Margaret Lynette Sharp’s A Ball at Longbourn opens with Mrs. Bennet pitching the idea of throwing a ball to her husband by making it sound like it was his idea. He, like any doting father or husband, relented and allowed the women to throw a...

October Storms by Amanda Collins Beams is set in the late 1800s in central Illinois, although the first and last parts are set in the 1970s. October Storms starts off with two friends looking forward to sightseeing at Robert Allerton Park, which has a Georgian-style...

British Allied prisoners of war do the unimaginable and escape from their prison camp for one night in a defiant act of bravery in the stunning military novel, Triumphant Where It Dares Defy (A Thrilling Wartime Novella) by Nathaniel M Wrey. When they discover the...

In Reforming the Duke, Laura Beers takes us back to the early 1800s where we meet three sisters who are very good at matchmaking couples with the emphasis on a ‘love match’ and not the usual status and financial matching of the time. They have...

Ghosts of the Past: The Search For a Lost WWII Art Collection Worth Killing For is a work of fiction in the mystery and historical genres. It is the second edition of the book and was penned by author Mark Downer. The book follows our...

Eleonora and Joseph by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues is a passionate novel of love and revolution. In 1799, Eleonora Pimentel stands before the High Court of the Kingdom of Naples. She has been accused of treason. During her trial, Eleonora pens a memoir, giving details of...

A thought-provoking book that alternates between the past and the present, The Epistles of Jesus by Bayard Hollingsworth operates on the premise that what if Christ’s teachings are discovered to be inconsistent with long-standing doctrine? And so it conceives a gripping thriller that takes you...

A Coward's Guide to Oil Painting by MM Kent takes you on a nostalgic trip back to the 1960s. Mary Ellen Justice hates her name, as she finds Mary to be too ordinary. Listening to a Kingston Trio song made her decide to use Mariah...

The year is 1498. Anne, Duchess of Brittany and widow of the late Charles VIII, is deeply in love with Louis, the married king of France. While Louis is tied up in annulment proceedings, Anne returns to the duchy she inherited from her father but...

The Eternal Conductor by Debbie Garneau Griffin is an epic family historical saga that crosses generations. DeeDee Williams and her sister have decided that it’s time for their mother, Robbie, to go into a nursing home after she broke her hip. However, when DeeDee arrives...