Category: Historical Fiction
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THE WHITE HARE by JANE JOHNSON
A wonderful story of mothers and daughters. The things they say and the secrets they don’t. An overbearing mother and a widowed and wounded daughter and granddaughter. Mila has been betrayed. By the father of her child. Now she is being bossed around by her mother. When Mila agrees to buy a rundown guest house […]
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HESTER by Laurie Lico Albanese
A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England’s witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? A lot of historical facts blended with some imagination give us a look at who Hester may have been. It’s the […]
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the ways we hide by Kristina McMorris
From the author of the wonderful Sold on a Monday comes another heartfelt story full of all the feels. A story set during World War II of an illusionist who was recruited by British Intelligence and the ingenious use of Monopoly as a tool. Fenna Vos is from Michigan. She knows what hardships are and […]
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THE MANY DAUGHTERS OF AFONG MOY by JAMIE FORD
This is a rather difficult review to write. There were so many things I had never heard of before. The story of seven women. Living with generational trauma. We begin with Dorothy Moy. Washington’s one-time poet laureate. When her young daughter begins showing signs of the same type of behavior that plagues Dorothy, she decides […]
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THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
19th Century in Mexico. Carlota Moreau is a young lady who has never been beyond her own home in the Yucatan peninsula. It is a large estate and there is much rebel conflict around them. Carlota is lonely and curious. Why do they never have company? Why must they hide? Well her father is either […]
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THE WEDDING DRESS SEWING CIRCLE by JENNIFER RYAN
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration–even at weddings–in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. Cressida Westcott fled her family manor many years ago. She is now a very successful designer […]
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A RIP THROUGH TIME by KELLEY ARMSTRONG
A Rip Through Time #1 With Armstrong finishing up her Rockton series, which we loved, she has given us a new one. A Rip Through Time is the series debut about a modern-day homicide detective from Vancouver who is in Scotland to be with her Nan, who is dying in hospital. She goes out for […]
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The SEAMSTRESS of NEW ORLEANS by DIANE C.McPHAIL
Can we take a look at this gorgeous cover? Stunning! It’s 1900 and a new century has dawned and women are making some noise. Fighting for equality in a man’s world. Alice Butterworth knows all of those rules. She also knows she needs to find a job as it looks like her husband is not […]
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BLOOMSBURY GIRLS by NATALIE JENNER
The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world. The war is over in London and the delightful Evie Stone is back. Having completed her studies at Cambridge she is […]
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THE MAGNIFICENT LIVES OF MARJORIE POST by ALLISON PATAKI
An epic reimagining of the remarkable life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the American heiress and trailblazing leader of the twentieth century, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sisi Marjorie Merriweather Post was not born in the type of wealth that would later allow her to own Mar-a-Lago and entertain heads of state from […]
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