Historical fiction

  • The renegade's heart

    Creator

    Delacroix, Claire

    Abstract

    Released from the captivity of the Fae, Murdoch Seton wants nothing more than to forget his lost years. Undertaking a quest to recover treasure stolen from his family seems the perfect solution, but Murdoch is not counting on Isabella, a curious maiden who holds both the secret to the theft and his sole redemption. As the treacherous Fae move to claim Murdoch forever, Isabella seeks to heal the knight who has stolen her heart.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • His bloody project : documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae

    Creator

    Burnet, Graeme Macrae

    Abstract

    A triple murder in Scotland in 1869 leads to the arrest of Roderick Macrae. There's no question that Macrae is guilty, but his fate hinges on the question of his sanity. Recounted through the accused's memoir, trial transcripts, and newspaper reports, this is a riveting literary thriller.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • The truth about love : Cynster, book 12

    Creator

    Laurens, Stephanie

    Abstract

    A most eligible gentlemen, Gerrard Debbington is uninterested in marriage; his driving passion is to paint the fabled gardens of Lord Tregonning's estate. When the opportunity arises to paint Lord Tregonning's daughter, he discovers that Jacqueline Tregonning stirs him as no other.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Beauty and the clockwork beast : Steampunk proper romance, book 1

    Creator

    Allen, Nancy Campbell

    Abstract

    When Lucy travels to Blackwell Manor, she finds the lord of the manor unsettled by the recent deaths of his young wife and his sister. Because he is plagued by a family curse, he is horrified to think he might be to blame. But who then is the ghost that haunts the halls? A vampire?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • The rogue

    Creator

    Ashe, Katharine

    Abstract

    Lady Constance Read is independent, beautiful, and in need of a husband. The last man on earth she wants is the rogue who broke her heart, but she needs a warrior--and Saint is the perfect man. When they become allies, and passionate lovers, he'll risk everything to protect her.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • The lemoncholy life of Annie Aster

    Creator

    Wilbanks, Scott

    Abstract

    Annie and her new neighbor must solve the mystery of what connects them before one of them is convicted of a murder that has yet to happen--and somehow already did.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • The girl who came home : a novel of the Titanic

    Creator

    Gaynor, Hazel

    Abstract

    Ireland, 1912. Young Maggie Murphy sets sail on Titanic, though her sweetheart stays behind. After the ship sinks, Maggie wakes up in a New York hospital and vows never to speak of that terrible night again. But many years later, the confession of her secret leads to unexpected reunions.

    Audience
    General**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperCollins

    Non spécifié
  • Silas Marner

    Creator

    Eliot, George

    Abstract

    This classic novel takes place in Lantern Yard, a slum street in an unnamed city in Northern England, during the early 19th century. There, Silas Marner, a weaver and a member of a small Calvinist congregation, is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over their very ill deacon. Two pieces of evidence are against Silas: his possession of a pocket knife and the bag that formerly contained the money.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland, Ohio

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • O Pioneers

    Creator

    Cather, Willa

    Abstract

    Alexandra Bergsons, the daughter of Swedish immigrants, inherits her family's ailing farm in Hanover, Nebraska upon the death of her father. Over the years, she turns the farm into a successful enterprise. However, success has not brought peace, as passion and love intervene.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland, Ohio

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • The Marrow of Tradition

    Creator

    Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

    Abstract

    Major Carteret is the white owner of the biggest newspaper in Wellington, a racially segregated city in the post-Civil War South. Carteret, along with other powerful white men in Wellington, are outraged that an editorial published the town's black newspaper has questioned the justification for lynchings. As racial tension mounts, Carteret struggles on the domestic front. His wife and child are unwell and his niece, Clara, is courted by Tom Delamer, a lush aristocrat. Meanwhile, William Miller, a young black doctor, returns to hometown of Wellington to set up a practice.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland, Ohio

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié