CAN'T-WAIT WEDNESDAY: I Can't Wait for Josephine's Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
BOOK REVIEW-BLOG TOUR: The Sarah Bennett Mysteries (Books 1-3) by Terry Lynn Thomas
The Spirit of Grace
Publication Date: November 26, 2017
HQ Digital
Series: Sarah Bennett Mysteries, Book One
Genre: Historical Mystery
Synopsis
Sarah Bennett doesn’t remember the night her mother tumbled down the stairs at Bennett House, despite allegedly witnessing the fatal fall. There was talk of foul play, dark whispers, and sidelong glances, all aimed at Sarah, prompting her family to send her to The Laurels, an exclusive asylum in San Francisco, under a cloud of suspicion. Now, on the one-year
HQ Digital
Series: Sarah Bennett Mysteries, Book One
Genre: Historical Mystery
Synopsis
Sarah Bennett doesn’t remember the night her mother tumbled down the stairs at Bennett House, despite allegedly witnessing the fatal fall. There was talk of foul play, dark whispers, and sidelong glances, all aimed at Sarah, prompting her family to send her to The Laurels, an exclusive asylum in San Francisco, under a cloud of suspicion. Now, on the one-year
Where the Light Enters by Sara Donati
Book Review - Blog Tour
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Format: Paperback
Pages: 672
Genre: Historical Fiction, Family Saga
Synopsis
Obstetrician Dr. Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. With the help of Dr. Anna Savard, her dearest friend, cousin, and fellow physician she plans to continue her work aiding the disadvantaged women
BOOK REVIEW: Finding Eliza by Heather Whitford Roche
Everything Knill thought he knew was false. Now he must search for where he belongs...
1921. Central Victoria.
Knill McMillan’s life is perfectly ordinary: a country upbringing, caring parents, cousins who are his best mates. He is a young man with the world before him.
But he’s always had the sense he doesn’t quite fit in, doesn’t quite belong. And then one night he is brutally beaten. As he lies bleeding on the ground his attacker calls him something that he is unable to get out of his
READ AN EXCERPT/BLOG TOUR: Farewell My Life by Cynthia Sally Haggard
eBook & Paperback; 586 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis
Angelina led a life which required her to fib. When Angelina, the black sheep of the Pagano family, meets the mysterious Mr. Russell, she has no idea that she has seen him before…in another country. And so begins Farewell My Life, a novel in three parts, which spins an operatic tale of dangerous love and loss.
The Lost Mother, the first part of this novel, slices
CAN'T-WAIT WEDNESDAY: I Can't Wait for The Poppy Wife by Caroline Scott
READ AN EXCERPT/BLOG TOUR: With Kisses from Cécile by Jan Agnello & Anne Armistead
Storyology Design and Publication
eBook and Paperback
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis
A heartbroken Maggie travels to Paris to visit the grave of her great-grandmother’s French pen pal Cécile and uncovers 100-year-old secrets that give her courage to rebuild her own life.
NOW
Maggie Ruth Mitchell’s failed attempt at reconciliation with her unfaithful husband has left
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION: From A Gentleman in Moscow to The Jacobite's Wife
Today's starting point is A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I've not read this book, although I do want to, hopefully before the TV series is released.
The plot involves an aristocrat who is arrested by the Bolsheviks and confined to a hotel. His luxury suite is exchanged for a small attic room with a tiny window. This immediately brought to mind Robyn Cadwallader's The Anchoress where the female
CAN'T-WAIT WEDNESDAY: I Can't Wait for The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad
COVER REVEAL: Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau
Publication Date: January 16, 2020
Endeavor Quill
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis
The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in
The Millwood Mystery by Jeannie Lockett
Book Review
This book, published by Corella Press, is part of their 19th Century Australian Crime and Mystery Collection.
Millwood, a small town in rural New South Wales, is rocked by the sudden death of one of its residents, the young, beautiful and wealthy widow, Barbara Graham. The death is suspicious, but the coroner’s jury returns an open verdict.
However, in the town’s opinion, Barbara’s relatives: Marjory, her stepdaughter; Robert Neill, her cousin and fiancé; and Grace, Robert’s widowed sister, could all be involved.
While their testimonies were credible, the town’s doctor, Dr Reade, believes they know more than what was revealed at the inquest. Determined to
However, in the town’s opinion, Barbara’s relatives: Marjory, her stepdaughter; Robert Neill, her cousin and fiancé; and Grace, Robert’s widowed sister, could all be involved.
While their testimonies were credible, the town’s doctor, Dr Reade, believes they know more than what was revealed at the inquest. Determined to
COVER REVEAL: 19th Century Australian Crime and Mystery Collection
Today, I'm pleased to be participating in the blog tour promoting a new fiction collection from Corella Press. I have two posts scheduled for today: this cover reveal and, later, a book review and news of a giveaway.
A very exciting event will take place in Brisbane on August 30th 2019 at the Avid Reader Bookshop. Corella Press, an initiative of Queensland University, will launch the first two books
A very exciting event will take place in Brisbane on August 30th 2019 at the Avid Reader Bookshop. Corella Press, an initiative of Queensland University, will launch the first two books
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