19th Century
Reliance, Illinois
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Most historical fiction about small-town life involves quirky residents coping with social change. Volmer’s second novel fills the bill yet is hardly ...Read Review
A Gift for Guile
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Set in Victorian London, the second installment in Alissa Johnson’s Thief Taker series is a delightful historical romance that won me over ...Read Review
Ophelia’s War: The Secret Story of a Mormon Turned Madam
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Ophelia’s War tells the riveting life story of Ophelia Oatman, an orphaned Mormon girl coming of age and fighting for physical and ...Read Review
Speak Right On: Conjuring the Slave Narrative of Dred Scott
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Readers may know the name of Dred Scott from the infamous 1857 legal case in which the US Supreme Court handed down a ruling ...Read Review
At Love’s Bidding: Ozark Mountain Romance, #2
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In 1873 Boston, Miranda Wimplegate is about to make the biggest mistake of her life. When the family auction house accidentally sells the wrong ...Read Review
Belgravia
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When Anne Trenchard, wife of a successful businessman, reveals a long-guarded secret to haughty and scornful Lady Brockenhurst, a chain of events ensues ...Read Review
Between Worlds, Never to Return: Historical Novel about the Emigration of the Germans to Texas
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This combination of fiction and history is Ortwein’s response to a question she was asked as leader of a German/Texan exchange ...Read Review
Sister of Mine
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The dissonance of owning your half-sister as your slave and the complexities in general of sibling relationships are explored in this sweeping, ambitious ...Read Review
Conspiracy
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1812.Super spy James Keane is entrusted with a secret mission to go undercover in Bonaparte’s France to encourage and enable the destruction ...Read Review
The Contractor
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In 1868, young Charlie Madalone is murdered in cold blood by Kane Kelly, contractor for the railroad out of Omaha, Nebraska. After Kelly flees ...Read Review