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The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
The Spanish Daughter’s Voyage to South America
By Lorena Hughes, author of The Spanish Daughter
We live in a world where we can’t conceive that a...
The Temptation of Lady Serena by Ella Quinn
Travel After Waterloo
by Ella Quinn
Author of The Temptation of Lady Serena
After Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, well-heeled British citizens flocked to Europe. Having been restricted...
Once a Laird by Mary Jo Putney
Islands of Imagination
by Mary Jo Putney
Best-Selling Author of Once a Laird, The Rogues Redeemed Series
Though I’ve traveled widely, I had never visited a place...
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
The 1930s Downstairs World
by Colleen Cambridge
Author of Murder at Mallowan Hall, a Phyllida Bright Mystery
My new book, Murder at Mallowan Hall, is a mystery...
A Yuletide Kiss by Sabrina Jeffries with Madeline Hunter and Mary...
Kissing Bough
By Sabrina Jeffries, Author of A Yuletide Kiss with Madeline Hunter and Mary Jo Putney
At Christmas in Regency England, there weren’t many Christmas...
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose
In Full Bloom!
By Andrea Penrose, author of Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens, a Wrexford & Sloane Mystery
In Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens,...
The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé
Life As a Summer Cottager in Bar Harbor’s Gilded Age
By Shana Abé, author of The Second Mrs. Astor
In the golden summer of 1910, John...
The Pickwick Murders by Heather Redmond
Lady Authors of the 1830s
By Heather Redmond
Author of the A Dickens of a Crime Series and The Pickwick Murders
Alas, dear Jane Austen was no...