Books
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Review: Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England by Catherine Bailey
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Catherine Bailey chronicles the rise and fall of the Fitzwilliam coal mining dynasty in Yorkshire England. The Fitzwilliam family was at one time, one of the wealthiest families in all of England. So how does this extensive fortune and massive house end up on the real estate market in 2014 in need of mass repairs? Well that’s what Bailey decides to find out. What follows is this outstanding narrative about the rise and fall of this aristocratic family, a fortune worth 3 billion pounds by today’s standards, and a family full of salacious scandal, family feuds, and dark secrets. This book was scandalous and…
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Review: Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the Revolution) by Donna Thorland
Actress Jennifer “Jenny” Leighton is a struggling actress in occupied Manhattan during the American Revolution. She is living with her aunt who is a big name British actress. Jenny hopes to make a name for herself as a play write and gain an influential British patron. The only man in Manhattan that might be able to give Jenny the patronage, General John Burgoyne, is sequestered on his ship as his staff fear that American rebels will kill him if he makes an appearance in the city. Jenny has heard the rumors about General Burgoyne…he is quite the ladies man. Knowing that he will likely try to seduce her instead, Jenny must make a choice.
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Special Feature: Valentines Day Reads
Valentines Day is here book lovers! Maybe you are gearing up for a weekend of chocolates and roses with your significant other while others might be curling up alone with their favorite book boyfriend or girlfriend! Whatever your plans are for this V Day, if you are looking for a little romance in literature there are plenty of books out there to choose from. Please welcome Spencer Blohm, a regular contributor on my blog, as he talks about some of today’s most popular YA romance novels! Hopefully this will get you into the romantic spirit! You’ve Got the Love – The Best YA Books for V-Day
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Special Feature: TABOR’S TRINKET by Janet Lane
Please join Janet Lane as she tours the blogosphere for Tabor’s Trinket, the first book in the Coin Forest Series, from January 26-February 20. Publication Date: September 1, 2014 Dreaming Tree Publishing, LLC eBook; 335p ASIN: B00N9JVRD8 Series: The Coin Forest Series, Book One Genre: Historical Romance/Medieval Love proves perilous in this “Pretty Woman/Pride and Prejudice” historical romance tale set in 15th century England. Sold as a slave in Romania for seven pounds and three solidi, the Gypsy girl, Sharai, escapes a slave ship infected with the plague. As an adult, she performs her silky, exotic dances to earn enough to sustain herself and the toddling orphan girl…
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Review: King’s Folly (Legends of Fyrsta #2) by Sabrina Flynn
Here we are….back in Fyrsta and back with some of our favorite characters from the first novel! Isiilde is growing up and as always, she’s a bit feisty! Isiilde and her friends Marsais and Oenghus risked going through a portal fleeing a madman, but what they find in this portal is anything but good, in fact the discover how truly inhospitable the realms are! Isiilde and Oenghus grown closer as they endure unimaginable horrors. Rather than focus too much on what the novel is about and give away any story lines, I want to talk about what was good and what was bad…that’s why you are reading this blog right? OK…
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Special Feature: THE WITCH HUNTER’S TALE by Sam Thomas
Publication date: January 6, 2015 St. Martin’s Press Formats: eBook, Hardcover Pages: 320 Series: Book Three, The Midwife Mysteries Series Genre: Historical Mystery Sam Thomas takes readers back to Puritan England with midwife Bridget Hodgson, hailed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as “one of the most fascinating detectives in contemporary mystery fiction.” Winter has come to the city of York, and with it the threat of witchcraft. As women and children sicken and die, midwife Bridget Hodgson is pulled against her will into a full-scale witch-hunt that threatens to devour all in its path, guilty and innocent alike. Bridget—accompanied once again by her deputy Martha Hawkins and her…
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Announcement: Winner MOTH AND SPARK by Anne Leonard
And the winner of the giveaway for MOTH AND SPARK by Anne Leonard is….. Tiffany @LadyGStationery (follows on Twitter) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Guest Post: The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell
TITLE: Medieval Medley When it comes to writing historical fiction, you can keep your Tudors and your Regencies. Yes, they might be wildly popular but I know of no other time period in history that is as fascinating as the medieval, which in my opinion is sadly neglected. If you’re not yet a fan, let me give you a flavour in my Medieval Medley. You may change your mind! Medieval Mate My hero is Sir Benedict Palmer, a chain mail-wearing knight. There may be some eye-rolling at this as appealing dress from male readers, who are possible envisaging a wimpy Sir Lancelot type. Gentlemen, a suit of chain mail and…
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Announcement: Winner UNBECOMING by Rebecca Scherm
And the winner of the giveaway for UNBECOMING by Rebecca Scherm is….. Ashley at citygirlscapes (follows on Twitter) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard
I have some serious cover lust happening with this one. I would have read this book for the cover alone, but then when I read that it was about dragons, love, and a prince with a quest….how could I resist! Prince Corin has been picked by the dragons to free them from their bondage to the empire….the only problem is he doesn’t quite know how he’s supposed to do that. The dragons charge him with this seemingly impossible deed and gift him powers but he has no idea what to do about this quest. So he returns to the palace to continue on with his daily life. On his way home,…