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Spotlight: AURELIA (Roma Nova #4) by Alison Morton
Publication Date: May 5, 2015 SilverWood Books Series: Roma Nova, Book Four Genre: Alternative Historical Fiction Late 1960s Roma Nova, the last Roman colony that has survived into the 21st century. Aurelia Mitela is alone – her partner gone, her child sickly and her mother dead. Forced in her mid-twenties to give up her beloved career as a Praetorian officer, she is struggling to manage an extended family tribe, businesses and senatorial political life. But her country needs her unique skills. Somebody is smuggling silver – Roma Nova’s lifeblood – on an industrial scale. Sent to Berlin to investigate, she encounters the mysterious and attractive Miklós, a suspected smuggler, and…
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Special Feature/Excerpt: RUINS OF WAR by John A Connell
A chilling novel of murder and madness in post-World War II Germany… Berkley Publishing Group is thrilled to announce the publication of John A. Connell’s RUINS OF WAR (Berkley Hardcover; May 5, 2015; 978-0-425-27895-6; $26.95). An exciting debut thriller featuring a fascinating new character in Chief Warrant Officer Mason Collins—former Chicago homicide detective, U.S. soldier, prisoner of war, and now U.S. Army criminal investigator in the American Zone of Occupation in Munich. At a time when the worst horrors of the war are coming to light, there is another horror that is running rampant in the street. In the winter of 1945, seven months after the Nazi defeat, Munich is…
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Review: The Fatal Flame (Timothy Wilde Mysteries #3) by Lyndsay Faye
Wow, completely different than what I was expecting! This book is a very uniquely written mystery and I loved it. I have never read anything by Faye before, but what a treat it was! Her writing style is so different and raw. It’s almost had a film noir feel to it….gritty, dark, and real but at the same time oddly addicting. In New York City, an arsonist threatens Alderman Robert Symmes, a corrupt and powerful leader high in the Tammany Hall gang ranks. Copper Star detective, Timothy Wilde is investigating the arson situation when the love of his life, Mercy Underhill, suddenly shows up on his door step and takes in an…
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Review: The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
Matthew Pearl has been on my radar for a while now. His books always look so intriguing since they are historic thrillers books…..about books…..but for some reason I just haven’t made it around to reading any of his books. When this one came around to review I jumped at it since this was an author I have wanted to read. The Last Bookaneer explores the dark side of publishing and the literary pirates who commandeered unpublished works by famous authors. Before 1890, loose copyright laws allowed for author’s works to be publish on the blackmarket so to speak, which ultimately gave rise to the bookaneers whose job it was to track…
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Announcement: Winner THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
And the winner of the giveaway for THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd is….. Kara S (commented on post) 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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Giveaway: THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
Have you had a chance to read one of the hottest books released this year?THE INVENTION OF WINGS was on Goodreads recently as a finalist in the Best Historic Fiction category for 2014. I also reviewed it last year and loved it. It’s a fantastic tale of two sisters, and a story that you won’t soon forget! Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE INVENTION OF WINGS for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 5/4/15 to 5/10/15 Winners will be announced 5/11/15. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include…
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Announcement: Winner THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston
And the winner of the THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston is….. Susan H (shared on Facebook) 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: Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Victor Hugo
This book is a literally massive. For years I have thought about reading it, and though I am not intimidated by the length or the wordy writing style….I kept putting it off. Even after seeing the film, I thought…..this is the time I am going to read it…..and then I didn’t. I knew it would take me a while to read and considering that the French translation of ‘Les Miserables’ is ‘the miserable ones’ or the ‘poor ones’….I knew it would be an emotional roller-coaster that I just wasn’t ready for in my reading. Well no more excuses. When the new Penguin Deluxe edition came out, I was in some serious…
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Review: Longbourn by Jo Baker
Reader beware…..if you love Jane Austen and are looking for something that will give you a new ‘perspective’ about the Bennet sisters, keep on looking. Sure this novel includes the Bennet sisters and follows the traditional Pride and Prejudice story but that’s about it. Jo Baker remakes the classic story of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the below stairs staff but yet it’s a story all its own and noting close to the Austen classic. Sarah has been a maid at Longbourn since she was a child. She cleans the chamber pots, scrubs the laundry, polishes the floor and of course waits on the Bennet sisters.
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Review: The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone #10) by Steve Berry
I’ve read a couple of the books in the Cotton Malone series and really really enjoyed them. Steve Berry has a special talent for merging politics, history, and conspiracy all together so well. This time, our favorite ‘retired’ agent is recruited by his former boss to find a North Korean who has some top secret Treasury files. Basically his novel begs the question “what if federal taxes were actually illegal”. This case is anything but straight forward for Cotton and he finds himself globe trotting, trying to chase down leads and to recover the documents, not to mention wading through convoluted history. The reader is treated to an array of historic facts (and…
