Sue Asher
Seeking the Cure: A History of Medicine in America
To tell the history of medicine in America is a Herculean task. How can the story possibly be told in…
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna l, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
During the 14th century, Italy consisted of a collection of independent cities, the papal states, and the kingdom of…
No Place for a Lady
After settling her recently departed father’s debts, Crystal Clark feels there is now little to keep her in her native…
The Popes of Avignon: A Century in Exile
In the 14th century, Avignon, a small Provençal town beside the Rhone River, became the site of the papal court.…
The Story of a Marriage
This is a book that prides itself on its plot surprises, and begs readers not to give them away. So,…
Courting Shadows
One would be hard-pressed to find a more unpleasant protagonist than John Stannard. A young architect commissioned in 1881 to…
Once Upon a Time to Die For
It is 1873 in the small Adirondack village of Wevertown. Gracie Wickham has assumed her deceased father’s role as town…
Hoofbeats: Silence and Lily, 1773
Silence is a typical twelve-year-old colonial girl. Her main concerns are learning tea manners with her friends, her too-numerous chores,…
Lady Beware
The Company of Rogues began when twelve schoolboys banded together for mutual protection. They grew up to fight Napoleon and…
Simply Magic
Written by one of the acknowledged queens of the regency romance genre, this book is a simple delight. The third…
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