2005
The Reformer’s Apprentice: A Novel of Old San Francisco
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Rochlin’s Desert Dwellers Trilogy begins with The Reformer’s Apprentice. Seventeen-year-old Frieda Levie has lived a charmed life north of Market Street. ...Read Review
On Her Way Home
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In On Her Way Home, six years have passed since Frieda first moved to the Arizona-Sonora border. Now the mother of three, Frieda ...Read Review
Sea Dust
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Sea Dust is the tale of Emma Quinlan, a woman living with a cruel husband. Her life is a sad one with little ...Read Review
Odyssey of an Etruscan Noblewoman
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With a confident tone and sense of historical context, Burgundy takes us back to the sixth century BCE into an era populated with ...Read Review
Last Seen in Massilia
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This seventh installment of the Roma Sub Rosa series finds Gordianus the Finder bound for Massilia, an independent city-state under siege by Caesar’...Read Review
The Nonesuch
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Georgette Heyer has been called the queen of Regency romance and rightly so. Her substantial research and attention to detail made her one ...Read Review
The Talisman Ring
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Miss Thane, the sensible female in Georgette Heyer’s The Talisman Ring, sums up the problem for her rather thick brother, Sir Hugh, ‘...Read Review
The Firemaster’s Mistress
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A firemaster is an expert with gunpowder and its various uses. Although it was known in Europe since Marco Polo’s return from ...Read Review
Cotillion
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This story, by the woman credited with establishing the Regency romance subgenre, was originally published in 1953. Young Kitty Charing has been brought up ...Read Review
The Book of Loss
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This novel is presented in diary format, making it reminiscent of historical works such as Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book. Set during the ...Read Review