Category: Historical

Review – The Artist of Blackberry Grange by Paulette Kennedy

  Synopsis For a young caregiver in the Ozarks, an old house holds haunting memories in a ghostly novel about family secrets, sacrifice, and lost loves by the author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport. In the summer of 1925, the winds of change are particularly chilling for a young woman whose life has suddenly become […]

New Release & Interview – Saving Vincent by Joan Fernandez

  Synopsis For historical fiction fans of women’s untold true stories, an early twentieth century novel about Jo van Gogh who battled the male-dominated art elite in her fifteen-year crusade to save her genius brother-in-law Vincent from obscurity. In the tradition of The Paris Bookseller and Her Hidden Genius, the story of a real woman overshadowed in history […]

Review – Runners by Phil Oakley

  RUNNERS BOOK TWO IN THE OAKLEY SERIES By Phil Oakley   Historical Fiction / Depression Era / Family Saga Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 206 Publication Date: March 31, 2025   Synopsis From the author of Little Hatchet, this gripping historical saga continues—a powerful story of resilience, family, and the price of ambition. Perfect […]

Review – The Sirens by Emilia Hart

    Synopsis A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales […]

Author Interview – Gitel’s Freedom by Iris Mitlin Lav

  Synopsis From an early age, Gitel questions the expected roles of women in society and in Judaism. Forbidden from going to college and pushed into finding a husband, she marries Shmuel, an Orthodox Jewish pharmacist whose left-wing politics she admires. They plan to work together in a neighborhood pharmacy in Chicago—but when the Great […]

Excerpt – Yankeeland by Lacy Fewer

  Synopsis Fiercely independent and passionate, Brigid feels hindered by her family and the strict society of her small Irish town in the early 1900s. Brigid and her cousin Molly, who is more like a sister, dream of a new life in the seemingly unlimited land of opportunity they call Yankeeland—America. Brigid gets her chance […]

New Release – Legacy of Lies by Lew Paper

  Synopsis As we approach the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance, Lew Paper has crafted a fast-paced thriller which provides a new slant on what might have happened if someone had witnessed the abduction. Sam Silver, a former FBI Special Agent-turned-private investigator, has been hired to trail Hoffa in that summer of 1975 and […]

New Release – Dangerous Latitudes by Jack Woodville London

  Dangerous Latitudes By Jack Woodville London Historical Fiction Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 326 Publication Date: February 18, 2025     Synopsis From the author of the French Letters trilogy comes a sweeping historical adventure full of unforgettable Texas legends! Six years after the fall of the Alamo, Mexican armies invade freely across the […]

New Release – The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall

  Synopsis An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later—from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane Northern England, 2010. After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house […]

Review & Giveaway – Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

  Synopsis A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms. Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to […]