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18th Century

Kingston by Starlight

By Christopher John Farley - Published 2005

Genres:

The trial of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Calico Jack Rackam and their shipmates from the pirate ship William drew international attention when it ...Read Review

Whence Came a Prince

By Liz Curtis Higgs - Published 2005

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

It is 1790 in Galloway, Scotland. Leana McBride lives at her aunt’s cottage, nursing a broken heart, after the Kirk declared her marriage ...Read Review

Native Son

By J.M. Hochstetler - Published 2005

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Adventure Inspirational

In 1775, the British have placed a price on ex-officer Jonathan Carleton’s head for deserting to the Continental forces. His love, Elizabeth Howard, ...Read Review

By Honor Bound

By Helen A. Rosburg - Published 2003

Genres:

Romance

This historical romance spans thirty-three years, climaxing in 1793 during the Terror. Instead of the expected aristocratic-love-in-the-shadow-of-the-guillotine story, the author presents a romance between ...Read Review

Zorro

By Isabel Allende - Published 2005

Genres:

Adventure

Though adventure plays a large part, this is as much a tale of how Diego de la Vega evolved into The Fox as ...Read Review

Longshot

By Mark Ammerman - Published 2005

Genres:

Inspirational

The first person narrative begins in 1750 Rhode Island, where Christopher Long and his Narragansett friend Caleb clear out the tribe’s ancient council ...Read Review

Ride the Fire

By Pamela Clare - Published 2005

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Romance

Nicholas Kenleigh is a broken, guilt-ridden man. When he arrives at Bethie Stewart’s cabin with a serious injury, she is eight months ...Read Review

My Story Being This

By Pamela-Suzette Deane - Published 2004

Genres:

Literary

The 1770s Rhode Island setting and community of free people of color is wonderfully evoked in this “writing book” of a woman whose ...Read Review

Almost a Bride

By Jane Feather - Published 2005

Genres:

Romance

Almost a Bride is not just another “bride” book. It’s a romance between the unlikeliest pair. Jack Fortescu sets out to ruin ...Read Review

Daughter of Liberty

By J.M. Hochstetler - Published 2004

Genres:

Adventure Inspirational Romance

Elizabeth Howard is the respectable daughter of a Tory-leaning family in 1775 Boston by day, but by night she transforms into the wily courier ...Read Review