The Man in the Stone Cottage by Stephanie Cowell is a novel of the Brontë sisters. I imagine myself reading it again one day. Not only does curling up with this book feel like having been handed a steaming cup of tea while sitting by a warm fire in a vintage cottage on a chilly English moor, the story also invites readers to speculate about whether Emily Brontë had a secret relationship with a man. 

When We Were Brilliant is biofiction about the iconic photojournalist Eve Arnold and her relationship with one of her most famous subjects, Marilyn Monroe. Eve and Marilyn had a lot in common. Both were trying to set themselves apart in a man’s world, and and each made sacrifices, one in order to achieve fame, the other to fully unleash her creative instincts.

A delightful anthology of short stories that take place in the past, written by a collection of historical fiction writers, including yours truly, whose stories you don't want to miss.

The Cassatt Sisters: A Novel of Love and Art by Lisa Groen reveals to readers the inner life of painter Mary Cassatt during her rise to prominence as an American artist living in Paris in the latter part of the 19th century.

Sometimes the most interesting stories come from the humblest of places: home. In this post I review three novels in which the protagonist is a long-lost relative of the author.