HNR Issue 116 (May 2026)

Shadow of the Unconquered

By Jeremiah Samba - Published 2025

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Shadow of the Unconquered starts during the 1st century AD and is told from the viewpoint of Arthan. The story begins in northern ...Read Review

Clouds Over Bowland

By Rosemary Sturge - Published 2026

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Inspirational Romance

There are many novels set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, but mostly from the point of view of soldiers on the ...Read Review

Shipyard Gals

By Valerie Stoller - Published 2025

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Rosie the Riveter presents an iconic and powerful image celebrating American women’s contributions to victory in World War II. But behind the ...Read Review

Looking at the Sky

By Abigail Rajunov (illus.) - By Amanda West Lewis - Published 2026

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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

Seven-year-old Izaak never knew his father, who died in World War I, and when his mother dies of tuberculosis in 1922, the boy’s ...Read Review

The Thirteenth Apostle (Richard Brinsley Sheridan Mysteries)

By R M Cullen - Published 2025

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Mystery/Crime

This is the third mystery in which 18th-century playwright, theatre owner and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan turns detective. The story takes on a ...Read Review

The Corset Girls Unbound

By Annie R. McEwen - Published 2025

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Romance

It’s 1894, and London-based corset maker Minerva Hawkins is being blackmailed. Her blackmailer claims that Minerva is heir to a Scottish title and ...Read Review

Last Summer at Maine Chance

By Jessica Everett - Published 2026

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It’s 1954, and studious Cynthia Proctor has just lost her scholarship at prestigious Barlow College. A summer job is a necessity if she ...Read Review

The Young Will Remember

By Eve J. Chung - Published 2026

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In the cold month of December 1950, the U.S. command is debating whether to use nuclear weapons in Korea as shivering villagers just ...Read Review

Reluctant Revolutionary: A Hessian Comes to America

By Ron Andrea - Published 2025

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Military

Viewing the American Revolution in 1776 through the German eyes of a Hessian soldier offers readers a unique opportunity to widen their historical perspectives ...Read Review

The Highlander’s Secret (Scottish Highland Warriors)

By Roma Cordon - Published 2025

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Romance

During the Culloden uprising, Jacobite sympathizer Phoebe Dunbar is brutally attacked by a ruthless British officer. To regain her honor and avenge this ...Read Review