Reviews

Death in Sumer

By James Ferguson - Published 2026

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Wildman Enkidu is seduced by harimtu (sacred prostitute) Shamhat. Like Adam, after coupling with the woman, he is changed: he shaves, wears linen ...Read Review

This Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Gray Remix (Remixed Classics, 10)

By Elle Grenier - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This Wretched Beauty reimagines The Picture of Dorian Gray as a haunting exploration of identity and trauma. Set in Victorian England, the novel ...Read Review

Deep Secrets (A Titanic Novel)

By Nikki Shannon Smith - Published 2026

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Children/Young AdultNautical

Nineteen-year-old Colette Laurent has led a sheltered life in 1920s Greenwich Village. She spends her days indoors while her mother and two siblings ...Read Review

Strangers in Paradiso (New Americans)

By Tony Drago - By Ty Drago - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

Strangers in Paradiso (Book 2 of The New Americans) picks up after Petru Donatello’s painful departure from Sicily, continuing the family’s immigrant ...Read Review

The Star Society

By Gabriella Saab - Published 2026

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Ada Worthington-Fox is a survivor. Having lived through the German occupation of Arnhem in the Netherlands, Ada has changed her name and remade ...Read Review

I Witnessed: The Great Train Robbery of 1963: A Graphic Novel

By Andrea Debbink - By Crystal Jayme (illus.) - Published 2026

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Facing the threat of boarding school due to too many distractions—and perhaps the wrong crowd of friends—Marilyn Reid, an aspiring young ...Read Review

Devil’s Gambit: A King’s Fool Mystery, Book 4

By Jeri Westerson - Published 2026

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Mystery/Crime

Devil’s Gambit, book 4 of the King’s Fool Mystery series, brings readers back to Henry VIII’s court in 1540, where being the ...Read Review

The Stolen Sister (Sun-Kissed Sagas)

By Jan Baynham - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

The Stolen Sister is a dual-timeline saga with events alternating between Crete in 1963-67 and Wales in 1984. In 1963, beautiful young artist Greta moves ...Read Review

Like in Love with You: A Steamy Tale of Rivals Turned Lovers in the Heart of Regency England

By Emma R. Alban - Published 2026

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Romance

This sapphic romance is full of delightful historical tidbits, like how awful the water actually tastes when one “takes the waters” at the ...Read Review

The Last Lady B

By Eloisa James - Published 2026

Genres:

Romance

Lady Genevieve Hughes considers her decision to marry old (but wealthy) Lord Burnsby to be evidence of her practical approach to marriage: in ...Read Review