The Legacy: Grandmother’s Treasures by Cherie Dargan is a delightful mystery that spans the Civil War and the present day. Sarah is a widowed schoolteacher whose husband was killed fighting for the Confederate cause. When her sister Emily and her baby son both die during...

The Water Girls by Tony Stevens is a historical novel that begins when Lina arrives in Venice from Friuli. Following her mother’s instructions, Lina finds Maria, who later introduces her to the recently deceased Rosa’s network of bigolanti and guides her through Venice’s canals, sotoporteghi,...

The Temple at Sunset by Karin Ciholas is the final installment in The Cyrenian Trilogy. In book one, a doctor named Simon searches for his sister, who has been captured by a slaver. In Jerusalem, Simon is conscripted to help carry a stranger’s cross that...

The General's Gift is the second book in The Swans of Paris series by Giovanna Siniscalchi. The story follows Celeste Dubois, a dreamy and idealistic young heiress who believes in poetry and fairy-tale love. On the other hand, we have Alexander de Warenne, the stoic...

The Devil's Berries by Patti Flinn follows Louis-Benoit Zamor, a Black enslaved man who grew up in the opulent, dangerous world of Versailles as Madame du Barry’s page. He learns to maneuver through court politicking and keep secrets to survive the ambitions of those around...

The Legend of Harry Gardner by Michael Hill follows the story of an acclaimed sports journalist whose remarkable rise to fame is rooted in the history of Gridiron college football. In the early 1920s, Samuel "Peabo" Eliot grew up as an avid reader of sports...

The Choice Within by Stephanie Woodman is an absolutely riveting and fascinating tale of World War II told from two vastly different perspectives. Jeannette Crawford is a committed young nurse working out of a Honolulu hospital, taking care of those wounded in the Pacific War....

What would you do if you could live your life over? What changes would you make? They’re the questions Diana Penn asks herself at 80 years old, when an unexploded WWII bomb goes off, sending her back in time to 1944. She opens her eyes...

The Contessa’s Triumph by Nora D'Ecclesis is a joyous celebration of multi-generational family traditions and values, sure to gladden the heart of any reader seeking the comfort of positive family relationships. As Sophia and Jaques prepare for a picture-perfect wedding, their interactions with family members...

“Only much later do you realize that all the maturity forced upon you has robbed you of something precious.” In Martyn Burke's novel, The Gossip Columnist, many characters experience loss, with innocence being just one of the things taken from them. As the Weimar years...