Category: Historical Fiction
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Review: RUST & STARDUST by T. Greenwood
Thank you so much St. Martin’s Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth’s, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make…
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Review: TIFFANY BLUES by M.J. Rose
Many thanks to Get Red PR and Atria for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: New York, 1924. Twenty‑four‑year‑old Jenny Bell is one of a dozen burgeoning artists invited to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s prestigious artists’ colony. Gifted and determined, Jenny vows to avoid distractions and romantic entanglements and take full…
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TLC Book Tours Review: ANOTHER WOMAN’S HUSBAND by Gill Paul
Thank you so much TLC Book Tours and William Morrow for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: In 1911, fifteen-year-old Mary Kirk meets Wallis Warfield at summer camp, she’s immediately captivated by her fearless, brazen, and self-assured personality. And Wallis has a way with the boys who are drawn to…
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Blog Tour Review: IF YOU LEAVE ME by Crystal Hana Kim
Thank you so much to William Morrow for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: When the communist-backed army from the north invades her home, sixteen-year-old Haemi Lee, along with her widowed mother and ailing brother, is forced to flee to a refugee camp along the coast. For a few…
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Review: THE MYTH OF PERPETUAL SUMMER by Susan Crandall
Thank you so much Gallery Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: Tallulah James’s parents’ volatile relationship, erratic behavior, and hands-off approach to child rearing set tongues to wagging in their staid Mississippi town, complicating her already uncertain life. She takes the responsibility of shielding her family’s reputation and…
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Review: SUMMER WIVES by Beatriz Williams
Thank you so much to TLC Book Tours and William Morrow Books for this gorgeous free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in…
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Review: DEAR MRS. BIRD by A.J. Pearce
Many thanks to Scribner Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming…
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Review: EAGLE & CRANE by Suzanne Rindell
Many thanks to Putnam Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: Louis Thorn and Haruto “Harry” Yamada — Eagle and Crane — are the star attractions of Earl Shaw’s Flying Circus, a daredevil (and not exactly legal) flying act that traverses Depression-era California. The young men have a complicated…
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Review: LADY BE GOOD by Amber Brock
Thank you so much to Kathleen Carter and Crown Publishing for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Kitty Tessler is the winsome and clever only child of self-made hotel and nightclub tycoon Nicolas Tessler. Kitty may not have the same pedigree as the tennis club set she admires, but…
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Review: ALL THE EVER AFTERS by Danielle Teller
Many many thanks to William Morrow and TLC Book Tours for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about…