Synopsis In 1933, before World War II, and the Holocaust, the world was unaware of Hitler’s plans to exterminate millions. Author Cathy A. Lewis discovered a tattered leather suitcase containing her deceased father’s journal documenting his six-week trek through Europe in 1933 while on his way to the 4th Boy Scout World […]
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Synopsis THE PARIS BOOKSELLERÂ opens in 1917, as World War I ends and Paris is alive as a thriving center for culture and modernity. With new ideas rapidly taking the post-war world by storm, Sylvia Beach moves to Paris and opens the doors to her new English-language bookshop with the help of fellow […]
Girl with a Gun (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Genre: Historical Mystery / Cozy Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: April 2020 Synopsis She’s on the rise to fame and fortune, but her sudden notoriety comes with some deadly consequences. Annie Oakley thrives as […]
Synopsis From the author of the critically acclaimed Time Box series comes the dramatic conclusion of a story that spans a century. Two years after stealing portable time machines, the Lanes, a family from the present day, stop running and start living. They settle in the seaside town of Coronado, California, in […]
Fortune Favors the Duke by Kristin Vayden Publication Date: 12/28/2021 Synopsis For fans of Ella Quinn, Amelia Grey, and Bridgerton comes the first in a new historical romance series with all your favorite tropes: Friends to lovers romance Forbidden romance Reluctant dukes Tight-knit family saga  The new […]
Title: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION: A LIFETIME OF UNBROKEN BONDS Author: Maria J. Andrade Publisher: Clara Publishing Pages: 250 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction/Magical Realism Synopsis Based on a true story, Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds, brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and […]
BEFORE THE ALAMO: A Tejana’s Story by Florence Byham Weinberg Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas History Publisher: Maywood House Date of Publication: September 17, 2021 Number of Pages: 296 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Emilia Altamirano, half Otomà Indian, half pure Spanish, is born […]
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December 13, 2021
Title: THE HUMBLE COURIER Author: J.T. Maicke Publisher: Dreaming Big Publications Pages: 321 Genre: Historical Fiction Synopsis Father Hartmann Bottger, a Benedictine monk and priest, has confronted bullies his entire life, including pompous clerics, local thugs, and callous and corrupt French Army occupation authorities in the German Rhineland. […]
Synopsis Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain’s World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family’s reputation. Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and […]
Synopsis Jane Austen meets Sherlock Holmes in this new Regency mystery series Newly returned from finishing school, Lady Juliette Thorndike is ready to debut in London society. Due to her years away, she hasn’t spent much time with her parents and sees them only as the flighty, dilettante couple the other nobles […]