19th Century
A Secret Affair
After ten years of marriage to the ancient Duke of Dunbarton, and one year of mourning his death, his thirty-year-old…
The Shangani Patrol
The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in…
The Widow’s Husband
The Great Game of European powers jostling for control of Afghanistan took a terrible toll in early 1842 with the…
Snowbound
This novel describes Pathfinder John Charles Frémont’s fourth expedition, an effort to find a railroad route over the Rocky Mountains.…
Desires of a Perfect Lady
When her husband’s unexpected murder frees Lady Olivia Rathbourne from a wretched union, she is eager to begin a new…
Sweetwater Run
Newlywed Cara Whitt finds herself suddenly alone in the eastern Kentucky mountains in 1893. Her husband Dimmert has been jailed…
Pieces of Sky
Carrying the deed to Bickersham Hall and hiding the new life stirring inside her, Jessica Abigail Rebecca Thornton flees her…
Dancing for Degas
Degas’ paintings of the Paris Opera Ballet corps come to life in all their freshness and immediacy in Kathryn Warner’s…
Scandal on Rincon Hill
In 1881, San Francisco is still a rough and rowdy city, with bordellos lining the streets near the busy wharves…
Murder at Mansfield Park
Editors' choice
The well-known classic Mansfield Park has been transformed into a whodunit murder mystery. Murder at Mansfield Park is a page-turner…
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