Category: Historical Romance
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If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love by MARY CALVI
A fact-based romantic speculative novel about Teddy Roosevelt’s first love My grandfather was a big fan of Teddy Roosevelt. It could have been from when his dad told him about Roosevelt coming to North Dakota and also telling him this story. Alice Lee was a beautiful woman from Boston. In 1878, she set out to…
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THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET by DIANE CHAMBERLAIN
Some history, a little mystery and a lot of prejudice! Told in two times, this story takes one of the characters, Ellie Hockley, and tells her story from 1965. A time when I watched the world through a child’s eyes. I was a child of the deep south and integration didn’t come for longer that…
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New Releases for the New Year!
Great Book Releases on the last day of the year! The Moonshiner’s Daughter by Donna Everhart debuts today! Sealed Off by Barbara Ross debuts today! The Beautiful Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn debuts today! Matchmaking Can Be Murder by Amanda Flower debuts today! And do not forget Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison which came…
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The Best of My 2017 Awards!
It’s true. Today is your last reading day of the year! Have you met your Goodreads Challenge? All caught up on your Netgalley Reviews? Happy to say yes, I am. And following are some but by no means all of the best in their genres. Best Debut Fiction: Jennifer Irwin for A Dress The Color…
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House of Silence by Sarah Barthel
Oak Park, Illinois, 1875. Isabelle Larkin s future like that of every young woman hinges upon her choice of husband. She delights her mother by becoming engaged to Gregory Gallagher, who is charismatic, politically ambitious, and publicly devoted. But Isabelle s visions of a happy, profitable match come to a halt when she witnesses her…
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The Princess Wore Plaid by Karen Hawkins
The Princess Wore Plaid by Karen Hawkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Princess Wore Plaid by Karen Hawkins is the next in the Princes of Oxenburg series. A spin off of the Duchess Diaries series. The daughter of the King of Oxenburg, Tatiana is beautiful, pampered, and wealthy.. Off to her cousin’s wedding…
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