HNR Issue 100 (May 2022)

Mercia’s Take

By Daniel Wiles - Published 2022

Genres:

1870s: The Black Country, in the West Midlands of England, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Michael is a miner, determined ...Read Review

Purge

By Neil K. Wootton - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set in England in 1645, Purge is a story of fear and superstition that grips a town into madness. Sarah Wenham’s wealthy husband ...Read Review

Cochin Fall (The Colonials)

By Liz Harris - Published 2021

Genres:

Saga

In 1930s colonial India, the lives of women and girls are strictly monitored. Clara and Lizzie, two young women returning from several years ...Read Review

Chatelaine: Mistress of the Castle

By Jai Rose - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

Judith is the daughter of a heartless Saxon lord, Cerdic, Thane of Oakwood. After her mother passes away, her father marries a wicked ...Read Review

The Colony of Good Hope

By Kim Leine - By Martin Aitken (trans.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Literary

When the King of Denmark colonises Greenland in 1728, he forcibly marries military prisoners to street women, then sends them to service a settlement ...Read Review

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris (Las Leonas, 1)

By Adriana Herrera - Published 2022

Genres:

Romance

In 1889, Luz Alana Heith-Benzan finds herself in a conundrum. The only way she can receive her inheritance is to marry—something she isn’...Read Review

The Mad Girls of New York: A Nellie Bly Novel

By MAYA RODALE - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The talented Rodale does full justice to intrepid girl reporter Nellie Bly and her trail-blazing exposé in this lively fictionalization. Desperate to get ...Read Review

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

By Lars Mytting - By Paul Russell Garrett (trans.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Literary

Norwegian author Lars Mytting presents a story of a young man searching not only for his identity but for the true meaning of ...Read Review