HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)

The Blue Enchantress

By M. L. Tyndall - Published 2009

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

In St. Kitts in 1718, Captain Nathaniel Mason is shocked to see a familiar face from Charles Towne, that of beautiful Hope Westcott, an ...Read Review

Claudius

By Douglas Jackson - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

Emperor Claudius needs to secure his tenuous position in Rome and sets his sights on victory in Britain as a sure-fire winner. In ...Read Review

Chambers of Death

By Priscilla Royal - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

It is 1284, and no one at the Earl of Lincoln’s castle is having a happy sex life. Those who aren’t gay ...Read Review

The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet

By Arturo Pérez-Reverte - By Margaret Jull Costa (trans.) - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

In this fifth book in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, the captain and his page, soldier in training Íñigo Balboa, experience a respite ...Read Review

Sonora Moonlight

By Florence B. Weinberg - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

In the 18th century, Spanish missionaries struggle to convert and educate the Native American population of Sonora, Northwest New Spain (Mexico). Father Ygnacio ...Read Review

The Gladiator

By Simon Scarrow - Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

The Gladiator is Simon Scarrow’s ninth book in his Roman series featuring Macro and Cato. This time the intrepid duo are in ...Read Review

Hodd

By Adam Thorpe - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

One of Britain’s most critically acclaimed authors, Adam Thorpe, has written another brilliant and original novel. The device is not entirely new (...Read Review

Captain Blood

By Rafael Sabatini - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

Peter Blood, tall, spare, elegant, swarthy as a gipsy, with his startlingly blue eyes, high-bridged nose and thin, firm mouth is born to ...Read Review

A Fraudulent Betrothal

By Natasha Andersen - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeRomance

In Regency England, identical twins Clarissa and Marianne Meredew are faced with a tough decision – only one of them will have a season ...Read Review

Empire: Wounds of Honour

By Anthony Riches - Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

Marcus Valerius is a young Roman aristocrat whose family is judicially murdered on a trumped-up treason charge. Keeping just ahead of the Emperor’...Read Review