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The Staircase of Fire (Shakertown Adventure #3) by Ben Woodard

  Intense and evocative… Deeply engrossing and poignant, Woodard’s third in Shakertown Adventure series is designed to take the reader on a though-provoking journey through a time in a small southern town in America when personal dreams and misfortunes were…
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Civil Hearts (Haunted Voices) by Claire Gem

  Seductively readable… Claire Gem brilliantly brings forth a blend of contemporary romance, historical fiction, and paranormal in Civil Hearts. Two years after losing her husband to brain cancer, Liv Larson buys a historic mansion in Camellia, a rural southern…
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Decanted Truths by Melanie Forde

  With its pitch-perfect evocation of people and places from a bygone era and interesting premise, the novel is a must read for fans of historical fiction… In Decanted Truths, Forde constructs a brilliant historical family saga populated with colorful…
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Gold Digger, The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg

  An accomplished and absorbing novel… Rosenberg brings forth a fine historical inspired by Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe whose rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a famous figure in history. Resolutely independent, Baby…
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The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg

  Clever, eloquent, intimate, and emotionally revealing, The Secret Life of Mrs. London introduces a brilliant novelist in Rebecca Rosenberg… In this fascinating read, Rebecca Rosenberg explores American novelist Jack London and his wife Charmian London’s seemingly made-in-heaven marriage. Love…