The Sunday Salon: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day! If you’re celebrating the holiday, I hope you have a fun day with your someone special or surrounded by good friends! Today Ron and I are going to spend Valentine’s Day visiting...
View ArticleReview | The Secret of the Glass by Donna Russo Morin
Read a synopsis of The Secret of the Glass here. Review The Secret of the Glassby Donna Russo Morin I tend to really enjoy historical fiction that deals with a specific craft, especially crafts of...
View ArticleHFBRT Event: The Countess and the King by Susan Holloway Scott
The Historical Fiction Bloggers Round Table is back after a brief break for summer! Join us September 1st – 7th as we celebrate the upcoming release of Susan Holloway Scott’s new novel, The Countess...
View ArticleReview | The Countess and the King by Susan Holloway Scott
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: NAL Trade (Penguin) Release Date: September 7th, 2010 Source: I received this ARC from the publisher for review. She didn’t have beauty, she didn’t have a title of her...
View ArticleTwo Merrie Ladies: Katherine Sedley & Nell Gwyn | A Guest Post by Susan...
When I began this event for the HFBRT, I asked everyone if there was a particular question or topic from The Countess and the King that they’d like me to blog about. Allie was the first to reply with a...
View ArticleHarrowing Historicals: Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
Today’s Harrowing Historical is: Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt Synopsis from the publisher: Daughters of the Witching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a...
View ArticleHarrowing Historicals: Review | The Countess by Rebecca Johns
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Crown Release Date: October 12th, 2010 Source: I received this ARC from the publisher for review. The Countess by Rebecca Johns takes a realistic look at the life of...
View ArticleBirthday Post: Special Author Interview with Sandra Gulland! Plus giveaway!
In honor of my birthday today, I have interviewed one of my all-time favorite historical fiction authors, Sandra Gulland! Sandra’s Josephine B. Trilogy (The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine...
View ArticleReview | Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar
Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Touchstone Release Date: February 1st, 2011 Source: I received this advanced copy from the publisher for review. One of the first things I noticed upon receiving the...
View ArticleReview: Before Versailles by Karleen Koen
Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Crown Release Date: June 28th, 2011 Source: I received this copy from TLC Book Tours for review. A few years ago I read and loved Koen’s Through A Glass Darkly, which...
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