Favorite Books and Authors

This is a list of some of my favorite books:

 Of Fire and Lions by Mesu Andrews

 Deborah Rising by Avraham Azrieli

 Deborah Calling by Avraham Azrieli

 Lilli de Jong by Janet Benton

 I, Guinevere (Mythic Maidens #2) by C. K. Brooke

 Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History by Melanie Clegg

 Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen

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

 Beauty of the Beast (Fairytale Retellings Book One) by Rachel L. Demeter

 A Spy's Devotion (The Regency Spies of London Series #1) by Melanie Dickerson

 The Fairest Beauty (Hagenheim #3) by Melanie Dickerson

 The Princess Spy (Hagenheim #5) by Melanie Dickerson

 The Golden Braid (Hagenheim #6) by Melanie Dickerson

 Chateau of Secrets by Melanie Dobson

 Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor by Melanie Dobson

 America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

 The Cards Don't Life by Sue Ingalls Finan

 Juliet by Anne Fortier

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

 The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

 Platinum Doll by Anne Girard

 The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner

 The Queen's Vow by C. W. Gortner

 The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Marie Feodorovna by C. W. Gortner

 The Game of Hope by Sandra Gulland

 Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928) by Coryne Hall

 Changeling (Sorcery and Society #1) by Molly Harper

 Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman

 Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

 The Sekhmet Bed (The She-King Saga #1) by Libbie Hawker

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

 Judah's Wife (The Silent Years #2): A Novel of the Maccabees by Angela Hunt

 Jerusalem's Queen (The Silent Years #3): A Novel of Salome Alexandra by Angela Hunt

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

 The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives

 Josephine Baker's Last Dance by Sherry Jones

I, Mona Lisa: A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis

 The Orphan of Florence 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

 Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife by Amy License

 Tracing Shadows (Scout #1) by Alex Liddel

 The Valiant by Lesley Livingston

 Casanova's Secret Wife by Barbara Lynn-Davis

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

 A Fisher of Women by Catherine Magia

Favorite Daughter, Part One by Paula Margulies

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

 The Flame of Sevenwaters (Book #6 of the Sevenwaters Series) by Juliet Marillier

 Son of Shadows (Book #2 of the Sevenwaters Series by Juliet Marillier

 Child of the Prophecy (Book #3 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

 Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller

 Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

 Anna the Prophetess by H.B. Moore

 Ruth by H. B. Moore

 The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran

 The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill

 Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton

 The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki

 Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki

 Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce

 The Lost Queen by Signe Pike

 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

 The Storm Sister (The Seven Sisters #2) by Lucinda Riley

 The Shadow Sister (The Seven Sisters #3) by Lucinda Riley

 The Pearl Sister (The Seven Sisters #4) by Lucinda Riley

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

The Witch of Painted Sorrows ( Daughters of La Lune #1) by M.J. Rose

 The Library of Light and Shadow (Daughters of La Lune #3) by M. J. Rose

 Wu Zhao: China's Only Woman Emperor by N. Harry Rothschild

 Marie Antoinette by Desmond Seward

 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

 Bad Princess by Kris Waldherr

 Becoming Bonnie by Jenni L. Walsh

 Side by Side: A Novel of Bonnie and Clyde by Jenni L. Walsh

 Catherine of Braganza: Charles II's Restoration Queen by Sarah-Beth Watkins

 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 Queens #2) by Alison Weir

 Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (Six Tudor Queens #3) by Alison Weir

 Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir

 Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) by Jacqueline Winspear

 The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs #7) by Jacqueline Winspear

 A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8) by Jacqueline Winspear

Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs #12) by Jacqueline Winspear

 In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs #13) by Jacqueline Winspear

 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

 Margaret George

 Michelle Moran

 Allison Pataki

 M. J. Rose

 Lucinda Riley

 Alison Weir

 Jacqueline Winspear

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