Tamela McCann
The India Fan
Drusilla Delany has always lived in the shadow of the Framling family; as daughter to the local rector, she is…
The Tutor’s Daughter
Emma Smallwood works with her father at their small male academy, content as long as she has her beloved books…
The Sweetest Dark
Lora Jones has always heard music that isn’t there and voices that don’t exist. She remembers nothing of her earliest…
Helga’s Diary
Having read only a small amount about Terezin, a ghetto/concentration camp where many Jews spent time during the war, I…
The Storyteller
Sage Singer thinks she doesn’t have much to live for after losing both parents and becoming disfigured in a car…
Royal Mistress
Anne Easter Smith’s novel of the infamous Jane Shore, Royal Mistress, spans Jane’s life over the notorious 10-year period when…
Ashenden
Editors' choice
Ashenden, the delightful debut novel from Elizabeth Wilhide, traces the life of a beautiful English house from the time of…
Fever
Editors' choice
I always know when an historical novel is exceptionally well done because it pushes me to learn more about the…
The Titanic Pocketbook: A Passenger’s Guide
The Titanic Pocketbook: A Passenger’s Guide is a slim little book chock full of information about the great ship. Written…
The Secret Keeper
It’s 1961, and 16-year-old Laurel Nicolson is hiding in a tree house during a family celebration, wanting only a few…
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