19th Century
The One Who Waits for Me
Beth and Joanie’s parents have died, and they are determined to escape their wicked Uncle Walt, who has made Beth…
Expectation of Happiness: A Companion Volume to Sense and Sensibility
Several years have passed in this companion novel to Sense and Sensibility. It is now 1819; Margaret Dashwood is all…
The Crossing
This is a wonderful selection to add to a collection of American history picture books. Donna Jo Napoli’s writing, whether…
Haunted Creek
In 1875, Rose Teesdale travels from England to join her husband, Luke, to live in a rough cabin in the…
India Black and the Widow of Windsor
Queen Victoria, perpetually grieving widow, hungers for news from “the other side” of her dearly departed Albert. Consulting a new…
The Bride Wore Scarlet
In the opening of the novel, it is London, 1837. Anais de Rohan is at the knee of her great-grandmother,…
Among the Wonderful
This beautifully written literary novel takes us inside the strange, claustrophobic world of P.T. Barnum’s Museum of Wonders – that…
The Lady of Bolton Hill
Daniel Tremain has not seen his childhood friend, Clara Endicott, since the day his father was killed in a horrific…
Cowboy Jess
Jess Ford, a young orphan adopted by the people in and around Sundown Town, encounters adventure in his work as…
The Virtuoso
The latest in the author’s connected series of Regency historical romances offers a credible romance between a pair of likeable…
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