HNR Issue 88 (May 2019)

Lady Derring Takes a Lover: The Palace of Rogues

By Julie Anne Long - Published 2019

Genres:

Romance

When her husband dies, Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, finds herself not only a widow, but penniless. All that remains is an old, ...Read Review

Anything But a Duke: The Duke’s Den

By Christy Carlyle - Published 2019

Genres:

Romance

In this second installment of Carlyle’s Duke’s Den series, which follows the fates of three men who run a gambling club ...Read Review

Captain Rosalie

By Timothee de Fombelle - Published 2019

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Five-year-old Rosalie lives in a French village with her mother, who has had to work in a nearby factory since her father went ...Read Review

Land of the Living

By Georgina Harding - Published 2018

Genres:

Literary

Charlie Ashe, a survivor of World War II battles against the Japanese in the uplands of northern India, is trying to adapt to ...Read Review

A Necessary Murder (Heloise Chancey Mysteries)

By M. J. Tjia - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

London, 1863:  A little girl is discovered savagely murdered in her wealthy family’s outhouse.  A few days later, a grown man is similarly ...Read Review

Fled

By Meg Keneally - Published 2019

Genres:

Fled is based on an extraordinary true story. Desperate to escape a life of gruelling poverty in Cornwall, Jenny Trelawney turns to highway ...Read Review

Heart of a King

By Jill Eileen Smith - Published 2019

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

King Solomon of biblical fame is the king referred to in the book’s title. As the main character, the book follows him ...Read Review

Island Song

By Madeleine Bunting - Published 2019

Genres:

Island Song is set partly in the present day and partly during the Second World War. The main story features Helene, a young ...Read Review

The Year the Swans Came

By Barbara Spencer - Published 2018

Genres:

Literary

In a town still recovering from the aftermath of invaders, Magrit aka “Maidy” is turning 16, an age heralding womanhood. However, birthdays haven’t ...Read Review

Agricola’s Bane (Celtic Fervour Series Book 4)

By Nancy Jardine - Published 2018

Genres:

Military

Britain in the first century AD was a complicated place. The Roman Empire was determined to push its boundaries further north, and the ...Read Review