I haven't read as much HF as I used to this past year but two books stand out in my reading. This The Seventh Etching by Judith K. Wh...

A historic family drama based in and near 1640 Amsterdam, the wealthiest city on earth at the time, The Seventh Etching tells the story o...

In A Small Death in Lisbon, the narrative switches back and forth between 1941 and 1999, and Wilson's wide knowledge of history and k...

I haven't read as much HF as I thought this year and looking back at my reads there's only one book I gave 5* to - Kate Lord Brown...

A festive story of hope and redemption emerging from the depths of Victorian society. 1864, and on a bitter December night in Victorian ...

A penniless young widow with an indomitable spirit. A wealthy viscount with an unsavory reputation. London, 1815: After her husband’s unt...

On a sunny afternoon in late June, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley is summoned from a student cricket match to learn that his parents ...

When I first thought about compiling this list I realised that most of the books that came to mind hadn't been translated to English. A...

Although esteemed General Thaddeus Carlyon meets his death in a freak accident at home, his beautiful wife, Alexandra, confesses that she ki...

Jane Freemont is a British young lady with a very big problem. She is a modern girl…but she lives in early 19th Century. Jane has a criti...

Juliana St. John is the daughter of a prosperous knight in Marlborough. Though her family wants her to marry the son of her father’s b...

Set during the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905, this richly detailed novel of love and loss was inspired by the life of the auth...

I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into when I decided to read du Maurier's Hungry Hill. I wanted to read somet...

High in the hills of Valencia, a forgotten house guards its secrets. Untouched since Franco's forces tore through Spain in 1936, th...

In a desperate attempt to reclaim his lost kingdom, Aoife's father offers her in marriage to Strongbow, son of the Anglo-Norman conqu...

First class clothing designer Elizabeth Scott isn’t all that she appears. She may be elegant and poised on the outside, dining with the ri...

On April 15, 1912, Lydia Beaumont is on her way to a new life with a boundless hope in love and faith. Her new friendship with Caroline Chad...

Two teenagers discover true love aboard the doomed ocean liner Elizabeth Farr never wanted to return to America. During her family’s vacat...

My life went through some big changes this year and, unlike previous years, I read very little. None of my reads were truly exceptional but ...

Murder Comes Home For Christmas The halls of Lexham Manor were decked with holly, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, and the...