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Of Love and Treason

by Karen Rigby

Love blooms between a renegade Christian and a jailer’s daughter, but is threatened by controversies, in Jamie Ogle’s invigorating romance novel "Of Love and Treason". In third-century Rome, Iris was blinded in an accident. She longs... Read More

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Jane's Cure

by Karen Rigby

Disagreements regarding women’s autonomy lead a midwife toward danger in the hopeful historical novel Jane’s Cure. A Canadian midwife’s controversial help with terminating pregnancies inspires D. K. Kennedy’s fascinating... Read More

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Trust No One

by Ben Linder

The truth is worth dying for in "Trust No One", a heart-pounding historical spy novel. In Glenn Dyer’s gritty World War II espionage thriller "Trust No One", two Allied spies track down an archive with evidence of their countries’... Read More

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The Roll of Honour

by Ben Linder

In the pain-filled historical novel "The Roll of Honour", Scottish soldiers and women navigate loss and endure the horrors of World War II. In A .B. Reid’s historical novel "The Roll of Honour", Royal Scot soldiers struggle to survive... Read More

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The Prophets of Gentilly Terrace

by Isabella Zhou

Political scheming reveals the complicated historical webs that plague diverse contemporary New Orleans in the thrilling novel "The Prophets of Gentilly Terrace". An extortion-related political conspiracy unravels against New Orleans’s... Read More

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Carlos Montoya

by John M. Murray

An introspective patriarch visits his flaws upon his family in the musing, multigenerational novel "Carlos Montoya". In John Paul Jaramillo’s epic novel "Carlos Montoya", an ailing patriarch reflects on his past, even as his family... Read More

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The Ways of Water

by Karen Rigby

In Teresa H. Janssen’s impressionistic historical novel "The Ways of Water", a girl comes of age in the American Southwest, facing multiple family struggles. In the early 1900s, Josie’s family lives in the New Mexico desert, where... Read More

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The Faraway Mountains

by John M. Murray

In Radu Cornel Guiaşu’s historical novel "The Faraway Mountains", men discuss life under their harsh authoritarian government over the course of a perilous hike. Gabriel disappeared weeks ago, prompting Victor, Alex, and Dan to gear... Read More

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