19th Century
The Tarot Terror (Yonder & Far)
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Boston in 1800 is the setting for burgeoning strife between the Federalist and Republican political factions. As if the infant nation doesn’t have ...Read Review
Winter’s Season: A Regency Mystery
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This refreshingly different Regency mystery centers on Captain Edmund Winter, a decorated veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, who now serves the home office ...Read Review
A Great Act of Love
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I am new to Heather Rose’s writing, but I can’t remember when I have enjoyed reading a book so much. This ...Read Review
Scratch Moss
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Scratch Moss is a small village in the heart of Lancashire coal country. Once a thriving community, its relevance declined years before 2025, when 53...Read Review
Love & Other Monsters
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In this luminous and transportive tale, Emily Franklin imagines the “summer” of 1816 at Lake Geneva, Switzerland, where a circle of famous young writers ...Read Review
A Perfect Hand
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Alice Lockey prides herself as a lady’s maid to Lady Jemima. Lady Jemima is frivolous and vain, indolent and quarrelsome, and very ...Read Review
Mrs Pearcey
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In 1890, a double killing of a woman and her baby in Hampstead, north London, was so brutal it was initially suspected to be ...Read Review
The Rebel Romanov
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The Rebel Romanov is an engaging biography of the enigmatic Princess Juliane (Julie) of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Although few of Julie’s letters have survived, ...Read Review
Pioneer Scout John Helper: The Complete Western Trilogy
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The Pioneer Scout trilogy is set during the LDS westward exodus (1847-1869) and well described as “three intertwined tales of love, vengeance and ...Read Review
A Ghastly Catastrophe (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery)
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This is the tenth book of the Veronica Speedwell mystery series, featuring a sophisticated Victorian heroine equally adept at launching flying kicks off ...Read Review
