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HNR Issue 95 (February 2021)

The Girl from the Tanner’s Yard

By Diane Allen - Published 2020

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Flirtatious tanner’s daughter Lucy Bancroft aspires to something better than the grinding drudgery her mother endures, raising too many children with little ...Read Review

Night Bird Calling

By Cathy Gohlke - Published 2021

Genres:

Inspirational Romance

Fleeing an abusive home, Lilliana Swope arrives in No Creek, North Carolina with a determination to survive, no matter the opinion of others. ...Read Review

Plain Bad Heroines

By Emily M. Danforth - Published 2020

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In 1902, two young women are obsessed with the scandalous writing of (real-life author) Mary MacLane and in love with each other. Meanwhile in ...Read Review

Ring of Spies (The Richard Prince Thrillers 3)

By Alex Gerlis - Published 2021

Genres:

Thriller

It’s 1945, and Richard Prince, police detective turned secret agent, is back from occupied Europe, happily reunited with his small son, and desperate ...Read Review

Secrets of the Railway Girls

By Maisie Thomas - Published 2020

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Saga

Manchester, 1940. The story plays out around Victoria Railway Station in the centre of Manchester, where The Railway Girls have replaced the men who ...Read Review

Deception by Gaslight: A Gilded Gotham Mystery

By Kate Belli - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

In the winter of 1888, stunning 26-year-old Genevieve Stewart fights to remain the only female reporter at New York City’s leading daily paper. ...Read Review

The Education of Delhomme: Chopin, Sand, and La France

By Nancy Burkhalter - Published 2020

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This novel’s narrator, Beaulieu Delhomme, connects readers to the many famous historical characters that populate it, such as Berlioz, Liszt, and Delacroix. ...Read Review

Sons of Rome (Rise of Emperors 1)

By Gordon Doherty - By Simon Turney - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction Military

The first of a projected series called The Rise of the Emperors, this book details the intertwining lives of two major figures of ...Read Review

The Mitford Trial (The Mitford Murders, 4)

By Jessica Fellowes - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This fourth book in the Mitford Murders Mystery series opens in Kent in 1933. It is Louisa Cannon’s wedding day, and she has ...Read Review

When Twilight Breaks

By Sarah Sundin - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

It’s 1938 in Germany. Evelyn Brand is a foreign news journalist who is trying to write informative articles for an American audience. Her ...Read Review