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A Deep Divide (Secrets of the Canyon)

By Kimberley Woodhouse - Published 2021

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Emma Grace McMurray learned early not to trust rich men. Her railroad magnate father and his cronies had her kidnapped as a child, ...Read Review

The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure: Catherine the Great, a Golden Age Masterpiece, and a Legendary Shipwreck

By Mara Vorhees - Published 2020

Genres:

Nonfiction

This exquisitely researched, enthralling book tells the story of the loss and rediscovery of the Vrouw Maria, a Dutch merchantman that sank in ...Read Review

Norman Lord, Saxon Lady

By Lynna Banning - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

In late summer 1067, Saxon earl’s daughter Edra meets the forbidding Norman knight Alain de Chalus, who has been granted her father’s ...Read Review

Murder at the Mansions (High Society Lady Detective)

By Sara Rosett - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Life is finally settling down for Olive Belgrave, stylish detective for the upper classes in in 1924 London: she has a pleasant flat in ...Read Review

Hotel Portofino

By J. P. O'Connell - Published 2022

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This drama set in a posh hotel in Portofino, Italy, successfully mixes the flavors of an Edwardian novel with Upstairs, Downstairs tensions and ...Read Review

Someone Wanton His Way Comes (Wantons of Waverton, 1)

By Christi Caldwell - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

In this first series volume, Clayton Kearsley, the Viscount St. John, is furious when his best friend betrays Lady Sylvia, the wife Clayton ...Read Review

Daughters of Sparta

By Claire Heywood - Published 2021

Genres:

Epic

Heywood retells a timeless story with fresh insight and poignancy in this debut novel exploring the battles fought by the women of the ...Read Review

The Queen Who Sold Her Crown (The Kingdom of Naples)

By Jane Ann McLachlan - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In the years 1347-1352, Joanna I nobly fights to preserve her kingdom of Naples against a rival king, a usurping husband, a papal ...Read Review

Duchess If You Dare (Maidens of Mayhem)

By Anabelle Bryant - Published 2021

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Romance

Orphaned Scarlett Wynn has found a home among the Maidens of Mayhem, a cabal of young women dedicated to aiding the oppressed in ...Read Review

Heiress in Red Silk (A Duke’s Heiress Romance)

By Madeline Hunter - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

Kevin Radnor is surprised to find that the unknown woman his uncle, the duke, made an heiress is uncommonly beautiful. Rosamund Jameson, humbly ...Read Review