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Albanese, Laurie Grant, Maxwell • • The Miracles of Prato (2009) Blood Red Rose (1986) (exotic (Renaissance Italy) Asian setting, late 16th century)

Bradshaw, Gillian Hantover, Jeffrey • • London in Chains (2009) (English The Jewel Trader of Pegu (2008) Civil War) • Beacon at Alexandria (1986) Harper, Karen Mistress Shakespeare (2009) Caldwell, Taylor (biographical) • Answer as a Man (1981)

• Ceremony of the Innocent (1976) Delaney, Frank Harte, Amanda • • LP Captains and Kings (1972) • Shannon (2009) (Ireland’s Civil War) The Golden Thread (2009) And others (early 20th century America - Earley, Tony provides a glimpse into the lives of Carr, Robyn • The Blue Star (2008) (1940’s - textile mill workers) • Woman’s Own (1990) (19th century appropriate for young adults) (small Philadelphia - involves class town North Carolina) Gellis, Roberta • conflicts, mother/daughter Lucrezia Borgia and the Mother of relationships) Eden, Dorothy Poisons (2003) (cross-appeal for • Never Call It Loving: a biographical those who enjoy mysteries set in the Costain, Thomas of Katherine O’Shea and distant past, plus elements of • The Silver Chalice (1952) Charles Stewart Parnell (1966) political intrigue) • The Black Rose (1945) Feather, Jane Gortner, C.W. • Donati, Sara • To Kiss a Spy (2002) (sensual) The Last Queen (2008) (16th • Into the Wilderness (1998) (set in • The Least Likely Bride (2000) century Spain) (lots of adventure, America just after the plus the competitive atmosphere of Revolutionary War) Galland, Nicole a royal court) • The Fool’s Tale (2005) Crosse, Tania • Revenge of the Rose (2006) Grant, Maxwell • • A Dream Rides By (2010) (Victorian Blood Red Rose (1986) (exotic era - railroads) Gartner, Chloe Asian setting, late 16th century) • Drums of Khartoum (1967)

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Holt, Victoria Lofts, Norah • Hantover, Jeffrey The Demon Lover (1982) • Pargeters (1986) Fic • • The Jewel Trader of Pegu (2008) My Enemy the Queen (1978) • The Devil on Horseback (1977) and Martines, Lauro Harper, Karen audio • Loredana: a Venetian tale (2005) • LP Mistress Shakespeare (2009) Daughter of Deceit (1991) (Renaissance Italy) • LP (biographical) The Captive (1990) (and other titles in and LP) Maxwell, Cathy Harte, Amanda • Married in Haste (2005) LP • The Golden Thread (2009) LP (early Kaufman, Pamela • 20th century America - provides a Banners of Gold (1986) Mitchell, Margaret glimpse into the lives of textile mill • Gone with the Wind (1936) workers) Kanon, Joseph • Alibi (2005) (Who was working for Mosby, Katherine Higgs, Liz Curtis the Nazis? Blend of suspense and • Twilight (2005) ( era • Fair is the Rose (2004) (Christian romance, set in post-World War II ) fiction - set in 18th century ) Venice) Newman, Sharan Holland, Cecelia Keane, Mary Beth • The Chessboard Queen (1983) • • City of God (1979) The Walking People (2009) (Irish (Arthurian fiction with the focus on • The Earl (1971) immigration) Queen Guenevere)

Hunter, Madeline L’Amour, Louis Penman, Sharon Kay • • The Romantic (2004) LP The Walking Drum (1984) • The Sunne in Splendour (1982) • The Seducer (2005) LP Lide, Mary Plaidy, Jean (also known as Victoria • LP Hill, Pamela Tregaran (1989) also Holt and Philippa Carr) • The Green Salamander (1977) The Queens of England Series - check • Tsar’s Woman (1977) Llywelyn, Morgan Fiction, LP , and audiocassette • Grania; She -King of the Irish Seas Holeman, Linda (1985) Russell, Mary Doria • • The Linnet Bird (2005) Lion of Ireland: the legend of Brian • Dreamers of the Day (2008) (early Boru (1979) 20th century, literary

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Sabatini, Rafael • (1921)

Sheers, Owen • Resistance (2008) (World War II)

Small, Bertrice • Until You (2005) Fiction and LP

Toibin, Colm • Brooklyn (2009) (20th century—Irish Immigration)

Willig, Lauren • The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (2009) (Napoleonic England— espionage) • The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (2008) Both also available in audio

Worrall, Jay • Sails on the Horizon: a novel of the (2005)

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