HNR Issue 20 (May 2002)
No Man’s Mistress
This book is a spin-off from More Than a Mistress, as it follows the story of the younger brother of…
The Linwoods, or “Sixty Years Since in America”
Readers of historical and classic fiction should welcome this new edition of an early woman novelist’s most highly-regarded work. A…
Into the Wilderness
This, the first in a planned series of novels dealing with the westward expansion of the United States, begins in…
The Pillowbook of Lady Wisteria
The Pillowbook of Lady Wisteria is the seventh in Rowland’s popular series of Japanese murder mysteries featuring samurai Sano Ichiro…
Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl
This remarkable debut novel is the story of Cot Daley, stolen off the streets of Galway and shipped as an…
Tempted By Your Touch
Caroline Graham is a tall woman, very pious and not very attractive, hence her nickname “the pious Graham mare.” Her…
The Slaying of the Shrew
What an entertaining revision of history! William Shakespeare, struggling young poet, player and would-be playwright — a detective? His friend…
The Queene’s Cure
A young Queen Elizabeth is the sleuth in this medical mystery, fourth in a series. At this time, the causes…
A Potion for a Widow
In the fifth installment of the Chronicles of Isaac of Girona, the blind Jewish physician decidedly takes a back seat,…
The Soldier’s Daughter
What if William Wallace has a child? What if Jilliana is also Edward the First of England’s granddaughter? What if…
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