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The Dream of Magnus Maximus
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In 386 AD, the imperial border in Roman Britain is fraying. Magnus Maximus, commander of the Roman army, is ambitious and ruthless. Married to ...Read Review
List of All Possible Desires (The Rainey Royal Cycle)
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This, the third of the Rainey Royal Cycle of novel-in-stories, is primarily focused on Rainey herself coming of age in New York in ...Read Review
Wolves in the Hall (The Blood and the Crown)
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A most unusual novelized history of Denmark in the 11th century, Wolves in the Hall begins with Emma of Normandy, dowager queen of ...Read Review
Lochbound
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Lochbound is the debut historical fantasy novel by Rebecca Templeton, a dark reimagining of The Little Mermaid set in Scotland in 1725. The prologue ...Read Review
The Loch of the Bees
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Guss struggles to his feet beside Loch nan Seillean (Lake of the Bees) after a battle, with bees, messengers to the afterlife, buzzing ...Read Review
A Private Man
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David Fletcher commits himself to God and the Catholic priesthood for life, training in a seminary in Rome and savoring the rituals of ...Read Review
The Last Days
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In the 9th-century reign of Athelstan of East Anglia, the aeldorman Aelfric is sent to look into a strange attack on monastery lands ...Read Review
The Once and Future Queen (The Lives of Guinevere)
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A retelling of the King Arthur story through the eyes of Guinevere, Paula Lafferty’s debut gives a familiar story a fresh new ...Read Review
The Devil’s Bible
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The Devil’s Bible is Steve Berry’s twentieth thriller featuring Cotton Malone. Malone is now a retired agent who previously worked for ...Read Review
A Woman of Spirit
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A Woman of Spirit is a feel-good romance set in a close-knit working-class community in the English Midlands in the early years of ...Read Review
