Children/Young Adult
Big River’s Daughter
River Fillian is the daughter of the unofficial Pirate King of the Mississippi River in 1811. River and her father…
Plague: A Cross on the Door
1665, London. It’s been a long, hot summer, and plague threatens. Nine-year-old Sam works for a shoemaker in one of…
Canary in the Coal Mine
Working in a Virginia coal mine is a tough job at any time. But when it’s the Depression era and…
Dawn Wind
The 6th century AD. The Romans have left Britain and the Saxons are invading. The day after the last great…
My Beautiful Hippie
Joanne is a sixteen-year-old girl living in San Francisco during the 1967 “Summer of Love.” Amid preparations for her sister’s…
Bring Out the Banners
Set in the Edwardian period shortly before the outbreak of WW1, the story deals with a different struggle, the fight…
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Editors' choice
In 1918 San Diego, the population lives in fear: fear of the deadly Spanish influenza, and fear of the brutal…
Road to London
1598. Thirteen-year-old Thomas Munmore, a cobbler’s son living in Stratford-upon-Avon, longs to be an actor and work with his idol,…
Tarnish
Tarnish, the latest novel from Katherine Longshore, features a familiar historical figure as its central protagonist: Anne Boleyn. While Anne…
The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore
In this fun, quirky Victorian steampunk novel, Charlotte Sycamore’s father is the private physician to Queen Victoria – which means…
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