"The Portrait" is a fun Regency romance that’s steeped in historical details. Immersed in the period of the second Napoleonic War, Cassandra Austen’s lively "The Portrait" is the epitome of a Regency romance. It includes musical... Read More

Charles Davis’s eccentric, droll historical novel "The Measure of the World" has the establishment of the metric system at its core, and it proves perilous to seek standardization when most regard surveying with suspicion.... Read More

"Conflict on the Yangtze" is fast-moving novel that’s full of exciting escapades. In Greg Kater’s historical novel "Conflict on the Yangtze", covert military missions involve drugs and politics. In post-World War II China, civil wars... Read More

As its lead character forges her identity against the more restrictive expectations of those around her, "Becoming Herself" is inspiring. In Maureen Reid’s compelling historical novel "Becoming Herself", a woman’s role in her... Read More

What happens when you combine UFOs, a vintage bottle of wine, and time travel? You get Antoine Laurain’s fantasy novel, "Vintage 1954". Four newfound friends—Hubert Larnaudie, a property manager; Julien, a bartender; Magalie, a... Read More

David Elias’s "Elizabeth of Bohemia" brings Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of England’s King James I, to life. Elizabeth was married at age sixteen to Prince Frederick of the Palatinate. Her intelligence, candor, and strong will... Read More

In search of ultimate freedom, a broken young girl transforms after a devastating tragedy in Philip Kazan’s "The Phoenix of Florence". Choosing the path of a soldier and then a master swordsman, Onoria completely abandons her former... Read More

Louis Bayard’s "Courting Mr. Lincoln" begins its story of Lincoln when he was still a roughhewn Springfield lawyer whose potential was guarded by a friend and roommate, Joshua Speed, and admired by a politically minded debutante, Mary... Read More