Maggie Stevens has been a faithful wife to her husband, Carter, for twenty years. But she finds he has cheated on her for five years and now has the audacity to divorce her, leaving Maggie for an older, wealthier woman. Poor Maggie! Carter has taken...

The year is 1878 and Annabelle Jordan knows that she hasn't made the most prudent choices in her life. Taken in by her uncle after the death of her parents, she finds herself an unwed mother of not one but two girls. She was promised...

The year is 1866 and Thomas and Hallie Wells are ready to head west. They have sold their farm, and almost everything they have in anticipation of moving to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. When Tom is killed just about a month before the five...

"Midnight Marriage" continues the saga of the Roxton family, which began with "Noble Satyr" (recently reviewed). Antonia and Roxton’s son, Julian, is wayward and headstrong, to the point where his father, fearing he will either make a disastrous marriage or litter the country with illegitimate...

Step into Aspen Colorado in the 1880's in "The Ring That Binds" by Linda Carroll-Bradd and meet Celina Innes, a shop owner and a widow. Celina is not only a widow but a mother with a small daughter and, thanks to the bad choices her...

Minerva Goodrige's life seems to be going nowhere until she inherits a family estate in Cornwall. In taking charge of her inheritance, she discovers that Trekellis Manor is known to possess dark secrets. Upon her arrival in Cornwall, she receives an unlikely welcome. The locals...

It is the golden age of French aristocratic life, the glittering court of Louis XV. Beneath the posturing and hedonism lies a seething hotbed of intrigue, deceit, and treachery. Sex, lies, and politics go hand in hand, and courting royal patronage is the ultimate prize....

"Scent of Triumph" is a well-written novel that captures the drama of World War II and the people who lived and loved back in those threatening years. The main character Danielle Bretancourt has been raised in Paris as the daughter of a Jewish mother and...

"The Beltane Choice" by Nancy Jardine takes us back in time to Celtic Great Britain in 71 AD. Nancy Jardine weaves a fantastic tale of Nara, a princess of a tribe called the Selgovae who had planned to become a priestess but was banished. So...

"Mischief and Mistletoe" is a delightful collection of eight Regency romances by distinguished authors who call themselves the Word Wenches. These stories all center around the Christmas holidays. In the first story 'She Stoops to Wenchdom' by Mary Jo Putney, the main character Lucinda "Lucy"...