Jen Black
The Nine Day Queen
This is much more the story of all three Grey sisters – Lady Jane, Lady Katherine and Lady Mary –…
The Innkeeper’s Daughter
Val Wood is a Yorkshire woman who now lives in Beverley and certainly knows the region and history of which…
Turn of the Tide
This story is set in the south-west of Scotland between the years 1586-1591. Two families, the Cunninghames and the Mongomeries,…
The Silent Touch of Shadows
The prologue to The Silent Touch of Shadows sets the tone for this romance. In Chapter One, we meet Melissa…
Ravenscliffe
Set in Yorkshire in 1904, this novel depicts the lives of ten or more characters living in or around the…
Cherry Tree Lane
Mattie Willitt hates the idea of marriage to her father’s friend Stan, especially when money will change hands between the…
The Lion Wakes
For me, this was a book of two halves. Each scene is vividly told, with unusual phrasing and a knowledgeable…
Cross My Palm
London ladies in the 1860s loved to hold supper parties and have their fortunes told. Fortune-teller Miss Rose Lee is…
Tides of War: A Novel of the Peninsular War
Set in Regency London and Spain 1812-1815, this novel recounts in short scenes, or vignettes, the key points in the…
A Corruptible Crown
The title is a quote from Charles II’s last speech, though the king makes no appearance in the story. Chapters…
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