The Year We Lived by Virginia Crow
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Publication Date: 10th April 2021
Publisher: Crowvus
Page Length: approx. 118,000 words – approx. 350 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

It is 1074, 8 years after the fateful Battle of Hastings. Lord Henry De Bois is determined to find the secret community of Robert, an Anglo-Saxon thane. Despite his fervour, all his attempts are met with failure.

When he captures Robert’s young sister, Edith, events are set in motion, affecting everyone involved. Edith is forced into a terrible world of cruelty and deceit, but finds

Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
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Publication Date: 30 March, 2021
Publisher: Bantam Australia
Series: Lilac Girls, Book 3
Format: Paperback (Also available as an audiobook and ebook)
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

In early 1861, Georgeanna Woolsey knows she’s not cut out for the demure life, and finds her passion for nursing just as the Civil War breaks out. She turns down marriage proposals, tries to bend societal boundaries, and is unfazed by the criticism of male doctors who consider women a bother on the battlefront. While venturing from New York to

Ropewalk: Rebellion. Love. Survival by H D Coulter
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Publication Date: 23rd November 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
Series: The Ropewalk Series, Book 1
Page Length: 243 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

The North of England, 1831.

The working class are gathering. Rebellion is stirring, and the people are divided.

Beatrice Lightfoot, a young woman fighting her own personal rebellion, is looking for an opportunity to change her luck. When she gains the attention of the enigmatic Captain Hanley, he offers her a tantalising deal to

The Colour of Evil by Toni Mount
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Publication Date: 25 March 2021
Publisher: Madeglobal.com
Series: The Sebastian Foxley Medieval Murder Mysteries
Page Length: 334 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery

Synopsis

‘The Colour of Evil’

Every Londoner has money worries, and talented artist and some-time sleuth, Seb Foxley, is no exception.

When fellow craftsmen with debts to pay are found dead in the most horrid circumstances, fears escalate. Only Seb can solve the puzzles

The Importance of Pawns by Keira J. Morgan
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Publication Date: 10th March 2021
Publisher: French Historical Fiction/Fiction de la renaissance Française
Series: Chronicles of the House of Valois
Page Length: 380 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Based on historical events and characters in sixteenth-century France, this timeless tale pits envy, power and intrigue against loyalty and the strength of women’s friendships.

Although the French court dazzles on the surface, beneath its glitter, danger lurks for the three women trapped in its coils as power shifts from one regime to the next. The story

The Penmaker's Wife by Steve Robinson
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Synopsis

In Victorian England, a mother is on the run from her past—and the truth about what she did.

Birmingham, 1880. Angelica Chastain has fled from London with her young son, William. She promises him a better life, far away from the terrors they left behind.

Securing a job as a governess, Angelica captures the attention of wealthy widower Stanley Hampton. Soon they marry and the successful future Angelica envisaged for William starts to fall into place.

But the past will not let Angelica go. As the

The Bareknuckle Groom by Holly Bush
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Publication Date: March 9, 2021
Publisher: Holly Bush Books
Series: The Thompsons of Locust Street, Book #2
Genre: Historical Romance

Synopsis

Meet the Thompsons of Locust Street, an unconventional family taking Philadelphia high society by storm…

1869 Bareknuckle champion, James Thompson, is confident his future continues with beautiful women and victories in the boxing ring. Men admire his skills, power, and quick fists, and are more than willing to bet their hard-earned coins on his name. Women

The Queen's Dressmaker by Meghan Masterson
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Publication Date: March 19th, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Format:ebook
Length: 303 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

One woman must choose between loyalty to her queen and the man she loves…

Giselle always dreamed of making beautiful dresses, but never thought she would be chosen to attend to the elegant, but troubled, queen of France, Marie Antoinette. Within the glittering, mirrored walls of the palace, Giselle ensures the queen shines brighter than anyone, with not a single feather or ruffle out

A Captain for Caroline Gray by Julie Wright
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Publication Date: March 2nd, 2021
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback, eBook, & audiobook
Length: (336) pages
Genre: Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Inspirational Fiction

Synopsis

Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two—no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her forthright opinions, her eager intellect backed by a formal education, and her unconventional

Mystery by the Sea by Verity Bright
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Publication Date: March 11th, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Series: A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 5
Format: ebook, 276 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A magnificent seaside hotel, striped deckchairs, strawberry ice cream… and a rather familiar dead body? Lady Swift is on the case!

Spring, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, explorer extraordinaire and accidental sleuth, hasn’t had a vacation since she arrived in England a year ago. Being an amateur detective can be a rather tiring business and she is determined

A New York Secret by Ella Carey
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Publication Date: March 12, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Series: Daughters of New York, Book 1 Format: ebook, 379 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

She looked at the telegram in horror, the words blurring in front of her eyes. She dropped to her knees, feeling that her entire world was ending. The paper slipped from her hands as she put her head in hands, sobs wracking her chest…

1942, New York. As war rages in Europe, Lily Rose is grateful for her perfect life: the love of her wealthy uptown parents in their beautiful brownstone overlooking the park and her

Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan
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Publication Date: March 2, 2021
Publisher: Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook; 352 pages
Genre: Biographical/Literary/Historical

Synopsis

One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin.

Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the