Mary K. Bird-Guilliams

Lord of Sin

By Madeline Hunter - Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Madeline Hunter is not content to plumb the safe territory for the historical romance set in 1800s Great Britain. In addition to a ...Read Review

Breath and Bones

By Susann Cokal - Published 2005

Genres:

Western

This second novel by Ms. Cokal, following Mirabilis in 2002, has similarities to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters in that ...Read Review

Ghosts of Eden

By T.M. Gray - Published 2005

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

This book starts out as a classic ΄40s era house horror story, a la the Haunting of Hill House, and morphs gradually into ...Read Review

A Play of Isaac

By Margaret Frazer - Published 2004

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is a spin-off from the author’s Dame Frevisse mystery novels, set in 15th century England. You may be inspired, as I ...Read Review

Caves of Buda

By Leah H. Cutter - Published 2004

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Hungary is an atypical setting for novels in the English language market, thus here the author has opened a whole new cultural avenue ...Read Review

Sprig Muslin

By Georgette Heyer - Published 2004

Genres:

Romance

While not my favorite Georgette Heyer, it is still very good, and it’s a distinct pleasure to read Sprig Muslin again in ...Read Review

The Orange Trees of Versailles

By Annie Pietri - Published 2004

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

A very different picture of the court of the Sun King. This novel, written for young adults, is another one with an intriguing ...Read Review

Winter on the Plain of Ghosts: A Novel of Mohenjo-Daro

By Eileen Kernaghan - Published 2004

Genres:

Historical FantasySaga

Talk about exotic settings! We know so very little about prehistoric Indus Valley civilizations that the author has built her story from translations ...Read Review

Finishing Becca

By Ann Rinaldi - Published 2004

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

One of the best features of this young adult novel is the fine descriptive contrast of poor and wealthy in its American Revolution ...Read Review

Sissy! — Jessica Radford Trilogy Book One

By Tom Mach - Published 2004

Genres:

InspirationalSaga

Sissy! takes place mostly in the volatile Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas, areas during the Civil War, but the characters sometimes follow some of ...Read Review