Reviews - Historical

The Courageous Heart
Merry
Farmer

The Third Crusade is over, and King Richard the Lionheart has finally returned to England.  When the nobles of Windale are called to London to affirm their allegiance to the long-absent king, Joanna Dunkirke travels with them as maid and friend.  Unfortunately, Joanna’s friends have deadly enemies among King Richard’s court who conspire to have them imprisoned upon pain of death.  The only pers

Saving the Rifleman
Julie
Rowe

Europe is torn by the vagaries of the Great War - thousands upon thousands are dead or refugees, left with nothing. In the middle of occupied Belgium stands a hospital. A hospital whose nurses are dedicated to the Allies, who do everything in their power to smuggle wounded soldiers to safety. Maria is one of those nurses.

Elizabeth VanHussen is patiently waiting for Captain Blake Harrison at the Christmas ball being thrown by her Uncle James.  They have continued a correspondence in spite of the civil war that has kept them apart.  If only they could have some time together she would show him all that she feels and more.  Tonight is her perfect opportunity and she will not let it slip by. 

The Duchess War
Courtney
Milan

Robert Blaisdell, 9th Duke of Clermont, bears his title with unease.  Brought up in a dysfunctional family, with a cold and absent mother and a father whose abhorrent acts of indiscretion included rape, has left Robert burdened and ashamed of his aristocratic privileges.

Author Jane Austen is struggling to write her next novel. She has been moderately successful with a few books now published but remains very private.  While residing at Chawton cottage, she receives a series of letters from her dear friend Lady Serena - two years earlier at the battle at Salamanca, Spain, Lord Darcy Hathloss was declared missing.  Serena is devastated.

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