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HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)

The Tudor Rose

By Margaret Campbell Barnes - Published 2009

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“It is strange how many want to sit in the king’s seat even though it’s so uncomfortable.” From the mouths of ...Read Review

The Frontiersman’s Daughter

By Laura Frantz - Published 2009

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

Set in 1777, this is the coming-of-age story of Lael Click, who lives in Kentucky, in Indian Territory. Lael is haunted by her father’...Read Review

Stand the Storm

By Breena Clarke - Published 2009

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Sewing Annie Coats and her son Gabriel were born in slavery. Annie taught her son everything she knew about sewing so he could ...Read Review

Pope Joan

By Donna Woolfolk Cross - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Epic

Gifted with a thirst for knowledge and the ability to reason, Joan soon learns these traits are of little use to a young ...Read Review

Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the North

By Alex Rutherford - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure Biographical Fiction

Raiders from the North is the first in a quintet of novels chronicling the rise and fall of the Moghul Empire. The story ...Read Review

This Duchess of Mine

By Eloisa James - Published 2009

Genres:

Romance

In London in 1784, Elijah, the Duke of Beaumont, requires an heir. He also requires that his wife return from her travels across the ...Read Review

Cowboy Christmas

By Mary Connealy - Published 2009

Genres:

Inspirational Romance Western

Annette Talbot considers herself a coward because she escaped the brutality of Claude Leveques by leaving, unburied, the body of a dear friend. ...Read Review

To Know Evil

By Stephen Gaspar - Published 2009

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Mystery/Crime

Any reader searching for a less densely detailed description of medieval monastic life than that provided by Umberto Eco may wish to join ...Read Review

The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots

By Carolly Erickson - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Historian and novelist Carolly Erickson takes another foray into fiction and delivers a sweeping tale spanning the life of Mary Queen of Scots. ...Read Review

The Ninth Daughter

By Barbara Hamilton - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This first novel of a new mystery series begins with Boston housewife Abigail Adams visiting Rebecca Malvern, only to discover some unknown woman’...Read Review