Category: Historical Fiction
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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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Sister Stardust by JANE GREEN
Jane Green reimagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of the Swinging ’60s A reimagining of Talita and Paul Getty living the rich and exciting life that small- town Claire can only dream about. But she has dreams and heads for London. After some fortuitous meetings,…
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BLACKOUT by SIMON SCARROW
Berlin, December 1939 So much tension in this one! The Nazis are quickly taking over and everyone is a little paranoid and terrified. There are shortages, blackouts, and murders. The wife of one of the Nazi lawyers is found murdered. Brutally so. CI Horst Schenke is following the law and doing his investigation. He is…
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UNDER THE GOLDEN SUN by JENNY ASHCROFT
Rose Hamilton is boarding the train to meet her Uncle and her brother for tea. Rose is at odds with her life at the moment. World War II has everyone on edge. She is still healing from being dismissed from military service and is engaged/not engaged to a truly narcissistic man. When she happens to…
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THE TSARINA’S DAUGHTER by ELLEN ALPSTEN
Ellen Alpsten’s stunning new novel, The Tsarina’s Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal. I love Historical Fiction. This book took a true story and added in what could have been said or…
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The Orchard by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
Four teens in the 1980’s are all living in the last days of the USSR. However, none have the exact same experiences. Told by Anya, whose parents have a dacha and an apple orchard and food to eat. Best friend Milka has nothing but an abusive step-father and whatever she can find to eat. Together…
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LOVE & SAFFRON by KIM FAY
This witty and tender novel follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us all and that friendship and laughter are the best medicine. It’s the sixties in America. Joan Bergstrom is just twenty-seven. She lives in Los Angeles with her mother and is writing for the newspaper. Imogen…
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A LULLABY FOR WITCHES by HESTER FOX
Two women. A history of witchcraft. And a deep-rooted female power that sings across the centuries. With that blurb, I couldn’t resist. What has the gothic author created for us this time? The story is told by two voices. One in the present, Augusta Podos, and one in the past, Margaret Harlowe. Their stories are…
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