Books

"Fans of historical fiction about kick-ass women as well as those who love a good, juicy crime story will enjoy this book!" Sherry Jones, Josephine Baker's Last Dance

"This is both a breathtaking adventure and a powerful testament to the indomitable spirit of a girl who refused to let anyone steer her life. I honestly could not put it down." ...

“A powerful tale of the triumph of love under extremely difficult conditions,” tells the story of a married couple who were part of the Jewish Resistance (Publishers Weekly).

At his father’s funeral, one of the mourners told Michael Bart that the gravestone should include a reference to the Freedom Fighters of Nekamah, to honor Leizer Bart’s...

“Vividly detailed and beautifully written, this is a pleasure to read, a thoughtful, deeply engaging story of the power of faith to navigate history’s rough terrain.”--Booklist

How Far Would You Go To Stay True to Yourself?

Spain, 1492. On the eve of the Jewish expulsion from Spain, Amalia Riba stands at a crossroads. In a country violently...

Woman is born free, and everywhere she is in corsets. . . .

Lili du Châtelet yearns to know more about her mother, the brilliant French mathematician Emilie. But the shrouded details of Emilie’s unconventional life--and her sudden death--are elusive. Caught between the confines of a convent upbringing and the intrigues of the Versailles court,...

The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope’s daughter.

With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures...

In glittering 18th-century Venice, music and love are prized above all else--and for two sisters coming of age, the city’s passions blend in intoxicating ways.
Chiaretta and Maddalena are as different as night and day. The two sisters were abandoned as babies on the steps of the Ospedale della Pietss, Venice’s world-famous foundling hospital and...