Genre: Historical Fiction

Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | The Guernsey Novels #8 

Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | The Guernsey Novels #8 

Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | The Guernsey Novels #8
Two women, living two hundred years apart but closer than sisters.
Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer, and living in the new family mansion in Georgian Guernsey. Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion.
Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life?

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When Destiny Calls by Tricia McGill | Review

When Destiny Calls by Tricia McGill | Review

When Destiny Calls by Tricia McGill | Review & Giveaway
From one crazy period in history to another. Whisked by some unseen force from the Covid-19 ridden world of 2020 in Australia, to an equally horrific time in the past, carer Chloe Simpson finds herself in North London during the Blitz of 1940. Could be that Chloe became too immersed in the stories related to her by Minnie, a woman in the Australian nursing home where she cares for elderly people.

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The Strong Within Us by J. A Boulet | Review

The Strong Within Us by J. A Boulet | Review

The Strong Within Us by J. A Boulet | Review
Nathan Olason picks up the pieces of his life in 1893 and becomes a devoted father and grandfather. Except something from his past is holding him back. Book two of the Olason Chronicles.

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The Black Widow's Prey by N. S. Wikarski | Review

The Black Widow's Prey by N. S. Wikarski | Review

The Black Widow's Prey by N. S. Wikarski might be Book Three of the Gilded Age Chicago Mystery series, but it can certainly be read as a stand-alone story. I have not yet read the first two books in the series, but I enjoyed this one immensely.

Consulting detectives Evangeline LeClair and Freddie Simpson face their most challenging case yet when a priceless Egyptian artifact is stolen from a Chicago museum.

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Nellie's Heartbreak by Rosie Clarke | Review

Nellie's Heartbreak by Rosie Clarke | Review

Nellie's Heartbreak by Rosie Clarke
Nellie’s Heartbreak is a wonderfully written pre-WW2 saga depicting the changing of class separation and life struggles.

Poor Nellie, ill-treated by her mother for her entire life, is sent into service on her 15th birthday. Once she settles into her new life, she begins to find a measure of peace. Unfortunately, it doesn't last.

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