Unspoken by Jann Alexander Book Review - Blog Tour

Publication Date: July 3, 2025
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Series: The Dust Series
Pages: 368
Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Trailer: Here

Book Description

A farm devastated. A dream destroyed. A family scattered. And one Texas girl determined to salvage the wreckage.

Ruby Lee Becker can't breathe. It's 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. On Black Sunday, the biggest blackest storm of them all threatens ten-year-old Ruby with deadly dust pneumonia and requires a drastic choice

Marguerite: Hell Hath No Fury! by Judith Arnopp Read an Excerpt

Publication Date: June 21st, 2025
Publisher: independently published
Pages: 342
Genre: Historical Fiction/Biographical Fiction

Book Description

Marguerite: Queen of England

From the moment Henry VI's new queen, Marguerite of Anjou, sets foot on English soil she is despised by the English as a foreigner, and blamed for the failures of the hundred years war in France.

 Her enemies impede her role as the king’s consort and when Henry sinks into apparent madness, her bid to become regent is rejected. Marguerite must fight, not only for her own position but to maintain Henry’s possession of the crown. 

The Will of God by Julian de la Motte Read an Excerpt

Publication Date: May 13, 2025
Publisher: Historium Press
Pages: 292
Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Description

"Deus Lo Vult!"

Gilles is the natural son of the Earl Waltheof, executed by William the Conqueror for supposed treachery. Raised in Normandy by Queen Matilda of England, Gilles is a young servant of Robert, Duke of Normandy, when the first call for a Holy War against the infidel and for the liberation of Jerusalem is raised in Christendom. Along with thousands of others, inspired by a variety of motives, intense piety mixed with a sense of adventure and the prospects of richness, Gilles becomes a key and respected follower of the Duke of

A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson Spotlight

Publication Date: January 8th, 2022
Publisher: Archbury Books
Series: Dr DuLac series, Book #1
Pages: 220 ebk, 366 pbk
Genre: Medieval Timeslip Mystery Romance

Book Description

Can echoes of the past threaten the present? They are 1500 years apart, but can they reach out to each other across the centuries? One woman faces a traumatic truth in the present day. The other is forced to marry the man she hates as the 'dark ages' unfold.

How can Dr Viv DuLac, medievalist and academic, unlock the secrets of the past?

Traumatised by betrayal, she slips into 499 AD and into the body of Lady Vivianne, who is also battling treachery. Viv must uncover the mystery

A Mischief of Murder by Helen Hollick Snippet Tour

Publication Date: 16th July 2025
Publisher: Taw River Press
Series: A Jan Christopher Murder Mystery – Episode #6
Pages: 140
Genre: Cosy Mystery

Book Description

The village Flower and Veg Show should be a fun annual event – but who added mischief and murder to the traditional schedule?

July 1973 Old friends and new enemies? Jan Christopher’s Aunt Madge is to be a judge at Chappletawton’s annual village flower and vegetable summer show – a chance for the family to have a holiday in the Devon countryside, especially as Jan’s fiancé, DS Laurie Walker, is still recovering from gunshot wounds and her uncle, DCI Toby Christopher, is

A Prodigy in Auschwitz by Fred Raymond Goldman Read an Excerpt

Publication Date: April 29th, 2025
Publisher: Historium Press
Series: A Holocaust Story, Book One: Simon
Pages: 368
Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Description

When Nazi Germany troops enter Krakow, Poland on September 2, 1939, fourteen-year-old Simon Baron learns two truths that have been hidden from him.

One, the people who have raised him are not his biological parents. Two, his birth mother was Jewish. In the eyes of the Germans, although he has been raised Catholic, this makes Simon Jewish.

Simon's dreams of becoming a concert

The Standing Stone on the Moor by Allie Cresswell Book Review - Blog Tour

Publication Date: 20th June 2025
Publisher: Allie Cresswell Limited
Series: Talbot Saga Book #3 (can be read as a standalone)
Pages: 531
Genre: Historical Romance

Book Description

Yorkshire, 1845.

Folklore whispers that they used to burn witches at the standing stone on the moor. When the wind is easterly, it wails a strange lament. History declares it was placed as a marker, visible for miles—a signpost for the lost, directing them towards home.

