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The Tidal Poole (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 2)

9 reviews
Karen Harper

Recorded Books, 2001

My favorite of the series
This is the best of the series i have read so far, everything works here. So if you have read the first one definately pick it up, its better then the first even.

A Country Christmas: A Husband for Holly/ Friends are Forever/ The Gift/ A Time for Giving/ O Christmas Tree

4 reviews
Emily Bradshaw, Jodi Thomas, ...

Signet, 1993

Truly heart-warming!
I really enjoyed every one of the stories in this collection. I kept reading and re-reading "The Gift" by Emily Bradshaw. Another pregnant woman in a blizzard, but this time our heroine can't remember who she is or where she's from (and it's better off forgotten, anyway). But she changes the lives of the father and son who find her and she and her daughter charm their ways into a whole new ...

Dark Angel (Maplecreek Amish Trilogy #3)

8 reviews
Karen Harper

Wheeler Publishing, 2005

GREAT READ!
I love Karen Harper. She provides a great story and wonderful character interaction...she is also one of the few authors I can safely give to my mom to read. :) Although the amish stories have not been my favorite, I loved this one. It was fantastic and the storyline gets you from the first!!

Shaker Run (Behind the Idyllic Veneer of a Shaker Town Lies a Deadly Danger. (Large Print Book) (Volume I)
Karen Harper

MIRA-Bookspan Large Print Edition, 2001

Large Print Edition of the novel, Shaker Run by Karen Harper (See for more information).

Below the Surface

9 reviews
Karen Harper

Mira, 2008

Another great book with SCUBA DIVING
This is another great book for scuba divers to read with lots of references to diving in it!

The Last Boleyn: A Novel

12 reviews
Karen Harper

Three Rivers Press, 2006

I LOVED this book!!
I spent many late nights turning pages because I couldn't put this book down. However, I must qualify something: I am a historical romance lover and this book reads almost like one. To be sure, there is plenty of History in this book, but its context is so integral to the story that I hardly noticed it (I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not). Although I am in my mid 40's and loved this ...

The Poyson Garden (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 1)

31 reviews
Karen Harper

Dell, 2000

A Good Read!
While not historically correct in all parts, this was a very good read. I read it in pretty much one sitting. You really are made to like QE and come to really like her friends she meets along the way. I like the way the book was made before she was Queen and how she had to deal w/ not getting the due respect she deserved as a princess and how hard it must of been for her. Of course alot of ...

Dark Angel (Maplecreek Amish Trilogy #3)
Karen Harper

Doubleday, 2005

The close-knit Amish community of Maplecreek doesnt take kindly to letting the outside world in. But now, one of their dark secrets threatens to get out. One morning, Leah Kurtz goes to awaken her adopted infant daughter and she instantly senses something is terribly wrong. The child is not hers. She tries to convince the others that the baby was switched, but no one will believe her. Desperate, she turns to an unlikely and frowned upon ally. ...

Dark Road Home (Maplecreek Amish Trilogy #1)

5 reviews
Karen Harper

Wheeler Publishing, 2004

Loved this book!!
This book had me from the very first page. I had trouble putting it down and read it in 2 days. I thought it was very well written and found the references to the Amish very interesting. I highly recommend this book.

The First Princess of Wales: A Novel

16 reviews
Karen Harper

Three Rivers Press, 2006

Captivating from start to finish!
I've recently found myself enjoying many historical fiction and non fiction novels, so I decided to give this one a try. Before reading this I was a bit murky on the history of Edward III time, but after reading it I read up some more to figure it all out. Admittedly this book did not stay strict with the history of it's time, but I didn't find Harper's twists and turns outlandish either. At ...

More Than Words Volume 3: Homecoming Season\Find The Way\Here Come The Heroes\Touched By Love\A Stitch In ...

1 review
Susan Wiggs, Karen Harper, ...

Harlequin, 2006

great inspirational collection
"Homecoming Season" by Susan Wiggs. Miranda survived breast cancer partially due to the help of her family; now she needs to repay them by living life to the fullest. "Find the Way" by Karen Harper. The mugger left Miranda blind and feeling helpless. To regain some of the freedom she once had, she decides to obtain a seeing eye dog, who becomes more than an aide. "Here Comes The Heroes" ...

