Sarah Johnson
Ever my Love
It is 1860 in southern Louisiana, and Abraham Lincoln’s election is on the horizon. After a year at finishing school…
Ever my Love
It is 1860 in southern Louisiana, and Abraham Lincoln’s election is on the horizon. After a year at finishing school…
Abraham’s Well
Editors' choice
Until she is about seven years old, Armentia never knows she is a slave. She grows up in the southern…
Too Great a Lady
Elyot (the pseudonym used by actress-novelist Leslie Carroll for her historical novels) presents a sweeping, emotionally intense portrait of Emma,…
A… My Name’s Amelia
At the age of twelve, Amelia Anne Polley, a victim of “brain fever,” lost her hearing. Her parents, unable to…
The Harsh Cry Of The Heron
In this engrossing fourth and final volume of Hearn’s Otori series (though a prequel series is in the works), the…
Our Lives Are the Rivers
History recognizes Manuela Sáenz, mistress of the 19th century revolutionary Simón Bolívar, as one of South America’s earliest feminists…
Lovers and Enemies
Caroline Saunders always expected to marry Harry Mortimer, the ne’er-do-well son of her parents’ closest friends. But when dissent…
Always and Forever
Editors' choice
Behind this novel’s nondescript title and cover art lies one of the most entertaining historical novels I’ve read in…
Two Women of Galilee
Rourke, a religious scholar and journalist for the LA Times, offers a new interpretation of events leading to the…
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