Even when time periods and geographical locations vary greatly, women’s struggles as they confront adversity are often remarkably universal.The twenty-three stories in this collection follow ordinary women from the 1470s to the 1960s as they rise to meet life’s challenges.An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the strength to escape an abusive marriage. When the local men are shipped off to fight in WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions fac...

"...multifaceted...sustained intrigue...effervescent... A compelling wine tale... "— Kirkus Reviews"I highly recommend the whole series." — Historical Novels ReviewWinner Best Book Series—Page Turner AwardsIndependent Author Award, Runner UpA Woman Fights for Her Legacy as the French Revolution EruptsHeadstrong Countess Joliette de ...

“…this heartfelt holiday romance is an original and page-turning delight.”—SPRPage Turner Award—Shortlisted Screenplay, Book Adaptation NeededSilver Reviewers Choice AwardA Tender Holiday Story & Moving Exploration of How Love EnduresDiscovering a photograph in her late husband’s coat pocket spurs Claire Didier on a quest to find a mysterious stranger. Amidst the magical Christmas markets o...

Concoctions, treats, brews, and potions from another batch of feisty charactersWhether cooking for solace, scrounging for food, concocting medicine, or brewing poisons, the feisty women in these stories will keep you thirsting for more. Twenty-five tales will transport you far afield in time and place: third century Ireland, medieval Europe, twentieth-century Australia.Read your way from a hippie commune to a WW II internment camp in the Philippines; from a Renaissance pala...

Winner Best Book Series, Page Turner AwardsCoffee Pot Gold Medal Winner Enlightenment (1600s-1800s)Independent Press Award"For fans of Stephanie Dray's The Women of Chateau Lafayette." — Publishers Weekly BookLife Editor's Pick"I highly recommend the whole series." — Historical Novels Review Editors' ChoiceAs Napoleon rises from the ashes of...

Winner Best Regency Romance, BookFest, 2026Winner Best Book Series, Page Turner AwardsHistorical Novel Society, Editor’s Choice“A captivating tale of female triumph in the late 18th century. Get it!” — Kirkus ReviewsA Woman Forges a Treacherous Path to Save Hundreds from the GuillotineIf Geneviève Fouquier-Tinville had the same rights as a man, she wouldn’t have to dress like one, w...

“…this heartfelt holiday romance is an original and page-turning delight.”—SPRA Tender Holiday Story and Moving Exploration of How Love EnduresDiscovering a photograph in her late husband’s coat pocket spurs Claire Didier on a quest to find a mysterious stranger. Amidst the magical Christmas markets of France, she finds herself unwrapping a flurry of secrets, betrayals, and intrigue—while facing the exhilarating possibility of a later-in-life romance....

Madame Dumont brings the French Revolution alive with her fearless fight to feed her family by smuggling salt against the unfairly levied salt tax: La Gabelle—a crime punishable by death.