Margaret Barr
At the Mercy of the Queen
Margaret “Madge” Shelton of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn’s pretty 14-year-old cousin, becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, accompanied to court by…
The Virtuoso
The latest in the author’s connected series of Regency historical romances offers a credible romance between a pair of likeable…
Deliverance From Evil
The witch hysteria in Salem Village is familiar territory for fiction, but Frances Hill informs her novel with her own…
My Love, My Enemy
This fresh edition of the classic romantic historical novel set during the War of 1812 combines the wit and tenderness…
Sisters of Fortune
Wake offers a riveting joint biography of four remarkable sisters: Marianne, Bess, Louisa and Emily Caton. These half-English, devoutly Catholic…
The Darling Strumpet
First-time author Bagwell’s presentation of a familiar and popular Restoration-era character brings to life the players, wits, wenches, and mistresses…
The Queen’s Captive
The third installment of the Thornleigh Saga depicts the many conflicts of Mary Tudor’s reign, illustrated by family ambition as…
The Rhetoric of Death
Editors' choice
Rock’s impressive debut takes place in a Paris monastery school in 1686, one with close connections to the court of Louis…
Within the Hollow Crown
One benefit of a strong market for fact-based historical fiction is the republication of the works of the finest authors…
Eye of the Raven
Editors' choice
In the second installment of his colonial mystery series, Edgar Award winner Pattison provides an absorbing tale firmly and effectively…
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