2013
The Crooked Maid
The characters of international historian Dan Vyleta’s third novel inhabit the complex, war-ravaged geography of 1948 Vienna. Vyleta’s novel is…
The Invention of Sarah Cummings
This engaging, lively inspirational tells the story of Sarah Cummings, obliged to work as a maid after being orphaned in…
Shorecliff
Like most storied New England families, the Hatfields have their share of secrets. During the summer of 1928, the family…
The Paradise Engine
The Paradise Engine is the story of a theatre haunted by souls a century apart as each approaches the end…
Ratlines
Ireland, in the summer of 1963, is preparing for a visit from U.S. President John F. Kennedy when a series…
When the Heart Heals
Rosemary Saxon never planned on becoming a nurse, but the War Between the States changed everything. Now the war is…
The Man from Berlin
This not-your-average murder mystery is set in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in May, 1943. The country is nominally under Nazi rule but…
Keane’s Company
Set in Spain and Portugal in the spring of 1809, this is to be the first in a series of…
Perdita
That author Hilary Scharper spent her childhood summers on the Bruce Peninsula in southern Ontario is clearly evident in her…
Godiva: A Novel
Set in Anglo-Saxon England, this is a reimagining of the legend of Lady Godiva, Countess of Mercia, an 11th-century noblewoman…
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