Multi-Period
A Daughter’s Courage
Renita D’Silva takes the popular parallel-narratives format to a new level with her engrossing saga intertwining four women’s stories. They…
England’s Cathedrals
As a companion piece to his successful England’s Thousand Best Churches, the author has produced a guide to the cathedrals…
The Spanish Knight’s Secret
This is a conspiracy novel in the classic formula, with two parallel time streams, ancient and modern. The ancient stream…
Dido’s Crown
In a narrative that hopscotches across continents and zigzags between 1916 and 1935, Mary Wilson—don’t call her Mrs. MacPherson—races through…
The Devil’s Bible
Carpenter’s follow-up to The Bohemian Gospel is similarly crammed with theological mystery and suspense, as we find her protagonist, Mouse,…
Stars over Clear Lake
In 2007, widowed Lorraine Kindred walks into the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa; it’s the first time she’s been…
There Your Heart Lies
In 1937, a year into the Spanish Civil War, New Yorkers Marian and Russell are on board the SS Normandie…
Before We Sleep
Editors' choice
World War II’s effects are felt for two generations in Lent’s powerful family story, set both the postwar period and…
The River of Kings
Taylor Brown’s second novel tells the story of two brothers, Lawton and Hunter, who decide to travel down the iconic…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a big, juicy read. Movie star Evelyn Hugo, famous in the Fifties and…
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