HNR Issue 75 (February 2016)

When Mischief Came to Town

By Katrina Nannestad - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1911, Inge Maria finds herself shipped from her beloved city of Copenhagen, where she lived with her mother, to the small island of ...Read Review

Black Rabbit Hall

By Eve Chase - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeSaga

With Black Rabbit Hall, Eve Chase has crafted a Gothic novel that ticks all the genre boxes in a way that could be ...Read Review

Under a Falling Star

By Caroline Fyffe - Published 2015

Genres:

RomanceWestern

Susanna Robinson’s mother told her never, ever to trust a man, claiming they would love you oh so briefly and then leave ...Read Review

Summer’s End: Seasons of War, Book 1

By Amy Myers - Published 2015

Genres:

Saga

In the hot summer of 1914, nobody in the village of Ashden is thinking of war. In the rectory, the daughters of the rector ...Read Review

A Refuge at Highland Hall: Edwardian Brides, Book 3

By Carrie Turansky - Published 2015

Genres:

InspirationalRomanceSaga

In 1915 London, Penny Ramsey meets wounded pilot trainee Alex Goodwin. They both feel an attraction, but Penny knows that the life expectancy of ...Read Review

Sanctuary

By Jennifer McKissack - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In this moody historical ghost story, nearly everything – the house at its center, the characters, their relationships – feels slightly out of step with ...Read Review

A Splendid Savage

By Steve Kemper - Published 2016

Genres:

NonfictionWestern

During the 1862 Dakota War, a mother hides her baby in the corn patch from marauding Sioux. The family’s home is burned but ...Read Review

The Moon in the Palace

By Weina Dai Randel - Published 2016

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

When Mei is twelve years old, her father dies suddenly, leaving his family unprotected. Their only hope is that Mei, as she has ...Read Review

Murder in the Merchant’s Hall: A Mistress Jaffrey Thriller

By Kathy Lynn Emerson - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

In this second of the Mistress Jaffrey Elizabethan spy thrillers, Rosamond Jaffrey’s old friend Godlina Walkenden has been accused of murdering her ...Read Review

Cassia

By Susan Craft - Published 2015

Genres:

InspirationalNauticalSaga

This is the third book in Craft’s Xanthakos Family Trilogy, but it is not necessary to read the first two to enjoy ...Read Review