Tag: #historicalfiction

“When the Flames Ravaged..

Posted March 22, 2024 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 8 Comments
“When the Flames Ravaged” by Rhonda Dragomir … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!     If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along to the publisher.   About the book… Will Faith Perish in the Big Top’s Flames?   Evelyn Benson’s husband perished in the Bataan Death March but not her faith. The World War II Gold Star […]

“The Wings of Poppy Pend..

Posted September 22, 2023 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 20 Comments
“The Wings of Poppy Pendleton” 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 compelling new time-slip mystery, a little girl goes missing from her family’s castle in the Thousand Islands of New York. Eighty-five years later, a journalist teams up with a […]

“The Girl from the Paper..

Posted August 11, 2023 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 18 Comments
“The Girl from the Papers” by Jennifer L. Wright … 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… Inspired by one of America’s most notorious couples, Bonnie and Clyde, Jennifer L. Wright delivers a riveting tale set during the public enemy era of the Great Depression. Beatrice Carraway has […]

“Ladies of the Lake̶..

Posted July 28, 2023 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 22 Comments
“Ladies of the Lake” by Cathy Gohlke … 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… After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In The Ladies of the Lake, the beloved author of Saving Amelie and Night Bird Calling returns with […]

“The Year of JubileeR..

Posted June 2, 2023 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 6 Comments
“The Year of Jubilee” by Cindy Morgan … 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… The Year of Jubilee is a lyrical coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the turbulent South in the early 1960s. The Mockingbird family has always lived peacefully in Jubilee, Kentucky, despite […]

A Hundred Crickets Singing by ..

Posted May 20, 2022 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 16 Comments

Welcome to Friday Reads!   You can enter by using the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of this post. (Contest ends May 27, 2022.) If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along.   About A Hundred Crickets Singing… In wars eighty years apart, two young women living on the […]

“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 […]

“The Last Bookshop in Lo..

Posted April 27, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 0 Comments
“The Last Bookshop in London” by Madeline Martin

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday!   The Last Bookshop in London Madeline Martin On Sale Date: April 6, 2021 9781335284808, 133528480X Trade Paperback $16.99 USD, $21.99 CAD Fiction / Historical / WWII 320 pages   About the Book… Inspired by the true World War II history of the only bookshop to survive the Blitz, a sweeping […]

“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 […]

“The Girl from the Chann..

Posted February 2, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 4 Comments
“The Girl from the Channel Islands” by Jenny Lecoat

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday!     THE GIRL FROM THE CHANNEL ISLANDS  Author: Jenny Lecoat ISBN: 9781525806414 Publication Date: February 2, 2021 Publisher: Graydon House Books   Summary… An extraordinary story of human triumph against impossible odds   The year is 1940, and the world is torn apart by war. In June of that year, […]