Jessica Brockmole
Champion of the World
Witty, wiry Pepper Van Dean used to be the lightweight wrestling champion of the world. But one broken leg and…
The Outside Lands
The day after Jeannie and Kip Jackson’s mother died, President Kennedy is shot and everything in San Francisco grinds to…
The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
I confess to a long-held fascination with Holmes and Watson and was instantly intrigued at this promised “biography of someone…
The After Party
Cece and Joan grew up amid Houston’s elite, an ordered world of debutante balls, country clubs, and Junior League meetings.…
The Petticoat Men
Freddie Park and Ernest Boulton are theatre folk, so Mattie Stacey thinks nothing of it when the two gentlemen sometimes…
Duke of My Heart: A Season for Scandal, Book 1
When a book opens with a dead naked earl tied to a debutante’s bed, you might rightly wonder if it…
Death Descends on Saturn Villa: The Gower Street Detective, Book 3
Another excellent installment in the Gower Street Detective mystery series! In this outing, the intrepid March Middleton receives a dinner…
Because of Miss Bridgerton
The last thing Billie Bridgerton expects is to fall for the literal boy next door. Though George Rokesby is her…
Behave
In 1920, Rosalie Rayner is on the verge of a rich career as a psychologist. Recently graduated from Vassar and…
Dear Miss Karana
Tíshmal Wáaşaq is a ten-year-old Native American girl living on a reservation in Southern California. After reading Island of the…
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