BookView Review: The Man From Burnt Island by Wendy Sura Thomson
Thomson’s sweeping tale successfully transports readers to the Depression era to recount the story of one man’s journey to find his footing in a new land. Life was tough for […]
BookView Review:Elisabeth Samson, Forbidden Bride by Carolyn V. Hamilton Proctor
This poignant and powerful tale by Proctor takes readers on a young Black woman’s journey to obtain legal permission from the reigning Dutch government to marry a White military man—during […]
BookView Review: DESTINY LOVE JONES VOL 1. “sisters and the plight with boys” by N. R. White
Weaving historical detail into a rich story about sisterhood, White takes a fascinating look at the interplay of social upheavals in Nova Scotia in 1940s and ‘50s as she tells […]
Keepers of the Garden by A.S. Rodlie
Rodlie makes the history of the Pacific Northwest come alive with elegiac details, in her meticulously crafted debut historical, featuring two young protagonists who navigate the treacherous journey of an […]
BookView Review: Bloodlines (A Dying Truth Exposed, Book One) by Marcus Abston
Abston transports readers to 1820s South in Mississippi in this engrossing historical. Born as a slave on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, the lovely Annabelle is raised as a house […]
BookView Review: On Distant Shores by Wes Snowden
Snowden spins a riveting tale of destitution, stroke of luck, and revenge in this historical thrill ride. It was 1847 in Bellyclaven, Ireland, when eighteen-year-old Jonathan Flynn lost his whole […]
Book excerpt:Becoming Olive W.: The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga Book 1 by S. Lee Fisher
Buy now Read the review From the Blurb: Beautiful, brilliant, wealthy. The world should be Olive’s oyster. Does she want too much? For young women in the early 1900s, sometimes […]
Amora by Grant J. Hallstrom
Set in second century AD in Rome, Hallstrom’s incisive historical novel draws inspiration from the true story of the noblewoman who inspired Justin Martyr’s petition to the Roman Senate. Amora, […]
Book excerpt: Amora by Grant J. Hallstrom
From the Blurb: “Amora is a superbly written and richly descriptive novel with brilliantly drawn characters and settings. The author weaves a well-crafted historical fiction based on a true story that […]
In the Shadow of Gold by Michael Kenneth Smith
Smith conjures an elaborate American Civil War era and delves into the mystery of the lost Confederate Treasury toward the ending of the war in this excellent latest. Struggling to […]
Letter from Belleau Wood (Covington Chronicles, #7) by Mary Lou Cheatham
Cheatham brilliantly weaves a tale of love, fate, and history in this seventh installment in the Covington Chronicles. Trudy Cameron and Jeremy Smitherlin have always loved each other, but owing […]
A Heart To Survive: First Novel in the Collingwood Series by George Fillis
In this sharp-edged, dark historical drama, a young Chinese boy’s attempt at a normal life in Canada crumbles after he falls prey to a human trafficking ring. It’s the peak […]
Beyond the Goodnight Trail by Roy V Gaston
Murder, daring escapades, adventure, and Indian lore enliven a Texan and New Mexican landscape bursting with hostile Comancheros, renegade Apache, murderous bandits, and the enduring Black Seminoles. When the former […]
Love’s Labour’s Won: The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by William Gray
Gray impressively brings to life the legendary figure of William Shakespeare in both his greatest works and the tempestuous world in which he lived in this impressive tale. Blending history […]
The Photograph by Kat Karpenko
Karpenko poignantly reveals the horrors of the Holodomor, the terror-famine that Stalin’s rise to power in Soviet Union brought to Ukraine, with this marvelously engrossing historical drama. With Stalin’s plan […]
