Tamela McCann
Lionheart
Editors' choice
The title of Sharon Kay Penman’s highly anticipated new novel, Lionheart, says it all. This is the story of Richard…
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You takes its title from a standard field letter sent by soldiers wounded in…
The Revenant
The year is 1896, and 17-year-old Willemina Hammond finds herself on a train headed to her new teaching position at…
The Wild Rose
Jennifer Donnelly’s The Wild Rose is the third of her celebrated “Rose” novels, and it is every bit as wonderful…
Ruby Red
Originally published in Germany in 2009, Ruby Red is the first in a trilogy about a rather odd family…
The Band That Played On
Love it or hate it, who can forget the scenes from the movie Titanic of the valiant musicians playing on…
I Am The Chosen King
Editors' choice
There are many historical fiction authors I admire: writers who can tell a good story, keep my interest, and whisk…
Pale Rose of England
Sandra Worth’s Pale Rose of England focuses on one of British history’s more obscure heroines: Lady Catherine Gordon, the highborn…
My Name is Memory
My Name Is Memory is the story of Daniel, a soul who has lived many lives for over a thousand…
Ruthless
Paris 1765: Elinor Harriman and her sister are reduced to selling the family heirlooms and burning the furniture because their…
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