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Eden Hill

By Bill Higgs - Published 2016

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Fans of Liz Curtis Higgs’s Christian fiction will welcome the debut novel of her husband, Bill Higgs: Eden Hill. As the title ...Read Review

Suffragette Girl

By Margaret Dickinson - Published 2016

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Florrie Maltby is a rich, bubbly, young English countrywoman with a social conscience. Rather than marry her dear friend and neighbor, Gervase, Florrie ...Read Review

Winter

By Christopher Nicholson - Published 2015 Published 2016

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Biographical Fiction Literary

Thomas Hardy was a prolific 19th-century novelist and poet, whose books about life and love in rural England used to be staples on ...Read Review

The Spinster’s Guide to Scandalous Behavior

By Jennifer McQuiston - Published 2015

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Romance

Lucy Westmore, Lord Cardwell’s very independent daughter, dreads her first Season in London. She’s certain she’ll be forced into a ...Read Review

The Secrets of Lizzie Borden

By Brandy Purdy - Published 2016

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Biographical Fiction Mystery/Crime

In the summer of 1892, in a small Massachusetts city, a double murder was committed. Lizzie Borden remains morbidly fascinating more than a hundred ...Read Review

Legacy of Kings

By Eleanor Herman - Published 2015

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Children/Young Adult Historical Fantasy

Book One of the Blood of Gods and Kings saga is a fantasy novel borrowing the marquee name of Alexander the Great to ...Read Review

The Viscount Risks It All: Prelude to a Kiss

By Erin Knightley - Published 2016

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Romance

Regency romances are wonderful escapism, but sometimes they get repetitive. If you’re looking for something a bit out of the ordinary, The ...Read Review

Lord Fenton’s Folly

By Josi S. Kilpack - Published 2015

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Romance

Lord Fenton, who played the role of loyal friend in A Heart Revealed, now stars as the reluctant hero of his own Regency ...Read Review

Love’s Alchemy: A John Donne Mystery

By Bryan Crockett - Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

It’s fashionable now to take popular writers from the past and turn them into sleuths. I was intrigued by this debut novel ...Read Review

The Unexpected Earl

By Philippa Jane Keyworth - Published 2014

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Romance

The beautiful, unmarried 26-year-old Julia Rotherham hopes to get through her younger sister’s coming-out ball without calling attention to herself. After being ...Read Review

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