Trouble For The Leading Lady Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath’s Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents … More Book review: Rachel Brimble, Trouble for the Leading Lady
To The Dark by Chris Nickson Publication Date: March 2, 2021 Severn House Publishers Series: A Simon Westow Mystery, Book 3 Genre: Historical Mystery Winter is about to take a chilling twist… Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect … More Review: Chris Nickson, To The Dark
The London Monster by Donna Scott Publication Date: November 21, 2020 Paperback & eBook; 322 pages Genre: Historical Fiction In 1788, exactly one hundred years before Jack the Ripper terrorizes the people of London, a sexual miscreant known as the London Monster roams the streets in search of his next victim… Thomas Hayes, having lost … More Book review: Donna Scott, The London Monster
Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan Publication Date: March 2, 2021 Gallery Books Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook; 352 pages Genre: Biographical/Literary/Historical 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: … More Spotlight: Mitchell James Kaplan, Rhapsody
Thunder on the Moor by Andrea Matthews Publication Date: October 30, 2019 Paperback & eBook; 432 pages Historical Fiction/Scottish/Time Travel Maggie Armstrong grew up enchanted by her father’s tales of blood feuds and border raids. In fact, she could have easily fallen for the man portrayed in one particular image in his portrait collection. Yet … More Book review: Andrea Matthews, Thunder on the Moor
Daughter Of The Sea ‘Well-paced … genuinely gripping’ Historical Novels Review Jessica is grieving for her beloved father, trawler owner Jacob Kingdom, when a heated confrontation ends with her being cast out from the family home and the revelation of a shameful secret. She falls upon the kindness of strangers and meets a charismatic trawlerman, who … More Excerpt: Sylvia Broady, Daughter of the Sea
The Duke’s Runaway Bride From shopkeeper… To Duke’s wife When Beatrix, Duchess of Howden, writes to her estranged husband offering a divorce, she’s stunned when he arrives on her doorstep with a different proposition: a six-week marriage trial! Quinton Roxbury seems cold and inscrutable, but Beatrix gradually realises his rough exterior hides a heavy burden. … More Book review: Jenni Fletcher, The Duke’s Runaway Bride
The Good Wife Where will her loyalty lead her? Once accused of witchcraft Martha Spicer is now free from the shadow of the gallows and lives a safe and happy life with her husband, Jacob. But when Jacob heads north to accompany his master, he warns Martha to keep her healing gifts a secret, to … More Book review: Eleanor Porter, The Good Wife
Today on the blog, I’m delighted to be hosting Jen Black, talking about her revised reissue of Abduction, the first in her Scots Queen series. I’ve got myself a copy, and cannot wait to get stuck into it – a review will certainly be following! Over to you Jen… I have now completely revised my … More Spotlight: Jen Black, Abduction
The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George Publication Date: January 26, 2021 Berkley Paperback & eBook; 320 pages Series: The Gilded Age Heiresses, Book #1 Genre: Historical Romance/Victorian Even a fortune forged in railroads and steel can’t buy entrance into the upper echelons of Victorian high society—for that you need a marriage of … More Book review: Harper St. George, The Heiress Gets a Duke
