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Who Will Cliff Date?

by pine breaks

Shifting cultural messages about masculinity and sexuality filter into a man’s daily life in the musing historical novel "Who Will Cliff Date?" David A. Robinson’s wry novel "Who Will Cliff Date?" is about sexuality, identity, and... Read More

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Lime Spring

by Brendan McKelvy

As the United States teeters toward civil war, a small Missouri community ekes out a unique existence in the engaging historical novel "Lime Spring". Jack Williams’s historical novel "Lime Spring" focuses on the foundation and history... Read More

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The Borealis Queen

by Katelynn Watkins

In the vivid fantasy setting of "The Borealis Queen", a warrior relies on her instincts and trusted companions as she comes into her own. Set in a brutal prehistoric world, Henry Guard’s historical fantasy novel, "The Borealis Queen",... Read More

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Megge of Bury Down

by Karen Rigby

A potent historical novel about an unwanted inheritance, "Megge of Bury Down" opens its series with a story of helpful women guarding their legacies. A Cornish girl wrestles with her feelings of duty to her clan in Rebecca... Read More

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The Lady of the Cliffs

by Karen Rigby

In the sumptuous and atmospheric historical novel "The Lady of the Cliffs", the past has far-reaching consequences for a woman coming into her destiny. Vengeance and the resolve to stop further harm drive teenage cousins in Rebecca... Read More

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Motherlands

by Peggy Kurkowski

A troubled mother-daughter relationship is at the center of the detailed historical novel "Motherlands". A Hungarian girl travels to the US to reunite with her mysterious mother in Dennis Andrulis’s historical novel "Motherlands". In... Read More

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The Good Daughters

by Michelle Anne Schingler

British suffragettes fight for women’s equality in Brigitte Dale’s gripping historical novel "The Good Daughters". In 1912, after compromising her “virtue” in secret, Charlotte heads to Cambridge to study at England’s first... Read More

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