Runners up:
First: Dawn’s Early Light by Elswyth Thane
Hostilities are about to erupt when student Jullian Day climbs off the ship that took him from England to Virginia and, as war grips the colonies, he learns about liberty the hard way. (more)
Second: The Turncoat by Donna Thorland
It is 1777, the British have commandeered the home of Quaker, Kate Grey, and the dashing British Major Peter Tremayne is highly impressed, both with Kate’s beauty and with her knowledge of military tactics, but it is what he doesn’t know that matters. (more)
Third: The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton
In revolutionary Boston, founding father, John Adams, is falsely accused of murder, and his brilliant and beautiful wife Abigail needs the help of the British in her effort to clear his name and identify the killer. (more)
Fourth: Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan
In the revolutionary Carolina backcountry, 16-year-old Josie is forced to run away, disguised as a boy, and she meets the man she was meant for while in a condition of deception and desperation. (more)
Fifth: Shadow Patriots by Lucia St. Clair Robson.
With as much courage as any squad of crack troops led into battle, a family of Philadelphia Quakers find themselves defying death for the Cause of Liberty as they act as spies for George Washington. (more)
Sixth: The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Bernard Cornwell
The British send 1,000 Scottish infantry to establish a base in Maine, and when the State of Massachusetts send a naval and infantry force to drive them out, their effort ends in ignominious failure.(more)
Seventh: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party, by M. T. Anderson
Anderson’s writing moves from satire to realism, and from gothic fantasy to factual history, in ways that can jar and disturb the reader. (more)
Commentary:
I can’t understand why you substituted Tim’s Excellent Good Fortune for Tim Curious. I truly feel that Tim Curious is the best selection for the Tim Euston series. (more)