Tag: #historical

“The Winter Rose” ..

Posted January 14, 2022 by Leslie in Uncategorized / 22 Comments
“The Winter Rose” by Melanie Dobson … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!     If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along.    About the book… In this gripping WWII time-slip novel from the author whose books have been called “propulsive” and a “must-read” (Publishers Weekly), Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker who works tirelessly in Vichy […]

“Protecting Annie”..

Posted December 21, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 14 Comments
“Protecting Annie” by Jodie Wolfe … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday!     If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along.    About the book… After twenty years of living along the trail as a deputy U.S. Marshal, Joshua Walker takes a job as sheriff in Burrton Springs, Kansas so he can be closer to his […]

“The Bookseller’s ..

Posted August 17, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 0 Comments
“The Bookseller’s Secret” by Michelle Gable

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday!      The Bookseller’s Secret : A Novel of Nancy Mitford and WWII  Michelle Gable On Sale Date: August 17, 2021 9781525806469 Trade Paperback $16.99 USD 400 pages   About the book… From New York Times bestselling author Michelle Gable comes a dual-narrative set at the famed Heywood Hill Bookshop in […]

“If It Rains” by J..

Posted July 2, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 16 Comments
“If It Rains” by Jennifer L. Wright … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!   If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information.  (Note: This book releases July 6, 2021.) About the book… A story of resilience and redemption set against one of America’s defining moments—the Dust Bowl. It’s 1935 in Oklahoma, and lives are determined by the dust. Fourteen-year-old Kathryn Baile, […]

“Chasing Shadows” ..

Posted June 18, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 14 Comments
“Chasing Shadows” by Lynn Austin … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!   If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information.    About the book… For fans of bestselling WWII fiction comes a powerful novel from Lynn Austin about three women whose lives are instantly changed when the Nazis invade the neutral Netherlands, forcing each into a complicated dance of […]

“Jewel of the Nile”..

Posted June 8, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 4 Comments
“Jewel of the Nile” by Tessa Afshar … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday!     If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information.    About the book… Whispered secrets about her parents’ past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of Cush. Raised as an orphan by […]

“Sustaining Faith”..

Posted June 4, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 16 Comments
“Sustaining Faith” by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!     If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information.    About the book… So much has been accomplished. Lillian Walsh has stepped out courageously beyond what she’d ever dreamed of being able to achieve. She and her newly rediscovered sister, Grace, have settled three children from England […]

“The Curator’s Dau..

Posted March 26, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 22 Comments
“The Curator’s Daughter” by Melanie Dobson … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!   If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information.    About the book… A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of World War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist forced into the Nazi Party and—decades later—a researcher trying to overcome her own trauma. 1940: Hanna Tillich […]

“Shadows of the White Ci..

Posted March 12, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 18 Comments
“Shadows of the White City” by Jocelyn Green … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!     You can enter by using the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of this post.  If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information.   Q & A with Jocelyn… Q: Shadows of the White City takes place in Chicago during the World’s Fair of 1893. What is […]

“Roots of Wood and Stone..

Posted February 12, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 12 Comments
“Roots of Wood and Stone” by Amanda Wen … and a GIVEAWAY!

About the book…   This historic home holds the keys to their destiny . . . and their hearts Abandoned at birth, her family roots a mystery, historical museum curator Sloane Kelley has dedicated her life to making sure others know theirs. When a donor drops off a dusty old satchel, she doesn’t expect much […]