Title: Yankee Girl in Dixie Author: Theresa Schimmel Genre: Historical Fiction Set in 1972 Pensacola, Florida, Yankee Girl in Dixie is a historical fiction novel that draws from the true events that occurred following mass desegregation movements in the American south. Our story takes off when two teachers are forced to confront their… Read More Yankee Girl in Dixie – Editorial Review
Title: Choose: Snakes or Ladders Author: Sally Forest Genre: Literary Fiction This rich, sensually-driven literary novel takes readers back to the 1950s, when women were just starting to enter the work-force alongside men on a more regular basis. The story follows Mitty Bedford, a typist who recently graduated with her certificate and has landed a job… Read More Choose: Snakes or Ladders – Editorial Review
Title: A Place Called the Way Author: Corrine Ardoin Genre: Historical Fiction A Place Called the Way is the third installment in Corrine Ardoin’s Pine Valley series and delves deeper into the story of the people that settled in the fictional town of Pine Valley. It depicts the challenges of living and… Read More A Place Called the Way – Editorial Review
Title: Streets of Tears Author: Larry J.dsy Hilton Genre: Historical Fiction Streets of Tears explores a family as they navigate life, love, and death in the face of depression, genocide, and war. From The Great War, the Roaring 20s, the rise of Nazism, World War II, and Hitler’s death, Streets of Tears uniquely… Read More Streets of Tears – Editorial Review
Title: Dead Eyes in Late Summer Author: Renée Ebert Genre: Paranormal Romance / Historical Fiction Dead Eyes in Late Summer is the vast, ambitious story of a complex—sometimes torturous—decades-long relationship between three people.
Title: Crystal Cove Author: Sally Suen Genre: Historical Fiction / Women’s Fiction / Romance In Crystal Cove, Sally Suen shares what life was like and how the world was changing in rural China and Hong Kong in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Against this background, the reader follows the life of Lili… Read More Crystal Cove – Editorial Review
Title: Shadow Song Author: Anita Morrish Genre: Historical fiction Shadow Song by Anita Morrish is set against the backdrop of World War II-ravaged Rome, Italy. The story follows the lives of a young art student, Francesca, who works at an opera house and a young doctor who’s just returned from the war, Carlo.… Read More Shadow Song – Editorial Review
Title: Amelia’s Gold: A Story of Romance, Ruin, Resolve and Redemption in the American Civil War Author: James D. Snyder Genre: Historical Fiction / Women’s Fiction This thoughtful novel shows how one women responds to the challenges and difficulties of the very end of the American Civil War, blossoming into a complex,… Read More Amelia’s Gold – Editorial Review
Title: The Falconer’s Apprentice Author: Malve von Hassell Genre: YA / Historical fiction The Falconer’s Apprentice is a coming-of-age novel that follows the journey of a young man named Andreas, who has only known life inside the walls of Castle Kragenberg as an apprentice to a falconer. When a falcon named Adela is… Read More The Falconer’s Apprentice – Editorial Review
Title: Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia Author: Cynthia Sally Haggard Genre: Historical Fiction / Coming-of-Age This intriguing tale explores the hopes, plans, and struggles of Angelina, the stubborn youngest daughter of a troubled Italian-American family, and her two daughters. A widow, Angelina became a “fallen woman,” acting as a mistress over… Read More Farewell My Life – Editorial Review
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