Mary K. Bird-Guilliams

Proper Conduct

By Shannon Donnelly - Published 2003

Genres:

Romance

This pleasant romance takes place almost exclusively on country estates during the Regency period. The primary interaction takes place between an independent, intelligent ...Read Review

Reap the South Wind: Women of Paragon Springs, Book Four

By Irene Bennett Brown - Published 2002

Genres:

SagaWestern

Ms. Brown does the state of Kansas a good turn by documenting its past in a readable and interesting way. Her stories move ...Read Review

The Shadow of God

By Anthony A. Goodman - Published 2002

Genres:

Adventure

The historical setting of this novel is not the heyday of the Crusades, but three centuries later. This is good to keep in ...Read Review

No Other Place: The Women of Paragon Springs Book Three

By Irene Bennett Brown - Published 2002

Genres:

Western

Paragon Springs is an imaginary town in western Kansas emerging over the last three decades of the 19th century. The series moves forward ...Read Review

The World At Night

By Alan Furst - Published 2002

Genres:

AdventureThriller

Paris and France are the subject of this novel, even more so than the men and women caught by the German advance of 1940. ...Read Review

The Caprices

By Sabina Murray - Published 2002

Genres:

LiteraryShort Stories

The nine stories here are bound together geographically by events occurring in a rough triangle between Australia, the Philippines and the Marianas Islands ...Read Review

The Bad Luck Wedding Night

By Geralyn Dawson - Published 2001

Genres:

Romance

This light romantic read, part of a series with the “bad luck” wedding theme, begins by sustaining the narrative of the wedding night ...Read Review

The Lost Daughter of Happiness

By Geling Yan - Published 2001

Genres:

Romance

Lost Daughter of Happiness is a historical novel written in a film editor’s style, relating events and depicting the characters through a ...Read Review

Jane and the Stillroom Maid: Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery

By Stephanie Barron - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

A stillroom, in early nineteenth century England, was the place where medicines were distilled, stored and dispensed. The maidservant whose often-atrocious remedies begin ...Read Review

Sor Juana’s Second Dream: A Novel

By Alicia Gaspar de Alba - Published 1999

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

This lovely novel can be read without any previous knowledge of the famous Mexican nun. The author evokes the feel of 17th century ...Read Review