Forced from their homeland by the potato famine, a group of itinerant Irish refugees sets up camp by the stone. They are met with

Dagger's Destiny by Linnea Tanner Audiobook Spotlight + Giveaway (International)

Publication Date: October 2, 2018 (Audiobook Publication)
Publisher: Apollo Raven Publisher, LLC
Listening Length: 12 hours and 50 minutes
Series: Curse of Clansmen and Kings
Narrator: Kristin James
Genre: Historical Fantasy, Historical Romantasy, Myth & Legend
Book Trailer on YouTube: HERE

Book Description

A Celtic warrior princess accused of treason for aiding her enemy lover must

The Lydiard Chronicles by Elizabeth St John Spotlight

Publication Date: 2016-2020
Publisher: Falcon Historical
Book Titles: The Lady of the Tower (Book #1), By Love Divided (Book #2), Written in Their Stars (Book #3)
Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Description

Duty, passion, and power collide in The Lydiard Chronicles, a gripping trilogy inspired by true events. Follow three courageous women—survivors, strategists, and storytellers—who defy the constraints of society to shape their family’s fate and England’s future. Their voices echo through time. Their legacy changed a nation.

An Echo of Ashes by Ron Allen Ames Read an Excerpt

Publication Date: March 25, 2025
Publisher: Historium Press
Pages: 247
Genre: Historical Fiction based on a true story

Book Description    

An Echo of Ashes is a story lost to time, then found again in century-old letters that lay in a tattered box. Based on actual events taken from the pages, this story tells of when the Great War and the Spanish Influenza forever altered the lives of millions, including a family of subsistence farmers who also worked the oil fields of Pennsylvania.

Ella and Almon make their home in the backcountry. Almon and his sons work in the oil fields, just as their forefathers before them. As war and influenza break out, the

Shattered Peace by Julie McDonald Zander Spotlight

Publication Date: March 27, 2025 (Official book launch was May 10, 2025)
Publisher: St. Helens Press
Pages: 290
Genre: Historical Fiction, Time-slip, World War I
Book Trailer: HERE

Book Description

A forgotten diary. A century-old secret. A town still haunted by its past.

When former Navy Seabee Colleen Holmes inherits an old house in Centralia, Washington, she sees it as a chance to escape her own ghosts and start anew. But as she peels back layers of history within the home’s walls, she unearths long-buried secrets tied to a dark chapter in the town’s history.

FATE: Tales of History, Mystery and Magic by Annie Whitehead, Jean Gill, Marian L Thorpe, Helen Hollick, Alison Morton, Elizabeth St.John, R. Marsden, Anna Belfrage, J. P Reedman, Debbie Young. With an introduction by Cathie Dunn and endword by Helen Hollick New Release Book Blast

Publication Date: 16th June 2025
Publisher: Taw River Press
Pages: 244
Genre: anthology: short stories of history, mystery and magic

Book Description

If you had a crystal ball to predict what lay ahead, would you be tempted to use it? Or would you leave the future to the turn of Fate?

Tales of Variety. Tales of History, Mystery and Magic – some comprising just one of these popular fiction genres, others, a mild mixture of all three. Perhaps you prefer historical fiction rather than a story about magic or fantasy? Maybe you enjoy exploring new themes or prefer sticking to the familiar? Historical fiction can often inform, imparting knowledge of the past, of its events and its people. Stories of mystery

The Dutch Muse by Heidi Eljarbo Spotlight

Publication Date: 17 June 2025
Publisher: Independently published
Series: A Fabiola Bennett Mystery
Pages: 270
Genre: Historical Art Mystery, Dual Timeline, Historical Fiction, Dutch Historical Fiction, Dual-timeline Fiction

Book Description

A ruthless thief leaves a private Dutch gallery with a coveted seventeenth-century painting. The owner lies unconscious on the floor. Art historian Fabiola Bennett is on vacation in Holland and takes on the case.

Amsterdam, 1973.
It’s late summer, and Fabiola and Pippa join their friend, Cary, for a few days of sightseeing, museums, and riding bikes around the beautiful city.

