Mozart's Sister
A Novel
Written by Rita Charbonnier
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $13.95
The fascinating life of Wolfgang’s older sister, Nannerl—whose talent may have equaled her brother’s
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child. At the tender age of five, she gave her first public performance... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Rita Charbonnier
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $13.95
The fascinating life of Wolfgang’s older sister, Nannerl—whose talent may have equaled her brother’s
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child. At the tender age of five, she gave her first public performance... Read more >
Nefertiti
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $14.95
A National Bestseller!
“Meticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in history.”
–Boston Globe
Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $14.95
A National Bestseller!
“Meticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in history.”
–Boston Globe
Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic... Read more >
Mary of Nazareth
A Novel
Written by Marek Halter
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $24.00
The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of Nazareth
Miriam–also known as Mary–was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed to living with uncertainty and unrest. But when her beloved father is wrongly imprisoned by the... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Marek Halter
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $24.00
The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of Nazareth
Miriam–also known as Mary–was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed to living with uncertainty and unrest. But when her beloved father is wrongly imprisoned by the... Read more >
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The Venetian Mask
A Novel
Written by Rosalind Laker
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $14.95
Enduring friendships and long-held vendettas come alive against the splendor and decadence of eighteenth-century Venice.
In 1775 Venice–known to outsiders as “the brothel of Europe”–the tradition of mask-wearing has allowed adultery and debauchery to flourish. But Marietta and Elena, two dear friends at the Ospedale della Pietà, a world-famous orphanage and music... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Rosalind Laker
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $14.95
Enduring friendships and long-held vendettas come alive against the splendor and decadence of eighteenth-century Venice.
In 1775 Venice–known to outsiders as “the brothel of Europe”–the tradition of mask-wearing has allowed adultery and debauchery to flourish. But Marietta and Elena, two dear friends at the Ospedale della Pietà, a world-famous orphanage and music... Read more >
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The Dark Lantern
A Novel
Written by Gerri Brightwell
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $24.95
London, 1893. Elderly Mrs. Bentley is on her deathbed, and her son Robert has returned from France. But in the Bentleys’ well-appointed home, everyone has their secrets, including Robert’s beautiful and elusive wife, the orphan maid she hires from the country, and the mysterious young woman who arrives, claiming to be... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Gerri Brightwell
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $24.95
London, 1893. Elderly Mrs. Bentley is on her deathbed, and her son Robert has returned from France. But in the Bentleys’ well-appointed home, everyone has their secrets, including Robert’s beautiful and elusive wife, the orphan maid she hires from the country, and the mysterious young woman who arrives, claiming to be... Read more >
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Lady Macbeth
A Novel
Written by Susan Fraser King
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $23.95
I am granddaughter to a king and
daughter to a prince, a wife twice over, a queen
as well. I have fought with sword and bow, and
struggled fierce to bear my babes into this world.
I have loved deeply and hated deeply, too.
Lady Gruadh, called Rue, is the last female... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Susan Fraser King
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $23.95
I am granddaughter to a king and
daughter to a prince, a wife twice over, a queen
as well. I have fought with sword and bow, and
struggled fierce to bear my babes into this world.
I have loved deeply and hated deeply, too.
Lady Gruadh, called Rue, is the last female... Read more >
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The Merry Monarch's Wife
The Story of Catherine of Braganza
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.95
Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. The country is eager for succession to be clear and certain: The next king will be the son of Charles II and his queen, Catherine of Braganza. Yet Catherine, daughter of the king of Portugal... Read more >
The Story of Catherine of Braganza
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.95
Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. The country is eager for succession to be clear and certain: The next king will be the son of Charles II and his queen, Catherine of Braganza. Yet Catherine, daughter of the king of Portugal... Read more >
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The Serpent Garden
A Novel
Written by Judith Merkle Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets—and some people will kill to keep them hidden.
Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Judith Merkle Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets—and some people will kill to keep them hidden.
Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household... Read more >
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Now Face to Face
A Novel
Written by Karleen Koen
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $15.95
The unforgettable sequel to Karleen Koen’s beloved debut, Through a Glass Darkly
A Book-of-the-Month Club main selection
A bride at fifteen, widowed at the tender age of twenty, Barbara, Countess Devane, embarks for colonial Virginia financially ruined by the death of her husband in scandalous circumstances. Dressed in mourning as is proper for... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Karleen Koen
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $15.95
The unforgettable sequel to Karleen Koen’s beloved debut, Through a Glass Darkly
A Book-of-the-Month Club main selection
A bride at fifteen, widowed at the tender age of twenty, Barbara, Countess Devane, embarks for colonial Virginia financially ruined by the death of her husband in scandalous circumstances. Dressed in mourning as is proper for... Read more >
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The Secret Magdalene
A Novel
Written by Ki Longfellow
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2007
Price: $14.95
Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Ki Longfellow
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2007
Price: $14.95
Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt... Read more >
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The Golden Tulip
A Novel
Written by Rosalind Laker
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2007
Price: $14.95
Francesca’s father is a well-known painter in the bustling port city of Amsterdam; he is also a gambler. Though their household is in economic chaos, thankfully the lessons she learned in his studio have prepared her to study with Johannes Vermeer, the master of Delft.
When she arrives to begin her... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Rosalind Laker
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2007
Price: $14.95
Francesca’s father is a well-known painter in the bustling port city of Amsterdam; he is also a gambler. Though their household is in economic chaos, thankfully the lessons she learned in his studio have prepared her to study with Johannes Vermeer, the master of Delft.
When she arrives to begin her... Read more >
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Loyal in Love
Henrietta Maria, Wife of Charles I
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $14.95
The daughter of Henry IV of France, Princess Henrietta Maria, becomes a pawn in a political strategy to stabilize relations between two countries when her father marries her to Charles I of England. Sent abroad, she finds herself living in a Protestant country that views her own faith—Catholicism—with deep suspicion.
Yet... Read more >
Henrietta Maria, Wife of Charles I
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $14.95
The daughter of Henry IV of France, Princess Henrietta Maria, becomes a pawn in a political strategy to stabilize relations between two countries when her father marries her to Charles I of England. Sent abroad, she finds herself living in a Protestant country that views her own faith—Catholicism—with deep suspicion.
Yet... Read more >
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Mozart's Sister
A Novel
Written by Rita Charbonnier
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $23.95
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child, when her tiny hands seemed too small to encompass a fifth. At the tender age of five, she gave her first public performance, amazing the... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Rita Charbonnier
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $23.95
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child, when her tiny hands seemed too small to encompass a fifth. At the tender age of five, she gave her first public performance, amazing the... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Kingdom of Bones
A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $24.95
The Kingdom of Bones is the haunting story of Tom Sayers, a former boxing champion who must
continue to fight—to clear his name after a series of gruesome murders, for the heart and soul of a leading lady, and to uncover the truth behind a legend as old as evil itself.
Wrongly... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $24.95
The Kingdom of Bones is the haunting story of Tom Sayers, a former boxing champion who must
continue to fight—to clear his name after a series of gruesome murders, for the heart and soul of a leading lady, and to uncover the truth behind a legend as old as evil itself.
Wrongly... Read more >
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The Witch's Trinity
A Novel
Written by Erika Mailman
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $23.95
The year is 1507, and a friar has arrived in Tierkinddorf, a remote German village nestled deeply in the woods. The village has been suffering a famine, and the villagers are desperately hungry. The friar’s arrival is a miracle, and when he claims he can restore the town to prosperity, the... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Erika Mailman
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $23.95
The year is 1507, and a friar has arrived in Tierkinddorf, a remote German village nestled deeply in the woods. The village has been suffering a famine, and the villagers are desperately hungry. The friar’s arrival is a miracle, and when he claims he can restore the town to prosperity, the... Read more >
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The Reluctant Queen
The Story of Anne of York
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $14.95
In 1470, a reluctant Lady Anne Neville is betrothed by her father, the politically ambitious Earl of Warwick, to Edward, Prince of Wales. A gentle yet fiercely intelligent woman, Anne has already given her heart to the prince’s younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Unable to oppose her father’s will, she... Read more >
The Story of Anne of York
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $14.95
In 1470, a reluctant Lady Anne Neville is betrothed by her father, the politically ambitious Earl of Warwick, to Edward, Prince of Wales. A gentle yet fiercely intelligent woman, Anne has already given her heart to the prince’s younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Unable to oppose her father’s will, she... Read more >
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Mademoiselle Victorine
A Novel
Written by Debra Finerman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
