Joan Wolf, Author Dutton Books $18.95 (407p) ISBN 978-0-453-00666-8
In this beautifully executed continuation of The Road to Avalon , her earlier depiction of sixth-century Britain, Wolf tells the story of Niniane, a Celtic princess, and Ceawlin, bastard son of the King of the West Saxons. Eighty years after the...
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Joan Wolf. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-59554-877-1
A few verses in the book of Joshua tell the story of Rahab, the prostitute who lived in Jericho when it was besieged by the Israelites. Two spies sent to the city were protected by Rahab, who helped them to escape by using a scarlet cord to climb...
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Joan Wolf. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-59554-876-4
Historical fiction writer Wolf (The Road to Avalon) has turned the biblical Book of Esther, read in synagogues on the merrymaking festival of Purim, into a novel. She maintains most of the story's primary elements but rearranges them, invents a bit,
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Joan Wolf, Author Forever $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-446-60695-0
Balancing sympathetic insight with captivating political suspense, Wolf's latest Regency (following Someday Soon) is a rich tale of two strong-willed characters who must unite to strengthen the small canton of Jura against its imposing neighbor,...
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Joan Wolf, Author Grand Central Publishing $20.5 (368p) ISBN 978-0-446-60275-4
What with the resurgence of interest in Jane Austen, Regency romances are enjoying a renewed popularity. Veteran novelist Wolf (best known for her prehistoric The Reindeer Hunters), turns in her own delightful addition, one that combines sensuality...
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Joan Wolf, Author Dutton Books $20.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-525-93848-4
With assured plotting, pacing and characterization, Wolf (The Horsemasters) again convincingly imagines prehistoric people and events, this time transporting readers to the Europe of 12,000 years ago. When reindeer-essential for food, clothing and...
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Joan Wolf, Author Dutton Books $22 (416p) ISBN 978-0-525-93589-6
Despite its ambitious and imaginative subject, Wolf's second novel set in a prehistoric era is disappointing. Beginning 50 years after Daughter of the Red Deer , it investigates the Magdelenian culture of Paleolithic Southern Europe through the...
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Joan Wolf, Author Dutton Books $19.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-525-93379-3
In a novel that will evoke comparisons with Jean Auel's Earth Children series, the author of a trilogy about the making of modern Britain (most recently, The Edge of Night ) now tries her hand at Ice Age Europe. Though it contains none of the...
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Joan Wolf, Author Dutton Books $18.95 (371p) ISBN 978-0-453-00738-2
At the outset of this powerfully wrought historical romance set in ninth-century Britain, Wolf lists her Anglo-Saxon characters, at least half of whose names begin with ``Ethel.'' It's an aid readers will often turn to as the action-packed plot...
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Joan Wolf, Author Onyx Books $5.5 (512p) ISBN 978-0-451-40225-7
Treachery threatens Ceawlin, bastard son of the King of West Saxon, and his lover, a Celtic princess, after he fights for and claims the Saxon crown. ``Wolf's vivid picture of life among the Saxons and Celts is well imagined . . . and given an air...
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Joan Wolf, Author . Warner $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-446-61042-1
After years of writing historicals, Wolf (The Poisoned Serpent) leaps into the contemporary romantic suspense arena with this smart, compelling read. Unlike some who have floundered making the jump, Wolf delivers characters who, for the most part,...
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Joan Wolf, Author Dutton Books $18.95 (358p) ISBN 978-0-453-00607-1
Making old material new marks a master storyteller and with this fresh look at the legend of King Arthur, romance writer Wolf reaffirms her preeminence in those ranks. Although the Romans have already left Britain, Uther Pendragon is a Roman king,...
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Joan Wolf, Author Mira Books $6.5 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2097-5
An arrogant aristocrat learns what it's like to live with a traveling circus--and the circus's strikingly beautiful equestrian--in Wolf's newest romance (after High Meadow), which takes place during the Napoleonic wars. Headstrong Gabrielle Robichon,
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Joan Wolf, Author HarperCollins $23 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-019239-6
Twelfth-century England provides the setting for Wolf's second medieval mystery (following No Dark Place), which serves up history and intrigue in equal measure. Stephen is the English king, but his crown and his kingdom are prey to shifting...
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Joan Wolf, Author Warner Books $6.5 (336p) ISBN 978-0-446-60693-6
Wolf (The Arrangement, etc.) uses her polished storytelling skills to unravel a peculiar arranged marriage in her newest Regency. The only way that Anthony Selbourne, the new Duke of Cheviot, can save his centuries-old estate and redeem his father's
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Joan Wolf, Author Grand Central Publishing $6.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-446-60276-1
Gripping, suspenseful first-person narrative from top-ranked Regency historical author Wolf (The Deception) will remind readers why they love the genre. Cool, self-possessed beauty Annabelle Grandville's privileged world is shaken when her first...
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Joan Wolf, Author Warner Books $6.5 (384p) ISBN 978-0-446-60479-6
Self-described as ""rash"" and ""headstrong"" Gail Saunders, proprietress of a riding stable and widowed mother of eight-year-old Nicky, has fended off suitors for years. Then she meets Raoul Melville, Earl of Savile, and follows her heart into an ""
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Joan Wolf, Author Onyx Books $5.99 (480p) ISBN 978-0-451-40334-6
Two tribes meld in Wolf's fable of Ice Age Europe, which is likely to evoke comparisons with Jean Auel's Earth Children series. A Literary Guild selection in cloth. ( Nov. )
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Joan Wolf, Author . Warner $5.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-446-61043-8
"Nice" isn't a word often used to describe a book, but in the case of this solidly plotted, staid story, it's a fitting adjective.
As people on blind dates soon learn, however, "nice" doesn't mean intriguing or stirring,...
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