Bulwer-Lytton’s classic opening line, “It was a dark and stormy night,” has met with considerable disdain over the years, but, in reality, beginning a story with a horrific storm is a good way to set the scene and engage readers. Set the scene in two...

Jules Larimore's The Muse of Freedom is a well-crafted historical novel, a coming-of-age story of Jehan BonDurant, a young French nobleman. Larimore has drawn inspiration from the 17th-century historical figure of his ancestor Jean Pierre Bondurant dit Cougoussac, a French Huguenot. The Muse of Freedom...

The Two Wolves is the third novel in the Dying Truth Exposed series by Marcus Abston, continuing the story of Annabelle as she moves forward in her life with her Cherokee family. Being married to John was the best decision of her life. Now that...

The Rose of Washington Square by Pat Wahler tells the fascinating true story of illustrator and inventor, Rose O’Neill. Rose lived at the turn of the century during a time when women had very few rights in comparison to their husbands, fathers, and brothers. But...

The Anarchist's Wife is based on one of the gross miscarriages of justice in 20th-century America when anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were falsely accused of the murder of two men in a shoe factory in 1920. Written by Margo Laurie, this is a...

Token of Betrayal is the first book in the Roses & Rebels series by C.V. Lee. In the year 1461, the French forces captured Mont Orgueil, leaving Sir Philippe de Carteret of the Isle of Jersey with little choice but to acquiesce to the French...

The Gold Rose is a work of fiction in the historical fiction and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience owing to some very mild language and delicately handled scenes of wartime violence, and was penned by author Jodi Lea...

The Chiaravalle Family by Natalia Settembrini Casillas centers around the Chiaravalle and the Cavalieri families. Even though the Cavalieri family was very wealthy, and the family of Chiaravalle was not, they each faced the same love and loneliness, secrets and tragedies that life throws at...

With a Yorkist husband and a Lancastrian family, Lady Elysabeth St. John is caught between two sides of the war for the crown. In 1470 Lady Elysabeth becomes godmother to Edward V and she is thrown into the middle of political turmoil. Centered around historical...

The Girl Who Counted Numbers: A Novel by Roslyn Bernstein is a well-written and well-researched historical work that chronicles a young woman’s quest to solve a family mystery. Seventeen-year-old Susan Reich graduated from high school early and wants to take a break by going out...