Tag: historical fiction

The Other Side of Whale Road

The Other Side of Whale Road

The Other Side of Whale Road by K.A. Hayton | Spotlight
When his mum burns down their house on the Whitehorse estate, sixteen-year-old Joss is sent to live in a sleepy Suffolk village.
The place is steeped in history, as Joss learns when a bike accident pitches him back more than 1,000 years to an Anglo-Saxon village. That history also tells him his new friends are in mortal peril from bloodthirsty invaders. Can he warn their ruler, King Edmund, in time?
And will he ever get home?

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The Secret of Drulea Cottage by Claire Kohler | Betwixt the Sea and Shore #1

The Secret of Drulea Cottage by Claire Kohler | Betwixt the Sea and Shore #..

The Secret of Drulea Cottage by Claire Kohler (Betwixt the Sea and Shore #1) | Review & $25 Giveaway
Magic, romance, & political Intrigue collide as secrets surrounding a Scottish woman begin to unravel. Secrets she may not be ready to face. #HistoricalFantasy #Fiction @GoddessFishPromotions @Claire-Kohler-Books

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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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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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