16th Century
Wolf on a String
This historical novel takes place at the end of 1599, during the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. Christian…
Dark Lady: A Novel of Emilia Bassano Lanyer
It is the height of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, a celebrated golden age. The seven-year-old Emilia Bassano is sent away from…
Holy Blood
Eden Grey, Kim Fleet’s fictional private detective, continues with her mission to litter Cheltenham with as many literary corpses as…
Claimed by a Highlander
This story takes place in Scotland in the year 1522. To say it’s a story about a Lowland noble marrying…
A Clash of Spheres
A Clash of Spheres, by P. F. Chisholm (aka Patricia Finney), is the latest in a series of mysteries featuring…
So High a Blood: The Story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor that Time Forgot
Margaret Douglas was Henry VIII’s niece. At age fifteen, he invited her to his Christmas court. She became a lady…
Gypsy Baron
A reprint of a 1992 Harlequin title, this novel features Stefan, a Bohemian gypsy baron with English ties, and Kat,…
Spymaster: Deadly Storm and Fatal Voyage
This book contains two separate novels in a single volume. In Deadly Storm, Henry VIII and Lady Anne Boleyn set…
The Spanish Knight’s Secret
This is a conspiracy novel in the classic formula, with two parallel time streams, ancient and modern. The ancient stream…
The River of Kings
Taylor Brown’s second novel tells the story of two brothers, Lawton and Hunter, who decide to travel down the iconic…
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