HNR Issue 66 (November 2013)

Hereward: End of Days

By James Wilde - Published 2013

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

This is the third outing for Hereward the Wake, England’s 11th-century forgotten hero. In 1071, England is under the grip of the conquering ...Read Review

Behind the Shattered Glass

By Tasha Alexander - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The English countryside is the setting of Tasha Alexander’s latest Lady Emily mystery, set in Victorian times. Lady Emily, the eccentric heroine ...Read Review

Surrender to the Earl

By Gayle Callen - Published 2013

Genres:

Romance

In 1843, widowed Audrey Blake, blind since childhood, has been held a virtual prisoner by her family since her husband’s death. She needs ...Read Review

Lady of Passion: The Story of Mary Robinson

By Freda Lightfoot - Published 2013

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

She was once “a leader of fashion, the doyenne of Drury Lane… the adored mistress of a royal prince,” but when Mary Robinson ...Read Review

Longbourn

By Jo Baker - Published 2013

Genres:

Longbourn is the story of the servants who work for the Bennet family of Pride and Prejudice, including the housekeeper, Mrs. Hill; her ...Read Review

Fallen Women

By Sandra Dallas - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Beret Osmundsen arrives in a Denver police station in the spring of 1885, determined to discover who murdered her younger sister, Lillie. Beret is ...Read Review

A Bargain Struck

By Liz Harris - Published 2013

Genres:

AdventureRomance

In Wyoming in the late 1800s, Connor Maguire, a widower with an eight-year-old daughter, Bridget, advertises for a wife. Ellen O’Sullivan, a ...Read Review

David

By Ray Robertson - Published 2013

Genres:

Literary

Born and sold in 1847, David is the biracial child of a slave and her master. When David’s mother is freed, she begs ...Read Review

Lucknow Ransom

By Glen Peters - Published 2013

Genres:

This is the second novel in Anglo-Indian author Glen Peters’ proposed series of Mrs D’Silva novels. The main protagonist, Joan D’Silva, ...Read Review

Jade Boy

By Cate Cain - Published 2013

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

The blurb says this is a ‘thrilling story of sorcery and mystery laced with macabre horror and historical detail’ – I couldn’t have ...Read Review