Queer Justice by Alex Charns is a historical legal novel that blends fiction with real figures and events from the turbulent political climate of the 1960s. The story centers on a young attorney, Mitch Pilsudski, who is assigned to represent George Smith, a teenage defendant...

Anna Belfrage’s Queen of Shadows is set in fourteenth-century Castile, where Alma’s future changes when she is taken into the household of Doña Leonor de Guzmán, the king’s companion whose position draws both favor and hostility. What begins as service becomes responsibility as Alma learns...

Niccolo Corsini is back. It’s nearing the end of the 15th century, and Lord Medici, the de facto ruler of Florence, has requested Niccolo’s help in a daring new mission, in fact, three missions. Lady Borseli, sent as a spy to the French court in...

Ian Thomas Shaw’s first foray into the world of fiction is aptly titled Quill of the Dove. French journalist Marc Taragon has spent thirty years of his working life reporting from the world’s trouble spots, particularly in the Middle East, always presenting a balanced view...

Queen Mary’s Daughter by Emily-Jane Hills Orford is a book that explores the possibility that there could have been another heir to the Scottish throne, and follows the life of a powerful, well-developed female protagonist, her work, and unusual adventures that bring history to life,...

Quite possibly one of the most well-written historical novels I have read, Qualities of Mercy by Susan L. McLaren takes place in Germany during World War Two. The main characters, Judith, a Jewish woman, and Horst, an ophthalmologist, come together in the most unlikely of...

Quantum Lace by Leigh (Bella) St John is a remarkable science fiction novella about a young woman's introduction into the exploration of time and space. Bridgit lives with her father, Sir Frank Darnell, and a handful of servants in late nineteenth century England. Sir Frank...

Quicksand (Gathering Storm in the Middle East Book 2) is a historical fiction by Robert Thomas Fertig. Vincent Ronaldo is married with kids, and has a successful computer software company. He becomes intimate with Eva, an attractive but deceitful woman accustomed to getting her way....