Category: Historical

Excerpt – Smoke on the Wind by Kelli Estes

  Synopsis In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk. Struggling with the tragic end of her marriage, Keaka Denney is on a bittersweet adventure in Scotland with her son, Colin. […]

Review – The Ruins in Which We Bleed by Steve N. Lee

  Synopsis A story of courage and a fight for survival like none you have ever read. Guaranteed! Inspired by a previously untold true story. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, 13-year-old Helena is imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto, a squalid hellhole rife with disease and starvation. Yet, although the Nazis have destroyed her home, […]

Review – 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 […]

Review – Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight

  Synopsis There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960s New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change. Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first, she needs to take the next step […]

Nonfiction Spotlight – The Bridge by Alan Ramias

  There are stories of war that shout, and there are those that whisper truths we can’t ignore. The Bridge is one of those rare novels that quietly demands to be heard.   Synopsis A War That Won’t Let Go. A Memory That Can’t Be Buried. A Story That Refuses to Fade. In The Bridge, Alan Ramias fuses […]

New Release – The Baker of Lost Memories by Shirley Russak Wachtel

  Synopsis From the author of A Castle in Brooklyn comes an epic novel spanning decades about the broken bonds of family, memories of war, and redemption and hope in the face of heartbreaking loss. Growing up in 1960s Brooklyn, Lena wants to be a baker just like her mother was back in Poland prior […]

Review – 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 – 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 […]