, and complex plots brought 14th-century England to life. By Arrangement,…
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