Violet Manville never sees it coming when her Aunt Adelia embarks upon a journey with her latest lover.
Death of a Lady
Miss Jane Austen is the unmarried daughter of a respectable clergyman, not yet the famous author she will come to be in the future. In 1795, she attends the Westworths’ ball with her family and has a chance to dance with the handsome Mr. Lefroy.
The Weight of Air
All Mabel MacGinnis has ever known is life in the Manzo Brothers Circus.
Arabella’s Assistant
Lady Arabella Warwick dreams of being more than a wife and mother, but in Victorian society, the cards are stacked against the 27-year-old spinster with a passion for Assyriology.
The Work of Thy Hand
It is 66 AD. Mira Bat-Chet is the daughter of a prosperous Christian family from Yaffa. When the Romans attack, she is taken as a slave and sent to Rome.
Forest of Secrets
Set in 1586, Forest of Secrets is book 19 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series.
Madeleine
Madeleine Boucher is a young woman of humble birth who journeys to Louisiana in the New World.
Bathsheba
Bathsheba is an ill-fated biblical figure who has always fascinated me. When I happened upon Angela Hunt’s “Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty,” I was immediately intrigued and decided to give it a try.
The Sisters of Versailles
The five de Mailly-Nesle sisters live in the paradisaical Quai des Théatins with their parents, the Marquis and Marquise de Nesle et de Mailly.
The Buccaneers
Edith Wharton’s last literary work was left incomplete when she passed away in 1936. In the 1990s, author Marion Mainwaring undertook the daunting task of completely Wharton’s final work, The Buccaneers.