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Giveaway: Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton

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In ancient Egypt, Hatshepsut will become on it’s most notorious rulers. Egypt will prosper under her reign, but at what cost to her personal life?

Her whole life she dreamed of being free and able to make her own choices but a tragic accident changes her life forever. 

Thanks to the HFVBT and the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy.

Giveaway runs 5/15/14 to 5/22/14

Winners will be announced 5/23/14.

(how to enter)

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Review: Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Stephanie Thornton

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Author Stephanie Thornton has an affinity for lost women in ancient history. I had the pleasure or reading her first book about Empress Theodora last year and absolutely loved it.

I was thrilled when I heard about her latest novel, Daughter of the Gods, about one of Egypt’s most notorious female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. 

This time we venture into ancient Egypt where the country has known peace for quite some time. Thutmose reigns and with one surviving son, Thut and two daughters Neferubity and Hatshepsut. 

Neferubity is to marry Thut to ensure the pure blood lines, while Hatshepsut is free to be as wild as her patron goddess, Sekhmet, is. The goddess of war is a fierce as the lion she embodies and Hatshepsut  worships her. 

Hatshepsut  is a skilled hunter and loves racing her chariot through the streets. With few responsibilities, she is free to love as she chooses and do what she likes as it is Neferubity who has the responsibility of carrying on the blood line. 

But when Neferubity dies suddenly, Hatshepsut’s life changes forever. 

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Review: Long Live the King (Love & Inheritance Trilogy #2) by Fay Weldon

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Like many fans of the show, Downton Abbey, I am constantly on the look out for upstairs/downstairs inspired books to tide me over until the next season of Downton comes out!

I stumbled upon Fay Weldon’s latest novel in the Love and Inheritance series, Long Live the King and was thrilled to learn that Weldon was actually the writer of the original series Upstairs Downstairs.

This novel is full of Edwardian era intrigue, not to mention a healthy dose of occultist practices such as seances and communicating with the dead.

Queen Victoria is dead and along with her, the restrictive lifestyle that had defined her reign. Her son, Bertie is to take the throne and London is buzzing with excitement about the upcoming coronation.

It’s to be the historic and  social event of the new century!

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Review: The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler

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In post WWII Montreal, Lily Azerov arrives to meet her betrothed for the first time.

But this stranger harbors a secret. In Eastern Europe she stumbles upon a dead woman and assumes her identity.

After fleeing Eastern Europe for Palestine, as a new woman, she becomes engaged via mail order to a Canadian names Sol Kramer.

After arriving in Montreal, Sol refuses to marry her rather quickly after the meeting. Luckily for Lily, his brother Nathan steps in and marries her.

At the wedding, a couple of uninvited guests of the groom arrive. Ida has heard from her cousin, Sonya,  in Tel Aviv that a woman has been there pretending to be their cousin Lily.

Ida and Sonya have both determined that Lily isn’t their cousin at all but rather a woman who assumed an identity in order to escape the horrors of the Holocaust.

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Review: Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole

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What do you do with a married woman besides leave her alone? David Graham is stuck in quite the predicament!

His letters and heart have been laid before a woman half way around the world, now it’s up to her to decide if she will erase him from her life completely or risk a correspondence.

A forbidden love story written entirely in letters spanning two world wars? Be still my heart! This is the book I’ve been looking for!

I am a real romantic at heart and to me there is nothing more romantic than a love letter. But that’s not exactly how this story starts out.

Elspeth Dunn is a published poet who lives on the remote Scottish island of Skye.

One day she receives her very first fan letter from David Graham in America.

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