Sarah Johnson
A Silent Ocean Away
In 1833 Richmond, Virginia, fifteen-year-old Charmaine Ryan leaves poverty behind when she takes a job as companion to wealthy Loretta…
The Bride Bargain
In 1855 in Nebraska Territory (modern Wyoming), Clara Field and her Aunt Doreen are abandoned by the leader of their…
The House of Allerbrook
This entertaining if slightly overlong followup to The House of Lanyon, which like its predecessor is…
Devil’s Brood
With her customary skill in depicting the personalities of medieval England’s most famously dysfunctional family, Penman delineates the…
Bound
Editors' choice
Gunning’s second outstanding historical novel explores a young woman’s difficult coming of age, a process that teaches her much about…
Black Ships
With his epic poem The Aeneid, Virgil established a mythological link between ancient Greece and Rome through Aeneas, a…
All for Love
Elyot has written three fictional memoirs about women whose passions ruled their lives. Like Helen of Troy (The Memoirs of…
The House of Lanyon
In her afterword, Valerie Anand mentions it was her dream to pen a novel set on Exmoor, the rolling countryside…
The Reincarnationist
While visiting Rome sixteen months ago, Josh Ryder barely survived a minor terrorist incident. Ever since, he’s had traumatic flashbacks…
Heaven’s Net Is Wide: The First Tale of the Otori
In this gripping prequel to the Otori novels set in an alternate feudal Japan, Hearn delves into the back story…
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