Nanette Donohue
The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc is an iconic figure in French history—an uneducated peasant woman who helped her countrymen rise up against…
Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal
Lady Maggie Windham, the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Moreland, was adopted by her father and taken in as…
Whispers Through the House
In this companion to her novel The Long Journey Home, Means revisits the Minnesota prairies during the post-Civil War era…
Zombie Island: A Shakespeare Undead Novel
Imagine that Shakespeare is a vampire, and that the Dark Lady he wrote about in his sonnets is a zombie-hunter…
The Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine
Sophie Valentine feels like a burden on her family. A broken engagement and a minor scandal have kept suitors at…
Night Hawk
Former bounty hunter Ian “Preacher” Vance is a hero to many — a striking, half-Scots, half-black man who quotes Bible…
In Darkness
Two years after the earthquake, the crippling poverty and devastation faced by the Haitian people has all but disappeared from…
Flawless
Lofty moves from medieval to Victorian romance in this first in a series about the Christie siblings. Lady Vivienne Bancroft…
In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster
In this Regency romance, Eliza Cynster is awfully close to being on the shelf. Her rapidly advancing age makes her…
If Jack’s in Love
The Witchers are the quintessential family from the wrong side of the tracks. Reviled by their wealthier neighbors for their…
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