Mary K. Bird-Guilliams
Lord of Sin
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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