American Revolution
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came To Fight America
Since the arrival of the Mayflower, the American colonies had been a prized possession of the British Empire. Yet in…
The Sword & the Scabbard: Thieves and Thugs and the Bloody Massacre in Boston
Nicholas Gray and Maggie Magowan run the Sword and Scabbard, a tavern in Boston’s North End, in Allen Woods’ engrossing…
The Linwoods
New York City just before the American Revolution has its agitations. Some are political, as families and friends are divided…
The Creole Princess
Mobile, Alabama, 1776. Young Creole beauty Lyse Lanier meets handsome, foppish, Rafe Gonzalez. Rafe is Spanish, at a time when…
Mistress Firebrand
Jennifer Leighton is a playwright and a loyalist. In 1775 Manhattan, both her gender and her politics are against her.…
The Midwife’s Revolt
In the spring of 1775, America finds itself at war with England. Young Jeb and Lizzie Boylston said goodbye to…
Six Winter Days
The New Jersey countryside is in upheaval with the rebel forces, headed by the recently commissioned Washington, tangling with the…
The Loyalist’s Wife
The historical reality behind Elaine Cougler’s excellent pair of novels, The Loyalist’s Wife and The Loyalist’s Luck, is one that…
Emily’s Vow (A More Perfect Union Book 1)
The first two volumes in Bolte’s well-researched and professionally-produced A More Perfect Union series are stand-alone novels set against the…
The Scent of Death
Edward Savill, a clerk with the American Department, arrives in New York from London during the Revolutionary War. His job…
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