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"A historical novel depicting a naïve, career-girl version of Jackie Kennedy and her iconic marriage-in-the-making to an elusive John F. Kennedy, narrated by Jack's best friend and fixer, Lem Billings"-- Provided by publisher.

At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cade's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart. August Landor-who acquired some renown in hi...

"Oscar Wilde, his wife, Constance, and their two sons deal with the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I"-- Provided by publisher.

When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's short list to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed ...

"Oscar Wilde, his wife, Constance, and their two sons deal with the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I"-- Provided by publisher.

When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed d...

Vidocq, the founder and chief of a newly created plainclothes police force, tries to discover the fate of the young dauphin Louis-Charles, son of Marie-Antoinette and King Louis XVI with the help of Hector Carpentier, a medical student involved in a murder Vidocq is assigned to i...

When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the spring of 1840, he is on no one's short list to be president. A country lawyer living above a dry goods shop, he is lacking both money and manners, and his gift for oratory surprises those who meet him. Mary, a quick, sel...

Having used his mastery of disguise and surveillance to nab some of France's most notorious criminals, early nineteenth-century detective Vidocq teams up with obscure medical student Hector to track down the most challenging adversary of his career, a case with ties to the missin...

"Oscar Wilde, his wife, Constance, and their two sons deal with the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I"-- Provided by publisher.

Following the executions of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their son, the Dauphin of France, Dr. Hector Carpentier leads a quiet life until he crosses paths with police officer Vidocq. Using his immense training and skills, Vidocq has captured some of Paris' most notorious crim...

"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"-- Provided by publisher.

"A historical novel depicting a naïve, career-girl version of Jackie Kennedy and her iconic marriage-in-the-making to an elusive John F. Kennedy, narrated by Jack's best friend and fixer, Lem Billings"-- Provided by publisher.

Vidocq. El nombre infunde terror en el bajo mundo parisino de 1818. Como fundador y director de un grupo de policías vestidos de civil de nueva creación, Vidocq ha utilizado su dominio del disfraz y la vigilancia para capturar a algunos de los criminales más famosos y escurrid...

A page-turning novel about the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate), Joshua Speed, and the spirited young debutante Mary Todd. A Washington Post Bestseller A May Indie Next Pick An Apple...

His father freshly buried, Mr. Timothy Cratchit embarks on the next phase of his life intent on two things: to rid himself of his image as a pitied cripple and to escape the financial shackles of his benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by vanishing into the thick of London's teeming unde...