January
The Housemaid’s Daughter by Barbara Mutch – 3.5
Bodo, The Apostate by Donald Michael Platt – 4.5
White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra – 3
The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell – 4.5
Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd – 4
Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb – 3.5
The Red Road by Jenni Wiltz – 4
February
Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley – 5
Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder – 3
Blood Divide by John Sadler – 4
Lost and Found by Amy Shojai – 3.5
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell by William Klaber – 4
March
Mist at Midnight by Sandra Byrd – 4
The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman – 4.5
I Regret Everything by Seth Greenland – 5
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear – 3.5
The Witch of Napoli by Michael Schmicker – 4.5
A Deeper Sense of Loyalty by C. James Gilbert – 3
April
An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey – 4
The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau – 4
Diamond Head by Cecily Wong – 4.5
Helen of Sparta by Amalia Carosella– 4.5
Stella Rose by Tammy Flanders Hetrick– 5
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara – 4.5
Godwine Kingmaker by Mercedes Rochelle – 4.5
May
To Catch a Falling Star by Anna Belfrage – 4.5
A Pledge of Better Things by Margaret Porter – 4.5
The Vagabond Vicar by Charlotte Brentwood – 4
The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg – 3.5
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer – 4
The Residence by Kate Anderson Brower – 3
Under the Same Blue Sky by Pam Shoenewaldt – 4
Mesabi Pioneers by Russell Hill and Jeffrey Smith – 4.5
The Accidental Pilgrim by Stephen Kitsakos – 4.5
To Ride a White Horse by Pamela Ford – 4.5
The Ladies of Managua by Eleni N. Gage – 4
June
Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Bedani – 4
The Fire and the Light by Glen Craney – 4
The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy – 3.5
Heavy Weather by Normandie Fischer – 4
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie and Alyssa SheinMel – 4.5
The Grip of God by Rebecca Hazell – 4
July
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall – 4
Farmed and Dangerous by Edith Maxwell – 4
Sword of the Gladiatrix by Faith L. Justice – 4
Essie’s Roses by Michelle Muriel – 5
Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble – 4
Down From the Mountain by Courtney Allen – 4.5
Flask of the Drunken Master by Susan Spann – 4
August
Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey – 5
Christa’s Luck by Jennifer and Michael Grais – 4.5
The Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie – 3.5
Baker’s Blues by Judith Ryan Hendricks – 4.5
If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison – 3
September
Sacrifice: Book One of Y Ddraig by Gwendolyn Beynon – 4.5
The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil – 3
Gather Around the Amish Table by Lucy Leid – 4
The Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Hettrick – 4.5
Avelynn by Marissa Campbell – 3
Roman Mask by Thomas M.D. Brooke – 5
The King’s Sisters by Sarah Kennedy – 4
October
Mistress of the Court by Laura Purcell – 4
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart – 5
The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb – 4
The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo – 3
Tiger Heart by Katrell Christie and Shannon McCaffrey – 5
The Lady Chapel by Candace Robb – 4
Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Virginia Pye – 4.5
The Nun’s Tale by Candace Robb – 4.5
November
The Riddle of St. Leonard’s by Candace Robb – 4
Depraved Heart by Patricia Cornwell – 4
The Lake House by Kate Morton – 4
A Gift of Sanctuary by Candace Robb – 4.5
The Crescent Spy by Michael Wallace – 3.5
A Spy for the Redeemer by Candace Robb – 4
Medici’s Daughter by Sophie Perinot – 4
Succession by Livi Michael – 3
December
The Conqueror’s Wife by Stephanie Thornton – 4.5
A Year of Ravens – 5
Game of Queens by India Edghill – 5
In the Shadow of the Storm by Anna Belfrage – 4.5
Shriver by Chris Belden – 4.5
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