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