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Misty Urban

A Gem of Truth (Secrets of the Canyon)

By Kimberley Woodhouse - Published 2022

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In 1907, Harvey Girl Julia Schultz celebrates her transfer to the El Tovar Hotel on the rim of the Grand Canyon by promising to ...Read Review

Murder in Westminster (The Lady Worthing Mysteries, 1)

By Vanessa Riley - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Abigail Carrington, daughter of an English solicitor and a West Indian seer, secured herself a respectable name when she married explorer Lord Worthing. ...Read Review

The Seamstress of Sardinia

By Bianca Pitzorno - By Brigid Maher (trans.) - Published 2022

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In early 20th century Sardinia, a quiet seamstress becomes implicated in the dramatic lives of her clients and finds her own life changed. ...Read Review

The Duke Alone

By Christi Caldwell - Published 2022

Genres:

Romance

It’s Home Alone in 1813 London when Lady Myrtle McQuoid’s family heads for Scotland for Christmas and mistakenly leaves Myrtle behind. Next ...Read Review

Sister Mother Warrior

By Vanessa Riley - Published 2022

Genres:

Saga

Riley brings to life the Haitian Revolution through the lens of its two most important female protagonists in this thrilling and utterly engrossing ...Read Review

Nobody’s Princess

By Erica Ridley - Published 2022

Genres:

Romance

The London-based Wynchesters, a blended family of varied talents and diverse abilities, are the self-appointed guardians of the downtrodden. But when circus-trained Graham ...Read Review

Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation

By Leanda de Lisle - Published 2022

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Nonfiction

This biography is an absorbing, well-written examination of the life and influence of one of Britain’s most reviled consorts, Henrietta Maria, wife ...Read Review

A Remarkable Rogue (Lords of the Armory, 5)

By Anna Harrington - Published 2022

Genres:

Romance

Fans of Harrington’s Lords of the Armory series will finally get to learn who is behind the shadowy organization Scepter, whose criminal ...Read Review

Up All Night with a Good Duke (The Byronic Book Club, 1)

By Amy Rose Bennett - Published 2022

Genres:

Romance

Artemis Jones leaves her schoolteacher position to return to 1858 London to help her friend Lucy through the tortures of the Season. A self-declared ...Read Review

When She Dreams (Burning Cove, California)

By Amanda Quick - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Passion, danger, intrigue, and murder return to glamorous 1930s Burning Cove, California, in this sure-handed winner. By now, Quick has perfected her formula. ...Read Review