I Am Abraham: A Novel of Lincoln and the Civil War by Jerome Charyn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Let me begin by prefacing this review with the following: 1. Abraham Lincoln is my favorite president. 2. I have not read Bill O’Reilly’s book about Lincoln, but I have seen the film. 3. I also saw that Lincoln film […]

She found peace in a time of war. Desperate to save her dying mother, an American woman accepts her newspaper’s assignment to travel to Italy where she takes photographs dangerously close to the front lines during World War II. But Rachel’s real motive in this journey is to find the father she never knew, an artist she hopes can offer […]

Patience Creighton has dedicated herself to the Rosemere School for Young Ladies. But the return of the enigmatic master of the estate puts everything she loves at risk. Bright, sensible Patience knows what is expected of her. At twenty-five, her opportunity for a family of her own has passed, so she invests herself in teaching at her father’s school for […]

The war is over, but her struggle is just beginning. Charlotte Fraser returns to her late father’s once-flourishing rice plantation on the Waccamaw River, determined to continue growing the special kind of rice known as Carolina Gold. But Fairhaven Plantation is in ruins, the bondsmen are free, and money is scarce. To make ends meet, Charlotte reluctantly accepts a position […]

Isabella: Braveheart of France by Colin Falconer My rating: 5 of 5 stars It has been a while since I have read a historical book about European kings and queens, and I am quite happy to report that this book was not a disappointment. Before reading this book, I only had heard about Edward and Isabella, and probably only in […]

Genre: Historical Western Romance Length: 561 pages Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca Release Date: February 7, 2012 Lettie MacBride knew that joining a wagon train heading West was her chance to begin anew, far from the devastating memories of the night that had changed her forever. She didn’t believe she could escape the pain of innocence lost or feel desire for any man…until she meets […]

When I said that I was doing few challenges, this is true.   For me, this is a no-brainer challenge.  If you want to know about the requirements and such, click here. So I have decided to shoot for Level 4.  This means I need to read at least thirty historical romances.  I should be able to do this with no […]

Read more about this book here. Forward to Camelot: 50th Anniversary Edition by Susan Sloate My rating: 5 of 5 stars Generally, I am not a big fan of time travel, but the premise of this book intrigued me. From the beginning, I was immersed in the story, and I found myself thinking about this book when I wasn’t reading […]

A stranger’s life hangs in the balance. But to save him is to risk everything. The war is drawing to a close, but the Nazis still occupy part of the Netherlands. After the losses she’s endured, war widow Cornelia is only a shadow of the woman she once was. She fights now to protect her younger brother, Johan, who lives […]

79 AD. As he approaches the end of his life, Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, the native-born but loyally pro-Roman client king of Britain, looks back on the thirty-six years of his reign. He recalls how, as a young man, he was seduced by the grandeur of Rome and the beauty of the written word; how he was befriended by the Emperor […]