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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Historical Fiction”

Blog Tour: LADY IN THE LAKE by Laura Lippman

Janelle July 29, 2019 BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Faber & Faber for my free copy. Description: Cleo Sherwood disappeared eight months ago. Aside from her parents and the two sons she left behind, no one seems to have noticed. It isn’t hard to understand …

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Blog Tour: THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE KIMONO by Ana John

Janelle May 31, 2019 BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, Park Row, TLC Book Tours 1 Comment

Description: Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man—an American sailor, a gaijin—and to marry him …

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Blog Tour: PRAIRIE FEVER by Michael Parker

Janelle May 23, 2019 Algonquin Books, BLOG TOUR, Historical Fiction Leave a Comment

Description: Set in the hardscrabble landscape of early 1900s Oklahoma, but timeless in its sensibility, Prairie Fever traces the intense dynamic between the Stewart sisters: the pragmatic Lorena and the chimerical Elise. The two are bound together not only by …

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Blog Tour: THE DAUGHTER’S TALE by Armando Lucas Correa

Janelle May 13, 2019 Atria Books, BLOG TOUR, Historical Fiction, TLC Book Tours 2 Comments

Description: BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save …

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Review: THE PARTING GLASS by Gina Marie Guadagnino

Janelle March 26, 2019 Atria Books, Book Reviews, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Historical Fiction Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Atria Books for my gorgeous free copy!  Description:  By day, Mary Ballard is lady’s maid to Charlotte Walden, wealthy and accomplished belle of New York City high society. Mary loves Charlotte with an obsessive passion that …

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Review: THE SPLENDOR BEFORE THE DARK by Margaret George

Janelle November 6, 2018 Berkley Publishing, BLOG TOUR, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Historical Fiction Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Berkley Publishing for my free copy – all opinions are my own.  Description:  With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero Augustus commands the Roman empire, ushering in an unprecedented era of artistic and …

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Review: THE LOST QUEEN by Signe Pike

Janelle October 24, 2018 Book Reviews, Fantasy, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Historical Fiction, Series, Touchstone Books Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Touchstone Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own.  Description:  In a land of mountains and mist, tradition and superstition, Languoreth and her brother Lailoken are raised in the Old Way of …

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Review: BITTER ORANGE by Claire Fuller

Janelle October 10, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, From Publisher, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Tin House Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Tin House for my free review copy – all opinions are my own. Description:  From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them―Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and …

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Book Spotlight: THE WITCH OF WILLOW HALL by Hester Fox

Janelle October 10, 2018 Book Spotlight, Fantasy, Finished Copy, Graydon House, Harlequin Publicity Team, Historical Fiction Leave a Comment

Thank you so much to Harlequin Publicity Team and Graydon House for my gorgeous free copy! This is the perfect October read! I am about halfway through and I am already SPELLBOUND – I cannot wait to finish! Description:  Two …

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Blog Tour & Review: NOVEMBER ROAD by Lou Berney

Janelle October 4, 2018 Advance Copy, BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Historical Fiction, Thriller, TLC Book Tours, William Morrow 22 Comments

Thank you so much to William Morrow for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own.  “With every decision we create a new future,” Leo said. “We destroy all other futures.” Description:  Frank Guidry, a loyal street lieutenant …

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