HNR Issue 68 (May 2014)

The Winter King: A Hawkenlye Mystery

By Alys Clare - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

England in 1211 is a dangerous place in more ways than one. When a baron who was close to King John dies under suspicious ...Read Review

The Girl with the Painted Face

By Gabrielle Kimm - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set in 1582 in Italy, The Girl with the Painted Face tells the story of the young seamstress, Sofia Genotti – a vulnerable, sensitive and ...Read Review

Turning the Stones

By Debra Daley - Published 2014

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In 18th-century Cheshire, Em Smith, a foundling, was fostered by the Waterland family, first as a playmate and later as a lady’s ...Read Review

The Man Who Walked Away

By Maud Casey - Published 2014

Genres:

Literary

Maud Casey’s poetic and beautiful account of a late 19th-century French mental asylum explores both patients’ and caregivers’ struggle with the new ...Read Review

Secrets of Seduction

By Nicole Jordan - Published 2014

Genres:

Romance

In this entry in her Legendary Lovers series of Wilde family adventures, it’s time for “Beauty and the Beast” to get a ...Read Review

Dangerous Waves

By Amanda Taylor - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Dangerous Waves by was originally published under the title The Chinaman’s Bastard in August 2009 but has been re-visited by the author, substantially ...Read Review

A Time for Peace

By Sylvia Broady - Published 2013

Genres:

Romance

In one of the best starts I’ve read, Rose bumps into a sad and drunken airman while on her way to help ...Read Review

Divided Loyalty

By Roberta Grieve - Published 2014

Genres:

Romance

Cecelia is a young woman in wartime England who lives on a farm and works in an office in the nearby town. Her ...Read Review

A Life Apart

By L.Y. Marlow - Published 2014

Genres:

Literary

On December 7, 1941 the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. Stationed ...Read Review

The Holy Drinker

By Neil Randall - Published 2014

Genres:

Literary

This short fable opens in the remote Russian village of N, which is far removed from the ravages of the Bolshevik war. In ...Read Review