The Twylight Tower (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 3)

6 reviews
Karen Harper

Dell, 2002

Good history, average mystery
Elizabeth is newly Queen and England is rocked by intrigue. The French and Spanish conspire to push their candidates for Elizabeth's husband--or her replacement. In England itself, the powerful jockey for their place in Elizabeth's court. Yet England is lately recovered from the civil wars that showed that any man with power could seize the crown. Can Elizabeth stand against all? In THE TWYLIGHT ...

A Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980 (Perspectives on Contemporary Sculpture)

1 review

Isc Press, 2006

Breaking the Mold: Contemporary Sculpure and the Nature of Reality
This collection is a work of astonishing intellectual insight and viscerally affecting beauty. The authors authoritatively, even brazenly, examine the way contemporary artists reconceptualized perceptual reality through sculpture. It is the contemporary sculptors who shattered the idea that sculpture must in some way represent the human body - an idea that persisted for millenia - and ...

The Thorne Maze (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 5)

6 reviews
Karen Harper

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003

a good read
Forget the improbability of Elizabeth I and William Cecil (Elizabeth's chief advisor) actually having the time and inclination to play detective, and surrender yourself to enjoying a historical mystery novel is packed with intrigue, suspense and wonderful historical detail, for "The Thorne Maze" is definitely not a treat to be missed! It's the summer of 1564, and in order to escape the threat of ...

The Fatal Fashione (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 8)

8 reviews
Karen Harper

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006

Can't wait for the next installment
My taste in ficton is mostly for female detectives and non for non-ficton Elizabeth I, her life and times... here is the best of both worlds -- this is the eighth in the series, one for each of the first eight years of Elizabeth's reign... Harper weaves known historical facts into her books were Elizabeth is the investigator, Queen and champion for justice and honor... Harper has creatively ...

The Queene's Cure (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 4)

7 reviews
Karen Harper

Dell, 2003

Fascinating reading
This is the fourth book written by Karen Harper that features Queen Elizabeth the First as the main character. So it is a little far-fetched to think that Queen Bess might be a crime-solving sleuth, but who is to say she wasn't? She was a brilliant ruler, with many interests, so it isn't so far-out that she would want to help solve perplexing mysteries of her day,especially when the mystery ...

Dark Harvest (Maplecreek Amish Trilogy #2)

11 reviews
Karen Harper

Mira, 2004

A must read!!!!
I just finished this book, the second one in the Maplecreek Trilogy. I CAN'T wait to start the next (and unfortunately the last) "Dark Angel". These books are so great. I couldn't put either one of them down once I started to read them. I just love Karen Harper as a writer. I wish she would write more about the amazing "Plain People" of Maplecreek. I felt like one of them while reading the ...

The Queene's Christmas (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 6)

7 reviews
Karen Harper

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004

An Elizabethan feast
As in the previous five Elizabeth I mysteries, Harper's latest relies on the details, customs, food and dress of the court to provide at least as much pleasure as the plot, which illuminates the factions and threats endangering Elizabeth's singular rule. The novel opens in 1564 with the Queen's decision to celebrate an old-style Twelve Day Christmas to please her aged, declining nurse. The ...

The Hooded Hawke (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 9)

3 reviews
Karen Harper

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

Harper pens another winner!
Queen Elizabeth (the first, not Helen Mirren), unwilling to let her enemies catch her unawares, enlists her servants and staff to help her pursue whoever is behind the barely-missed attacks on her person. Determined, clever, and quick-witted, Harper's Elizabeth is a master at managing court and international intrigue while solving yet another murder. Let's hope we have more from this talented ...

The Fyre Mirror (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 7)

3 reviews
Karen Harper

St Martin's Minotaur, 2005

Fabulous historical mystery
On a whim, Queen Elizabeth I decides to leave her London residence and stay at Nonsuch Palace for a while. Beside the courtiers and the rest of the retinue who make up Elizabeth's inner circle, she takes along artists, who are painting a state picture of her and she will pick the one that is the best and send it all over Europe. Gil Sharpe, who was sent to Italy to learn with the masters goes ...

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