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19th Century

Reliance, Illinois

By Mary Volmer - Published 2016

Genres:

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

By Alissa Johnson - Published 2016

Genres:

Romance

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

By Alison L. McLennan - Published 2016

Genres:

Western

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

By Mary E. Neighbour -

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Regina Jennings - Published 2016

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

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

By Julian Fellowes - Published 2016

Genres:

Saga

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

By Barbara Ortwein - By Lisa Mays (trans.) - By Pamela Philips (trans.) - Published 2016

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Saga Western

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

By Sabra Waldfogel - Published 2016

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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

By Iain Gale - Published 2016

Genres:

Adventure

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

By James C. Work - Published 2016

Genres:

Western

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