Synopsis Paul’s teachers say he’s distracted, and they’re not wrong. With the demands of a struggling farm, Allied boots in Europe, and secrets surrounding his mother’s death, who can blame him? And the expectations of his father are seemingly unachievable. When a financial windfall sparks a rags-to-riches transformation, […]
Category: Historical
Review – All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore
April 7, 2024
Synopsis The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly—and dangerously—collide in this debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a divided city. Philadelphia, 1837. After Charlotte escaped from the crumbling White Oaks plantation down South, she’d expected freedom to feel different from her former life as […]
Review & Excerpt – The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang
March 31, 2024
Synopsis A determined young woman in 1950s Los Angeles walks a darker city than she ever imagined in a spellbinding novel about the power to make dreams come true―whatever the sacrifice. Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959―though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia Mai Yin, the first-generation child of Vietnamese immigrants, […]
Review & #Giveaway – To Rescue a Witch by Lisa A. Traugott
March 25, 2024
TO RESCUE A WITCH by Lisa A. Traugott Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure / Witch Trials Page Count: 398 pages Publication Date: March 1, 2024 It’s 1739. An abused girl accused of witchcraft must be defended by a man married to an actual […]
Synopsis The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman under pressure—from the living and the dead. The first day of autumn brought the fever, and with the fever came the voices. Missouri, 1955. […]
Synopsis Lyle is a struggling teenager with low self-esteem. His poor decisions reinforce his reputation as a troublemaker. Marylin arrives at a new high school and navigates the challenge of fitting in. When Lyle sets his eyes on the new girl at school, he is smitten. He is determined to win Marylin’s […]
Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters
February 27, 2024
Murder in Masquerade (A Lady of Letters Mystery) Historical Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – London, 1860 Publisher : Berkley (February 20, 2024) Paperback : 336 pages Synopsis Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing […]
Review & #Giveaway – The Knotted Ring by Myra Hargrave McIlvain
February 23, 2024
The Knotted Ring By Myra Hargrave McIlvain Historical Fiction / Family Saga / Historical Romance Publisher: Next Chapter Page Count: 412 Publication Date: December 7, 2023 Scroll down for Giveaway! Susannah Mobley, expecting a baby by her lover, a slave […]
Review & Excerpt – What Happens in Montana by Kim McCollum
February 22, 2024
Synopsis A ghost’s antics, a harrowing moose chase, a hypnosis session, and smuggled booze lead to spilled secrets and betrayal, but do they also lead to murder? At a hot springs retreat in Montana, whiskey-swigging Maude, the nearly eighty-year-old chef, longs for the glory days when the retreat hosted martini-sipping celebrities instead […]
Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder Under a Honey Moon by Abigail Keam
February 19, 2024
Murder Under A Honey Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery Historical Cozy Mystery 12th in Series Setting – On the RMS Majesty ocean liner in the Atlantic Worker Bee Press (February 19, 2024) Print length : 250 pages Synopsis Mona Moon and her new husband, […]