Nanette Donohue
Twilight of a Queen
The titular queen in the fifth novel in Carroll’s 16th-century saga is Catherine de Medici, dowager queen of France, whose…
Goddess of the Hunt
Lucy Waltham grew up as one of the boys, tagging along with her brother Henry and his friends, and she…
To Desire a Devil
Beatrice Corning, niece of the Earl of Blanchard, is secretly attracted to a handsome man depicted in a portrait that…
A Knight’s Temptation
Lady Leona Ransley has taken responsibility for her family estate since her father is in no condition to handle affairs.…
Under this Unbroken Sky
Editors' choice
Lured by promises of prosperity and fertile land for farming, Theo Mykolayenko and his family immigrated to Canada to escape…
Sunnyside
Editors' choice
Gold’s panoramic novel of World War I and early Hollywood opens with a mass delusion: film actor Charlie Chaplin is…
The Moon Looked Down
Sophie Heller and her family flee the Nazi regime in 1933, emigrating to the United States from Germany. The family…
The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
The roots of the Mafia lie in Sicily, but one man—Giuseppe Morello—is primarily responsible for the rise of organized crime…
The Promise
As a teen, Alonsa falls in love with Miguel, a Gypsy living on her merchant father’s land. When she realizes…
Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark
When Lady Anne Addison receives a distressing letter from Lady Lydia Bestwick, she rushes to her close friend’s side—and…
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