2003
I am Madame X
John Singer Sargent’s most notorious portrait, Madame X., caused a furor when unveiled in 1884 at the Paris Salon. The…
Silent Surrender
If you are in the market for a smart, sassy romance with plenty of action thrown in, Katherine O’Neal’s newest…
Sappho’s Leap
What a historical novel this could have been, a retelling of the life of the iconic poet Sappho! A brilliantly written…
The Young Wan
It’s the night before Agnes Reddin’s wedding to “Redser” Browne, a ceremony that Agnes knows might never take place. She…
The Crime of Father Amaro
The novelist José Maria Eça de Queiroz is often compared to Dickens, a Dickens refined, without sentimentalism. Born in a…
An Echo of Hope
The romance of recently widowed Hope Underwood with her childhood friend Michael Flanagan offers suspense and fears of war. This…
Render Unto Caesar
When Hemogenes, a wealthy, young Alexandrian businessman, travels to Rome during Augustus’s reign to collect a debt owed to his family by a powerful…
Shadow Boxer
There’s only one thing wrong with this throwback to the 1940s era of sports-based pulp fiction. Well, make it two.…
No Woman So Fair
Book two in the Lions of Judah series, No Woman So Fair is yet another retelling of the biblical story of Abraham and Sarah. A…
Zulu Heart
The creation of this alternative history world could do more for race relations than most politicians, ministers or teachers ever…
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