historical fiction

  • “Train Station Bride” by Holly Bush Book Review

    By Ruth on August 26, 2012
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    Title: Train Station Bride Author: Holly Bush Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Book Baby Number of Pages: E Book, aprx 216 1887 Debutante, Julia Crawford endures a lifetime of subtle ridicule as the plump, silly daughter of a premiere Boston family. Julia strikes out on her own to gain independence, traveling to the Midwest to marry an aging shopkeeper and care […]
  • “The Fairy Tale Bride” by Kelly McClymer Book Review

    By Ruth on August 19, 2012
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    ABOUT THE BOOK Miranda Fenster, known throughout society as the Fairy Tale Miss because she insists that happily ever afters are possible even amongst the arranged marriages of the Victorian aristocracy,  is on a mission. Her goal? To rescue her brother. Her adversary? Simon Watterly, Duke of Kerstone. A man who almost offered for her five years before. Simon has a […]
  • “Colorado Silver, Colorado Gold” by Terry Irene Blain Book Review

    By Ruth on August 13, 2012
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    Synopsis: Socialite Juliette Lawson fled west from Philadelphia on a train and in disguise. In Colorado she’d be safe; she’d take work with her uncle at the Rio d’Oro, his smelting operation. Her actions back east had been wrong, but to protect her pregnant sister from scandal she would have done anything. Then she met a man as hungry for […]
  • “Kentucky Green” by Terry Irene Blain Book Review

    By Ruth on August 10, 2012
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    Synopsis: Daniel McKenzie was an army scout—quiet, capable, handsome…and utterly unwilling to be the trail guide April Williamson needed to reach Kentucky. The Indian attack at Blue Licks was but one bitter taste of the American frontier, a massacre that had taken her father just as cholera had taken her mother. But April would not give up on her dream. […]
  • “Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan” by Melanie Dobson Book Review

    By Ruth on August 4, 2012
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    As the Gilded Age comes to a close, Elena Bissette’s once-wealthy family has nearly lost its fortune. The Bissettes still own a home on fashionable Mackinac Island, where they will spend one last summer in the hope of introducing Elena to a wealthy suitor. But Elena is repulsed by the idea of marrying for money. Quickly tiring of the extravagant […]
  • “Romancing Olive” by Holly Bush Book Review

    By Ruth on July 12, 2012
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    In 1891, spinster librarian, Olive Wilkins, is shocked to learn of her brother’s violent death at a saloon gaming table and her sister-in-law’s subsequent murder, traveling far from her staid life to rescue her niece and nephew, now orphans. She arrives to find the circumstances of her brother’s life deplorable and her long-held beliefs of family and tradition, shaken. Accustomed […]
  • Book Review: “Glamorous Illusions” by Lisa Tawn Begren

    By Ruth on June 25, 2012
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    It was the summer of 1913, and Cora Kensington’s life on the family farm has taken a dark turn. Not only are the crops failing, so is her father’s health. Cora is carrying on, helping her mother run their Montana farm until a stranger comes to call, and everything changes. Cora then learns a secret that will radically change her […]
  • Enza By Kristy K. James Book Review

    By Ruth on May 8, 2012
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    ABOUT THE BOOK About the Book I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-Enza. They have no idea what’s coming… Patriotism is at its peak as the war to end all wars rages an ocean away. The Suffrage Movement gains momentum each day, and women across the the country harbor hope that […]
  • “Baroness” by Susan May Warren Book Review

    By Ruth on May 4, 2012
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    Expected to marry well and to take the reins of the family empire, they have their lives planned out for them. But following their dreams — from avant garde France, to Broadway, to the skies in the world of barnstormers and wing-walkers — will take all their courage.  And if they find love, will they choose freedom or happily ever […]
  • “The Wedding Dress” by Rachel Hauck Book Review

    By Ruth on April 6, 2012
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    Note: I thought I did not read one of Rachel’s books before I interviewed here and saw her first-ever Hallmark movie based on one of her books. I discovered I was wrong! Glad I gave her a 5-star rating before I even knew her! ABOUT THE BOOK Four brides. One Dress. A tale of faith, redemption, and timeless love. Charlotte […]