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18th Century

The Mummy of Monte Cristo

By J. Trevor Robinson - Published 2020

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As in the original Count of Monte Cristo, sailor Edmund Dantès is falsely imprisoned in the notorious Chateau d’If in 1815 and ...Read Review

You’ve Got Plaid (Prince Charlie’s Angels, 3)

By Eliza Knight - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

You’ve Got Plaid is a romance set at the time of Culloden in Scotland (1746) centering on a woman looking for acceptance as ...Read Review

Monstrous Design

By Kat Dunn - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1794. In Paris the French Revolution is on the brink of collapse. Chaos looms while dark forces gather, determined to take power. A small ...Read Review

The Czarina’s Buccaneer

By Michael Regal - Published 2021

Genres:

Adventure Nautical

1787. Rodion Kazansky, one of the remnants of the Zaporizhian Cossacks after they were disbanded by Catherine the Great, finds himself in need of ...Read Review

Setting Two Hearts Free

By Janet Grunst - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

Set mostly in Virginia during the last years of the American Revolution, this is the story of rebel soldier Donald Duncan and of ...Read Review

Island Queen: A Novel

By Vanessa Riley - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged, that history is written by the winning side – and traditionally our history has been ...Read Review

The Scot Who Loved Me: A Scottish Treasures Novel

By Gina Conkle - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

London, 1753. This is the story of widow Anne Neville, English-born and Scottish by marriage. She is determined to help her clans-people by finding ...Read Review

Championess

By Amanda Perez Puentes (illus.) - By Kelly Zekas - By Tarun Shanker - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Eighteenth-century England seems like an unlikely time for a woman bare-knuckle boxer to become a celebrity. Alas, that idea would be wrong, as ...Read Review

Oddity

By Eli Brown - By Karin Rytter (illus.) - Published 2021

Genres:

Alternate History Children/Young Adult

Brown’s fans have to wait a long time between novels, but each one is worth it. Readers who adored his award-winning “culinary ...Read Review

Captains of the Renown (Tween Sea and Shore)

By D E Stockman - Published 2021

Genres:

Adventure Nautical

The second in the Tween Sea and Shore series, Captains of the Renown follows the exploits of several characters connected to the eponymous 18...Read Review