When Victorine Laurent joins the chorus of the grand Paris Opera ballet, she expects to become the mistress of a wealthy man; this is how young women without family survive in the decadent City of Light. Yet when the artist Degas introduces her to Edouard Manet, her life changes dramatically. She... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Debra Finerman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
When Victorine Laurent joins the chorus of the grand Paris Opera ballet, she expects to become the mistress of a wealthy man; this is how young women without family survive in the decadent City of Light. Yet when the artist Degas introduces her to Edouard Manet, her life changes dramatically. She... Read more >
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Nefertiti
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $24.95
Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. It is hoped by all that her strong personality will temper the young... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $24.95
Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. It is hoped by all that her strong personality will temper the young... Read more >
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eBook and a
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Dark Angels
A Novel
Written by Karleen Koen
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $15.95
Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Having left Restoration England in the midst of a messy scandal, she has been living in Louis XIV’s Baroque, mannered France for two years. Now she is returning home to England and anxious to re-establish herself quickly. First, she will... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Karleen Koen
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $15.95
Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Having left Restoration England in the midst of a messy scandal, she has been living in Louis XIV’s Baroque, mannered France for two years. Now she is returning home to England and anxious to re-establish herself quickly. First, she will... Read more >
To Dance with Kings
A Novel
Written by Rosalind Laker
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $14.95
On a May morning in 1664, in the small village of Versailles, as hundreds of young aristocrats are coming to pay court to King Louis XIV, a peasant fan-maker gives birth to her first and only child, Marguerite. Determined to give her daughter a better life than the one she herself... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Rosalind Laker
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $14.95
On a May morning in 1664, in the small village of Versailles, as hundreds of young aristocrats are coming to pay court to King Louis XIV, a peasant fan-maker gives birth to her first and only child, Marguerite. Determined to give her daughter a better life than the one she herself... Read more >
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Lilah
A Novel
Written by Marek Halter
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
Set in the magnificent culture of the Middle East more than four thousand years ago, Lilah is a rich and emotionally resonant story of faith, love, and courage.
Living in exile, Lilah is in love with Antinoes, a Persian warrior. They have known each other since they were children, and Antinoes dearly... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Marek Halter
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
Set in the magnificent culture of the Middle East more than four thousand years ago, Lilah is a rich and emotionally resonant story of faith, love, and courage.
Living in exile, Lilah is in love with Antinoes, a Persian warrior. They have known each other since they were children, and Antinoes dearly... Read more >
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The Queen's Secret
A Novel
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called “Charles the Mad,” given to unpredictable fits of insanity. The young princess lived a secluded life, awaiting her... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called “Charles the Mad,” given to unpredictable fits of insanity. The young princess lived a secluded life, awaiting her... Read more >
The Moonlit Cage
A Novel
Written by Linda Holeman
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $14.95
Daryâ’s simple life in mid-nineteenth-century Afghanistan is torn apart when a hateful curse by a jealous tribeswoman leaves her an outcast in her small Muslim village. She looks to her arranged marriage to the son of a nomadic tribal chief with hope that it will deliver her from this oppression; instead... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Linda Holeman
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $14.95
Daryâ’s simple life in mid-nineteenth-century Afghanistan is torn apart when a hateful curse by a jealous tribeswoman leaves her an outcast in her small Muslim village. She looks to her arranged marriage to the son of a nomadic tribal chief with hope that it will deliver her from this oppression; instead... Read more >
The Perfect Royal Mistress
A Novel
Written by Diane Haeger
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $13.95
Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Nell Gwynne sells oranges in the pit at London’s King’s Theater, newly reopened after the plague and the Great Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humor and natural charm get her noticed by those who have the means to make... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Diane Haeger
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $13.95
Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Nell Gwynne sells oranges in the pit at London’s King’s Theater, newly reopened after the plague and the Great Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humor and natural charm get her noticed by those who have the means to make... Read more >
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The Water Devil
A Margaret of Ashbury Novel
Written by Judith Merkle Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $13.95
The final adventure in the beloved and bestselling Margaret of Ashbury trilogy, which began with A Vision of Light and In Pursuit of the Green Lion.
Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country. And, indeed, life with her... Read more >
A Margaret of Ashbury Novel
Written by Judith Merkle Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $13.95
The final adventure in the beloved and bestselling Margaret of Ashbury trilogy, which began with A Vision of Light and In Pursuit of the Green Lion.
Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country. And, indeed, life with her... Read more >
