Favorite Books and Authors

This is a list of some of my favorite books:

 Cage of Deceit (Reign of Secrets Book 1) by Jennifer Anne Davis

 Chateau of Secrets by Melanie Dobson

 Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor by Melanie Dobson

 America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

 Juliet by Anne Fortier

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

 Platinum Doll by Anne Girard

 Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman

 The Architect of Song (Haunted Hearts Legacy Book 1) by A.G. Howard

 Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza and Steve Erwin 

I, Mona Lisa: A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis

 Mrs. Houdini by Victoria Kelly

 Beggars or Angels: How a Single Mother Triumphed Over War, Welfare, and Cancer to Become a Successful Philanthropist by Rosemary Tran Lauer and Scott Beller

The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici by Elizabeth Lev

 The Last Heiress: A Novel of Tutankhamun's Queen by Stephanie Liaci

 The Fisherman's Bride: The Untold Story of the Wife of Simon Peter by Catherine Magia

Favorite Daughter, Part One by Paula Margulies

 Daughter of the Forest (Book #1 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

 Shadowfell (Book 1 of the Shadowfell Series) by Juliet Marillier

O Juliet: A Novel by Robin Maxwell

 Empress by Evelyn McCune

 Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

 The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran

 The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki

 Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki

 Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen

 The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel

The Empress of Bright Moon by Weina Dai Randel

 The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters #1) by Lucinda Riley

 Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts

The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose

 Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith

 Hadassah: One Night With the King: A Novel by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen

 Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas

 Becoming Bonnie by Jenni L. Walsh

 The Swan Maiden by Jules Watson

 The Secret History of The Mongol Queens: How The Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

 Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queen's #2) by Alison Weir

 The Confessions of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe

 I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by The Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb



Here is also a list of my favorite authors:

 C.W. Gortner

 Juliet Marillier

 Melanie Dickerson

 Michelle Moran

 Allison Pataki

 Alison Weir

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