Tag: #WWII

“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 […]

“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 Woman with the Blue..

Posted May 11, 2021 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 0 Comments
“The Woman with the Blue Star” by Pam Jenoff

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday! About the book…   The Woman with the Blue Star Pam Jenoff On Sale Date: May 4, 2021 9780778389385, 0778389383 Trade Paperback $17.99 USD, $22.99 CAD Fiction / Historical / Jewish 336 pages   From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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, […]

“The Refrain Within̶..

Posted September 29, 2020 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 9 Comments

Welcome to Takeover Tuesday!     If you are the randomly chosen winner, I’ll contact you.   Book blurb… To save a life, would you betray everyone you love? Hungary in 1944 is a dark place. The Nazis have invaded and turned the country upside down, their evil making its way into every life. Clarinetist […]

“If I Were You” by..

Posted July 21, 2020 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 20 Comments

  Welcome to Takeover Tuesday! If you are the randomly chosen winner, I’ll contact you. Blurb… From bestselling and eight-time Christy Award–winning author Lynn Austin comes a remarkable novel of sisterhood and self-discovery set against the backdrop of WWII. 1950. In the wake of the war, Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a […]

“The Black Swan of Paris..

Posted July 2, 2020 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 0 Comments

  THE BLACK SWAN OF PARIS Author: Karen Robards ISBN: 9780778309338 Publication Date: June 30, 2020 Publisher: MIRA   About the book… For fans of The Alice Network and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a thrilling standalone by New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards about a celebrated singer in WWII occupied France who […]

“The White Rose Resists&..

Posted June 19, 2020 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 43 Comments

    Welcome to Friday Reads! If you are the randomly chosen winner, I’ll contact you.   Generally for Friday Reads I include my review. While I LOVED this book, I won’t be reviewing it, as I was blessed with the opportunity to work on this book ( as a proofreader). But, it’s still something […]