Nanette Donohue
The Wicked and the Just
Cecily’s father is the former lord of Edgeley Hall, but he lost his home when his brother returned from the…
The Island House
When archaeologist Freya Dane’s absentee father dies, she inherits his dilapidated old home on Findnar, an island off the Scottish…
Queen’s Bounty: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery
The latest installment in Buckley’s long-running Elizabethan mystery series featuring Ursula Blanchard finds Ursula in the midst of planning her…
Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
Isabella Robinson was a free-spirited young woman forced into a cold second marriage with an unpleasant, unfaithful man, Henry Robinson.…
Colorado Dawn
In 1868, Maddie Wallace is trapped in a loveless marriage with a Scotsman who has abandoned her for the military.…
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World
The Titanic has captured popular imagination for the last hundred years, and for good reason — it’s a tale of…
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea
Growing up in 1960s Maine, Florine idolizes her beautiful mother, Carlie, who seems to embody the free spirit of the…
Equal of the Sun
Amirrezvani’s novel of 16th-century Iranian court politics centers on Princess Pari Khan Khanoom, favored daughter of the Shah, and her…
The Legacy of Eden
Meredith Pincetti thought that she had escaped her family by changing her name and moving from Iowa to New York.…
The Queen’s Lady
One struggle that historical writers must face is controlling the urge to modernize their characters. History can be an ugly…
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