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Special Feature: The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck

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Erika Robuck is such a wonderful historical fiction writer! She’s written a number of historical fiction works that follow different women of often famous man counter parts. For example, Hemingway’s Girl and The House of Hawthorne. I have really enjoyed her books and I am never disappointed!

Her latest book, The Invisible Woman, while different in that it doesn’t follow a women behind a famous man it is set during WWII and promises a moving story full of spies and intrigue! Not to mention it is based on a true story! I cannot wait to read this one, it has so many exciting angles and promises to be a memorable story!

I couldn’t fit it on my review calendar this month but I wanted to share all the details of this one with you guys, as it has a lot to recommend itself! I definitely have this one on my review calendar for the upcoming spring though but in the mean time check out all the info for this one and pick up a copy today as it’s out now!

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Re-Share Review: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

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I read this one back in the spring of 2020 and it was a transporting read and just what I needed to read while I was stuck at home not able to go anywhere. I really enjoyed this book, I love historical fiction but this one had little library details that, as a reader, I simply loved and it made the story all the more enchanting.

It is out now and I am so excited to re-share my original review with you all today! If you enjoy books with a duel timeline narrative and books about books and reading then this is one you need to check out!

This one has been receiving a ton of advanced praise, not to mention it’s been on numerous lists for most anticipated releases and I completely agree, this is an exciting read that historical fiction fans will love not to mention fans of books and war time lit. And seriously, Paris is the perfect backdrop to this story. I just have so much love for this book, keep reading to see all my thoughts on this one when I read it last spring!

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Special Feature and Excerpt: The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat

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A couple of years ago when The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society came out on Netflix, I was fascinated by the premise. I did not read the book before the show came out, but I did after and I loved the book just as much as I loved the film. Besides the romance, what intrigued me was the setting.

I knew essentially nothing about the Channel Islands and the occupation during WWII so but it was interesting and new, since then I have been trying to find a book that would be similar and set in the Channel Islands during the same period which is why I am so excited for this upcoming book!

This book has a lot to recommend itself especially to fans of historical fiction. Romance, war, unique unexplored history, and of course intrigue. I am so thrilled to be sharing an excerpt with you all today so if you aren’t sold on this book from the description alone, then you should check out the excerpt and then decide if it’s for you—I’m willing to wager if you love historical fiction like me, then it’s probably going to be hitting your TBR as soon as you read the excerpt!

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Review: Lana’s War by Anita Abriel

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Last year I read Anita Abriel’s debut novel, The Light After the War, and it was good for a debut novel. I don’t know that I loved it, but I enjoyed it and was looking forward to seeing how her writing evolved in future books.

The author’s mother was a Holocaust survivor so it’s not surprise that the author drew in real events and personal history not only with her first novel but with this one as well. With having the first book under her belt, this was one I was really looking forward to exploring and seeing how things evolved from the first book to the second.

The author’s books aren’t a series, but there are clearly themes in both books that are similar and clearly close to her heart. This book was really up there on my anticipated list because the plot sounded dangerous. The main female character works as a spy to infiltrate the Nazi organization. While perhaps not unique in historical fiction, the way the story was described, promised tension and danger which made me really eager to read it.

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Review: Meet Me in Bombay by Jenny Ashcroft

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I absolutely love seeing more and more exotic locations in the historical fiction genre. Most historical fiction novels are set places like England or America with the occasional France thrown in for fun-sies. But there are many compelling stories coming out of exotic locations recently and I am so excited to read those stories. One of my new favorite settings in historical fiction is Bombay.

In the fall I read Murder in Old Bombay and it felt like such an exotic treat for me and when I saw this one was coming out I jumped on it, mostly for the location, but also because I never met a WWI romance that I didn’t love. While not exclusively a romance, this book has a strong romantic storyline and I couldn’t wait to read something new feeling.

I know that some readers did not enjoy the setting of this book and some felt that the setting was just another glorification of white colonization of the Indian people. But for me, it was a novel with great stories and a new setting that wasn’t just another novel set in England. Though the setting drew me in, it was the characters and the plot won me over.

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