Category: Reviews
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Top Historical Fiction Picks January 2025
Happy New Year! What better way to start the new year than a bookshelf (or Kindle) full of new books? And you can make a New Year’s Resolution to read authors new to you. To help you with all of that, here are my picks for the best in each category of new historical fiction…
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Top Historical Fiction Picks December 2024
No matter what winter holiday(s) you celebrate, I hope the season brings you peace, family, and lots of time to read. If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the historical fiction lover on your list, why not one (or more) of Paper Lantern Writers’ anthologies of short stories? Each one has its own theme…
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Top Historical Fiction Picks November 2024
I’m so thankful this month for the publication of Paper Lantern Writers’ third anthology of short historical fiction, Destiny Comes Due. This year, the theme is a day of reckoning. Including a duplicitous Renaissance priest, an outraged Civil War widow, a jealous 17th century nobleman, and an ambitious ‘50s dress designer, ten compelling protagonists embrace…
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Top Picks Historical Fiction October 2024
This October, after you have carved pumpkins and hung ghosts from your porch, curl up with a pumpkin spice latte and read Alina Rubin’s newest book, A Surgeon and a Spy, Book 3 in her Hearts and Sails series. On the turbulent seas of the Napoleonic Wars, Ella Parker dedicates herself to healing the sick…
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Top Historical Fiction Picks for September 2024
September has always meant back to school and the hint of cooler days. This year, though, it brings the release of my seventh novel! Innocents at Home is heritage fiction, based on two ancestors of mine who were on the cruise that inspired Mark Twain’s novel Innocents Abroad. Nina Larrowe anticipates resuming her place in…