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Wild Rose Press

A Capital Christmas (Christmas in the Castle)

By Sarah Hendess - Published 2024

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This sweet Christmas tale unfolds in the charged atmosphere of Washington, DC in 1859. John Brown has just conducted his raid, and the city ...Read Review

Where the Stars Cross

By Dottie Sines - Published 2024

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Ellie Todd’s life is doing about as well as the economy in mid-1930s Chicago. Her husband left her for a younger ...Read Review

The Cottage Industry

By Edward McSweegan - Published 2024

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David Enders returns home to Connecticut three years after serving as a pilot for France in World War I. What awaits him is ...Read Review

Daughters of Riga

By Marian Exall - Published 2024

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Daughters of Riga explores the lesser known drama of World War II in the Baltic country of Latvia, whose Jewish and non-Jewish people ...Read Review

Brothers by Honor

By Janet Yeager - Published 2023

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This debut novel captures the tension and intrigue surrounding resistance activities during the German occupation of Norway in the early 1940s. Teenager Kory ...Read Review

Shadows in the Mist

By Virginie Marconato - Published 2023

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Romance

Lady Rose Maltravers, the widow of a rebel against the new King Edward I, has seized a chance to reclaim her infant son ...Read Review

Shadow of the Moon

By Edward McSweegan - Published 2023

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Western

Nolan leaves Chicago seeking adventure in Colorado but quickly discovers that the Wild West can be just as fierce and dangerous as described ...Read Review

STAFF PUBLICATION: Second Chances in Hollywood

By Sarah Hendess - Published 2023

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In Sarah Hendess’s debut novel, Second Chances in Hollywood, Josie is a 23-year-old nurse and divorcee. She moves to Hollywood, where her ...Read Review