Bess - Tudor Gentlewoman by Tony Riches Spotlight

Publication Date: May 2nd , 2025
Publisher: Preseli Press
Series: The Elizabethan Series, Book #6
Pages: 337
Genre: Historical Fiction/Tudor Fiction

Book Description

Bess Throckmorton defies her notorious background and lack of education to become Queen Elizabeth’s Gentlewoman and trusted confidante.

Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, will she risk her queen’s anger by marrying adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh without permission?

Entangled in a web of intrigue, from the glittering Palace of Whitehall to the cells of the Tower of London, Bess endures tragedy and

Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift Read an Excerpt

Publication Date: 8th May 2025
Publisher: HQDigital
Pages: 361
Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Description

'Taut, compelling and beautifully written – I loved it!’ ~ DAISY WOOD

'Tense and thought-provoking' ~ CATHERINE LAW

1940. As Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive.

A lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo. Inside lies intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop

Lady of the Quay by Amanda Roberts Read a Snippet

Publication Date: May 9th, 2025
Publisher: Hickory Press
Series: Isabella Gillhespy Series, Book #1
Pages: 256
Genre: Historical Mystery/Suspense

Book Description

Knowing she is innocent is easy … proving it is hard

1560, Berwick-upon-Tweed, northern England

Following the unexpected death of her father, a series of startling discoveries about the business she inherits forces Isabella Gillhespy to re-evaluate everything she understands about her past and expects from her future. Facing financial ruin, let down by people on whom she thought she could rely, and suspected of crimes that threaten her

Luminous by Samantha Wilcoxson 5th Publication Anniversary Book Blast

Publication Date: June 5, 2020
Publisher: independently published
Audio narration: Joanne Joyce
Pages: 319
Genre: biographical historical fiction

Book Description

Tragic true story of a radium girl.

Catherine's life is set on an unexpected course when she accepts a job at Radium Dial. The dial painters forge friendships and enjoy their work but soon discover that an evil secret lurks in the magical glow-in-the-dark paint. When she and her friends start falling ill, Catherine Donohoe takes on the might of a big corporation and becomes an early pioneer of social justice in the era between world wars.

Emotive and inspiring - this book will touch you

Falling Pomegranate Seeds by Wendy J. Dunn Read a Snippet

Publication Date: February 28th, 2025
Publisher: Poesy Quill
Series: Omnibus Edition
Pages: 1030 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction/Tudor Fiction

Book Description

In the Falling Pomegranate Seeds Duology, readers are transported to the rich historical tapestry of 15th and 16th-century Europe, where the lives of remarkable women unfold against the backdrop of political upheaval and personal struggles.

In the first book, beginning in 1490 Castile, Doña Beatriz Galindo, a passionate and respected scholar, serves as an advisor to Queen Isabel of Castile. Beatriz yearns for a life beyond the constraints imposed on women, desiring to control her own destiny. As she

White Feathers by Susan Lanigan Read an Excerpt

Publication Date: 21/3/2025
Publisher: Idée Fixe Press
Series: White Feathers, Book #1
Pages: 398
Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Description

"Anti-war and anti-patriarchy without ever saying so - a bravura performance of effortless elegance" - Irish Echo in Australia

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015

In 1913, Irish emigrée Eva Downey receives a bequest from an elderly suffragette to attend a finishing school. There she finds friendship and, eventually, love. But when war looms and he refuses to enlist, Eva is under family and social pressure to give the man she loves a white

The Cross of Ciarán by Andrea Matthews Spotlight

Publication Date: June 18, 2020
Publisher: Inez M. Foster – self-published
Series: The Cross of Ciarán series #1
Pages: 362
Genre: Time Slip Romance

Book Description

When a fifth century pagan priest is unearthed in Ireland fifteen hundred years after being entombed, archaeologist Caitlin O’Connell is convinced it’s the find of the century. The body is in perfect condition, right down to the intricate tattoos adorning the Celt’s skin. In fact, if scientific data hadn’t proved otherwise, she would swear he hadn’t been interred more than a few hours.

Eager to discover more about the mysterious Celt, Caitlin accompanies the body back to the New York museum where she’s employed,