by Nadine Brandes ★★★★★ Is this the end for Romanov blood? Nastya, Anastasia Romanov, adores her family and admires the calm humble kindness of her papa, the ex-tsar Nikolai. Their family draws its strength from each other as they survive … Continue reading →
by J. Meade Falkner ★★★★★ Classic coming of age story Moonfleet is a classic coming of age story that spans John Trenchard’s life from childhood through adulthood. John is being raised by a cold and critical aunt, while he loves … Continue reading →
by Patti Callahan ★★★☆☆ Jezebel or Rahab? Almost DNF’d at 50%, 70%, held out to finish, only to find myself still totally conflicted. I would like to know how much in Becoming Mrs. Lewis is fictionalized and what the author … Continue reading →
by Gina Welborn and Becca Whitham ★★☆☆☆ Slow and annoying with unlikable characters and anachronisms The excerpt for The Kitchen Marriage was interesting, so I gambled and grabbed an ARC. However, the negatives for this book make this book a … Continue reading →
by Anne Dublin ★★★★★ Dark tale of a boy’s journey into slavery Joseph is a young Jewish boy in Spain when, one day before Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World, all Jews who would not convert to Christianity … Continue reading →
by Olivia Hawker ★★★★★ Are they betrayed?!! Will they make it to the dawn? Get ready for frenetic historical ride because The Ragged Edge of Night is a gripping, soul-searing read that slams you into Anton Starzmann’s life as he … Continue reading →
by Sandra Byrd ★★★★★ Was her father a criminal mastermind or a victim? In this wonderfully nuanced Victorian-era mystery, Miss Gillian Young is a seamstress, making a living designing and sewing for an aristocratic lady and creating costumes for a … Continue reading →
by Tessa Afshar ★★★★★ What does it take to free a thief? Thief of Corinth is a wonderfully engaging and swift-paced Christian historical fiction that drops you into its reality where you follow the scent of cloves, pine, sandlewood, and … Continue reading →
by Nadine Brandes ★★★★★ Who will he betray? His father? His king? Wow! Loved, loved, loved this mesmerizing reimagining of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Have you ever loved a book so much, you could wait to talk to your … Continue reading →
by Kristin Hannah ★★★★★ Can they survive the dark and danger they bring to the wilderness? Ernt Allbright can’t run far enough to escape his demons. Going off-grid in Alaska, Ernt drags his wife, Cora, and his daughter, Leni, into a … Continue reading →
by Kazuki Kaneshiro, translated by Takami Nieda ★★★★★ Will you pretend to be one of them? Do you care? Can you hide in plain sight behind a name you were asked to assume? But perhaps you don’t care about passing; … Continue reading →
