19th Century
The Scandalous Adventures of the Sister of the Bride
Delilah, the widowed Lady Hargate, has a delicious fling in 1887 New York with an attractive man she never expects…
The Revenant of Thraxton Hall
The first in a series dubbed “The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,” The Revenant of Thraxton Hall features…
A Bride for Keeps
Julia Lockwood arrives in 1876 Kansas, a mail-order bride arrangement promoted by Everett Cline’s neighbor, Rachel. Julia doesn’t know that…
Hold Still
Set in London and Paris in the 1860s, Hold Still is a fictionalised account of Joanna Hiffernan, the model and…
The Last Ride
In 1885, Walter Burke, along with his two partners, Slick and Sweetwater, former Pony Express Riders, decide to put their…
Men of Violence
Fifth in the John Henry Cole series, this Western’s protagonist is a frontier detective. A former lawman, he now collects…
In Pursuit
Joie Kinkaid is astounded to see Godfrey Winkel in a London café. Godfrey had sneered at the “half-breed” girl back…
Silent We Stood
Editors' choice
This novel is based on a true event: a fire occurring in Dallas, Texas in July 1860 in which three…
Blackwell’s Paradise
In the early 19th century, Royal Navy captain James Blackwell is assigned to survey and protect the trade routes in…
Murder in Murray Hill
The obstacles keeping midwife Sarah Brandt and policeman Frank Malloy from teaming up romantically fell away by the end of the…
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