Enter the Bull's Burrow by J P Manning is book two in the Guardians of the East series, which began with Eleven Arrows in 2300 BC, during the reign of King Sargon. The Guardians, a tribe surviving the Akkadian Empire's expansion, suffer a devastating attack....

The Genizah Codex by Susie Helme is set in three separate but interconnected timelines. Murders in 2nd-century Alexandria, 12th-century France, and 21st-century Jerusalem revolve around an ancient document and are key to the crimes. In 2008, Catherine, an American Ph.D. student, discovers an ancient codex...

Most Christians are familiar with the story of the woman with the issue of blood whom Jesus healed. But the Bible doesn’t give many details about her. What was her name? What kind of life did she live before her encounter with Jesus? Veronica by...

In the novel Tsarina’s Crown: The Nightingale and Sparrow Chronicles Book 1 by Jerena Tobiasen, readers are immersed in the tense atmosphere of 1915 Russia through the eyes of Simon Temple, a young naval officer. Relocating from his original post aboard the RMS Guardian in...

In the Garden of Sorrows is a work of fiction in the historical, emotive writing, and steamy romance subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers for its sexual content, and was penned by author Karen Jewell. In this seductive and enjoyable emotional drama, we...

Betrayal of Trust is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, interpersonal drama, and intrigue subgenres, and forms the second novel in the Roses & Rebels series following the real historical figure Philippe de Carteret. The work is best suited to mature adult readers...

Brenda Murphy's When Light Breaks Through is a well-researched historical novel based on the 1692 Salem Village witchcraft trials in Massachusetts. The characters are based on actual figures of the time. At the story's core is the challenge of helping a deeply divided community to...

Driver's Diary: Death at the Mouth of Flowers by Sean and Columbia Hillen explores the unresolved death of rebel leader Michael Collins in 1922. The authors set the story in 2022, with only days leading to the 100-year commemoration of the infamous leader's role in...

A Delicate Marriage by Margarita Barresi is a classic work of historical fiction that belongs on the bookshelf alongside The Great Gatsby, Brideshead Revisited, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and many more. In Puerto Rico in 1935, we meet Isabela Soto—a spoiled socialite who wants...

Not the Same Water by Karen Black is a beautiful, bittersweet romance set in the 1890s in the American West. Becky Russell is a young woman training to be a clothing designer in Red Wing, Minnesota, on the shores of the Mississippi River. When she...