HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
The Turning of Anne Merrick
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This sequel to The Tory Widow takes place in 1777. Widow Anne Merrick has infiltrated General Burgoyne’s British army as a peddler selling ...Read Review
Prince of Ravenscar
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In 1831, Lord Julian is being pressed to find a second wife by his mother. She has in mind Sophie, the daughter of her ...Read Review
The Danger of Desire
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If a reader is looking for a sexy romance that has more than a thin wash of 1799 realism in it, one needn’t ...Read Review
The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R.
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When 17-year-old Eugénie leaves her humble home in France’s foie gras country to follow her wealthy lover to Paris, she has ...Read Review
The Scottish Prisoner
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I admit it – I am a major Diana Gabaldon fan and a particular devotee of her Lord John Grey character. To say I ...Read Review
A Necessary Deception
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England, 1812: Young widow Lydia Gale helps parole an imprisoned Frenchman and starts a chain of events that takes her from the sparkling life ...Read Review
The Power and the Glory
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The decade between the end of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was a crucial challenge for the United States. Lacking a ...Read Review
Sweeter than Birdsong
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This is the second book in the Saddler’s Legacy series, set in the 1850s. Sweeter than Birdsong is a fictionalized account of ...Read Review
Sup with the Devil
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Barbara Hamilton’s third book in the Abigail Adams Mystery series is set on the cusp of the American Revolution, and her husband, ...Read Review
The Circus of Ghosts
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New York in the 1840s. Cordelia Preston and her daughter, Gwenlliam, are on the run. Cordelia is a professional mesmerist and (back in ...Read Review