18th Century
The Optickal Illusion
Based on a real-life scandal in 1797, this novel is concerned with Ann-Jemima Provis and her father, who want to…
Fear and His Servant
In 18th-century Serbia, Count Otto von Hausburg visits Belgrade with his servant, Novak. Von Hausburg is not what he seems—or…
The Ballade of Mary Reede
John Tanner, a young Englishman trained as a ship’s carpenter and groomed for command of a merchant vessel of his…
The Hidden Side
Natalie works at a Christian radio station in 2016 New York. She uses the name Skye for privacy. She gives…
The King’s Salt
In Book Four of the Smithyman Saga, it is 1778, and Sir Thomas Smithyman and his comrades remain loyal to…
Jack Fortune: And the Search for the Hidden Valley
I had not read anything by Sue Purkiss before, and this novel, set in 1768, turned out to be a…
Savage Liberty
In 1768, the English merchant ship Arcturus, arriving from London, explodes in Boston harbor, killing 37 men on board. Upon…
Devil in Tartan
Devil in Tartan is set in Scotland in 1752. Lottie Livingstone is forced to take charge at sea when her…
Treason’s Spring
Paris, 1792. The Revolution is entering its bloodiest phase. The mob rampages through the streets of Paris; the wrong word,…
My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler
Hamilton, the smash Broadway musical, was the authors’ inspiration for this sweeping novel about Alexander Hamilton’s wife, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.…
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