HNR Issue 25 (August 2003)
A Summer to Remember
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This Regency-era romance is fast paced and solidly written. The main characters are Kit Butler, a confirmed bachelor with a dangerous reputation who ...Read Review
Point of Honor
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Peter Wake’s saga continues in this second novel of the American Civil War set primarily off the west coast of Florida and ...Read Review
The Madam
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Biographical FictionInspirational
Yes, The Madam does refer to the world’s oldest profession, and yes, Alma, the titular madam, does arrive at it in one ...Read Review
Hot Chocolate at Hanselmann’s
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Alternate HistoryInspirationalMilitary
Although the “hot chocolate” arrives only in the final chapters, what come before are emotional and sometimes shocking events in an Italian family ...Read Review
No Graves As Yet
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The prolific Perry does it again – here, with the first instalment of an anticipated five book series focusing on a British family in 1914 ...Read Review
Sappho’s Leap
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What a historical novel this could have been, a retelling of the life of the iconic poet Sappho! A brilliantly written prologue fires ...Read Review
An Echo of Hope
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The romance of recently widowed Hope Underwood with her childhood friend Michael Flanagan offers suspense and fears of war. This recommended book is ...Read Review
Freedom Land
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AdventureBiographical FictionMilitary
This “Eastern” is a fictionalized account of the Native American leader Osceola and the Second Seminole War of 1835-42 in Florida. The Seminoles ...Read Review
Once Two Heros
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It would be too easy to say Once Two Heroes is a novel about bigotry. Calvin Baker wrestles with many themes: the nature ...Read Review