historical fiction

Mary Boleyn comes to the court of King Henry VIII, where she falls for the dashing king, and begins to enjoy her growing role as unofficial queen, however, she soon realizes she is merely a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to turn towards her best friend and rival, her sister, Anne.

After his time as a mercenary archer in France, young Nicholas Hook returns to England, despite the warrant for his arrest, where he is discovered by the King of England--Henry V--who recruits Hook into his army and marches back into France where he becomes the army's--and the King's--only hope.

In 1471 England, two daughters of a silk merchant follow different paths as Jane Shore becomes the king's mistress and Isabel develops London's silk industry, forging alliances that change the political landscape in dangerous ways.

Robert Weston, having left London in 1811 for the peace of the countryside, is amazed to find himself hustled into marriage after Anne Gardiner slips from a ladder into his arms and her father believes she has been compromised, but he comes to understand that she was trying to protect his reputation from her unstable parent, and the newlyweds soon find themselves drawn to each other and trusting God for love to grow.

Marcus Cicero assumes control of the Roman Republic only to face treachery, violence, and acts of treason while he struggles to maintain the sanctity of the republic, to ward off assassination attempts, and to prevent a Roman Senator, Gaius Julius Caesar, from taking over and turning Rome into a dictatorship.

Alexander Tate, temporarily blinded in a riding accident, retires to Collingbourne to rest and finds himself falling in love with Cassandra Steele, the unseen young woman who has volunteered to read to him during his convalescence, but their budding relationship is threatened when Cassandra, fearing Tate will find her looks lacking, begins to pull away.

Gracelin O'Malley sets sail from her beloved Ireland hoping to find a better life in Manhattan, where she desperately waits for news of the infant son she left behind.

Ensign Sebastian Early, serving in South Africa with his regiment, takes over the job of Provost-Marshall after the death of his friend and becomes caught up in the illegal killing of Zulu warriors, as well as investigations into the possible murder of a captain and the theft of a major's gold watch.

Former Tudor court spy Katherine Ashley befriends the doomed queen Anne Boleyn and becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Princess Elizabeth and her most trusted confidante when Elizabeth is crowned.

Cecilia, a teenage girl in Imperial Rome whose father has indulged her love of learning, is happy in her marriage to Valerian, but she must keep one of her life's greatest joys from him when she becomes a Christian, an act punishable by death.