Posts tagged with ‘historical fiction’

  • “The Tale of Mally Biddle” by M.L. LeGette Blog Tour (ends 6/5) WW

    By Ruth on May 30, 2013
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      Tour Schedule The Tale of Mally Biddle by M.L. LeGette When Mally Biddle agreed to spy upon the King of Lenzar and his overbearing knights she knew she was heading into danger. She didn’t know she’d find a family unlike any other. Posing as a servant in Bosc Castle, Mally serves tea and tends fires for the most dangerous […]
  • “Call Nurse Millie” by Jean Fullerton Book Tour

    By Ruth on May 29, 2013
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    Call Nurse Millie by Jean Fullerton It’s 1945 and, as the troops begin to return home, the inhabitants of London attempt to put their lives back together. For 25-year-old Millie, a qualified nurse and midwife, the jubilation at the end of the war is short-lived as she tends to the needs of the East End community around her. But while […]
  • Litfuse Group: “It Happened At the Fair” by Deeanne Gist Book Review

    By Ruth on May 23, 2013
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    A transporting historical novel about a promising young inventor, his struggle with loss, and the attractive teacher who changes his life, all set against the razzle-dazzle of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Gambling everything, including the family farm, Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair with his most recent invention. But the noise in the Fair’s Machinery Palace […]
  • “The Folly at Falconbridge Hall” by Maggi Andersen Review

    By Ruth on May 22, 2013
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    Read more about the book and enter the giveaway here . The Folly At Falconbridge Hall by Maggi Andersen My rating: 5 of 5 stars From the moment I began reading this book, I knew this was my kind of book. I was not far into the book before I saw the connection between this book and “Jane Eyre.” That […]
  • Goddess Fish: “The Folly at Falconbridge Hall” by Maggi Andersen Blog Tour

    By Ruth on May 22, 2013
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    Read my 5-star review!     THE FOLLY AT FALCONRIDGE HALL by Maggi Andersen   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Vanessa Ashley felt herself qualified for a position as governess, until offered the position at Falconbridge Hall.   Left penniless after the deaths of her artist father and suffragette mother, Vanessa Ashley draws on her knowledge of art, politics and history […]
  • “Roses Have Thorns” by Sandra Byrd Book Review/Giveaway (Ends 5/26) U.S.

    By Ruth on May 16, 2013
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    About the author: After earning her first rejection at the age of thirteen, bestselling author Sandra Byrd has now published more than forty books. Her adult fiction début, Let Them Eat Cake, was a Christy Award finalist, as was her first historical novel, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn. To Die For was also named by Library Journal as a Best […]
  • Goddess Fish: “Rebel Heartsong” by Morgan K. Wyatt Blog Tour/Giveaway (Ends 5/17) U.S.

    By Ruth on May 13, 2013
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    `   REBEL HEARTSONG by Morgan K. Wyatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Townsend Sewell, as heir to the biggest planation in Beaufort County, is also the biggest marital prize. Life is good, at least it was before the war. After the Civil War devalued Confederate money, and stripped their plantation, Townsend became a not so great catch. The only person […]
  • “Kissed” by Tanya Anne Crosby Book Review

    By Ruth on May 13, 2013
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    Kissed by Tanya Anne Crosby My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have to say that I was quite intrigued during the first portion of the book. And even somewhat into the second portion. Yes, it was fairly typical Regency romance, but there were some interesting little twists. And half of the story takes place in the American colonies. Jessie […]
  • Book Review: “Eliza” by Joyce Proell

    By Ruth on October 2, 2012
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    Historical Romance Date Published: 10/1/12 Synopsis: Posing as a widow, Eliza Danton flees an abusive marriage determined to bury the past and live a solitary life on the Minnesota frontier. When she finds herself homeless, her livelihood threatened and her safety compromised, she relies on her only resource, a man who stirs a forbidden longing and rocks the very foundation […]
  • “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 […]