Opening in Russia in 1911, Midnight in St. Petersburg features a young woman seeking refuge, a tense love triangle, the dangerous stirrin...

Tinted with melancholy and yearning, Golden’s decades-spanning literary romance follows two individuals whose enduring love is tested by t...

Harrigan’s newest epic adds to his reputation as a stellar historical novelist. Set mostly in Illinois in the 1830s and '40s, it takes...

'Tis the season for book prize announcements.  The American Library Association's Midwinter conference wraps up today, and many book...

Set in the 16th century and in modern times, The Debt of Tamar isn’t your standard multi-period novel. Rather than alternating between era...

Back in April of last year, I signed up for the Australian Women Writers Challenge .  Even though I'm not Australian, I'd seen so ...

It seems appropriate that my first post for 2016 is focused on first novels.  Look for these debut historical novels to be published in the ...

In this debut of a new series, Irish novelist Cora Harrison swiftly gets down to business, introducing her sleuth and murder victim with the...

This literary debut novel comprises the account of 22-year-old Abigail Peacock, a British woman who had accompanied her father to remote W...

If you celebrate Christmas, hope you had a nice holiday yesterday. I’ve been taking some time off for the break, and we didn’t travel anywh...

When you’re the daughter of Catherine de Médicis, Queen Mother and de facto ruler of France, you do as you’re told. After you’re introduc...

I have a few longer posts here as drafts, but nothing completed yet. Even though events are slowing down on campus, December 15th is the rev...

Following Imperium (2006) and Conspirata (2010), Harris offers this thrilling final volume of his trilogy about Cicero, ancient Rome’s mo...

From an early age, Thessalonike of Macedon learns that the world is cruel, unfair, and not created for the likes of her – or anyone of the f...

Since the themes and cover for the previous book reviewed here were pretty dark, here's one with a more summery setting.  That said, it...

The averted eyes, the signs of the cross, the looks of awe and fear... Mouse is an unusual name for a young woman in 13th-century Bohemi...

Since we've moved past Black Friday, and the Christmas countdown has officially begun, I thought this would be a good time to focus on a...

Time-slip novels are one of my favorite genres, so when presented with the opportunity to interview Nicola Cornick about House of Shadows ...

There was a time, a mere decade ago, when historical fiction set in the United States was considered unfashionable.  Compared to their more ...

One expects certain things from a tell-all memoir. Juicy, scandalous details. Brash, larger-than-life personalities. A dramatic story t...