Historical Fiction Archives

GUEST BLOG: Where Do Fictional Characters Come From by Joanna FitzPatrick Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

As a writer, I forget that my characters are not real. I grieve their losses and I champion their successes, but I don't know where they come from. They just show up...

4.5 STAR REVIEW: THE SPIRITED MRS. PRINGLE by Jillianne Hamilton

Historical Fiction Diane Peterson - 1 September 2021

Publication Date: June 30, 2021 LONDON, 1888. Upon the death of her husband, self-involved social climber Cora Pringle assumes her recent dalliance with a wealthy gentleman will be her second chance at a happily...

GUEST BLOG: Who Do You Think You Are? by JoAnn Ross Plus Giveaway!

Sibling Fiction Dayna Linton - 31 August 2021

That was the title of one of my favorite Emmy-winning television shows produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky. In it, each week, a different celebrity would go on a search to...

GUEST BLOG: How I Met Mrs. Pringle by Jillianne Hamilton Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 30 August 2021

I first met my heroine, Cora Pringle, a few years ago in a very roundabout and random way. In my new novel, The Spirited Mrs. Pringle, Cora is an adept mountaineer when it...

5 STAR REVIEW: THE AMBER CRANE by Malve von Hassell

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 August 2021

Publication Date: June 25, 2021 Chafing at the rules of the amber guild, Peter, an apprentice during the waning years of the Thirty Years’ War, finds and keeps a forbidden piece of amber,...

BOOK BLAST: THE WHIRLPOOLS OF TIME by Anna Belfrage Plus Giveaway!

Time Travel Dayna Linton - 27 August 2021

The Locket: Book 1 Publication Date: June 11, 2021 He hoped for a wife. He found a companion through time and beyond. It is 1715 and for Duncan Melville something fundamental is missing from his...

4.5 STAR REVIEW: THE BASTARD’S INHERITANCE by Dennis Roth

Book Reviews Amy Wilson - 25 August 2021

The Bastard's Trilogy: Book # Publication Date: September 1, 2021 In the 1970s, in western Pennsylvania, a multi-millionaire’s singularly selfish decision destines his two sons, half-brothers, to wage war in a winner-take-all battle for...

NEW RELEASE: BEYOND THE MAPPED STARS by Rosalyn Eves

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

Publication Date: August 24, 2021 A sweeping adventure, set in the late 19th century, about science, love, and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Julie Berry. Seventeen-year-old...

GUEST BLOG: Of Time-Travel, Jacobites and Ungrateful Protagonists by Anna Belfrage Plus Giveaway!

Time Travel Dayna Linton - 23 August 2021

Some people want to see the Chinese wall. Others dream about travelling to Mars. Some are pretty happy where they are and mostly dream about winning the lottery or waking up with...

BOOK BLAST: THE SECRET OF DRULEA COTTAGE by Claire Kohler Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 17 August 2021

Publication Date: August 16, 2021 Briony Fairborn, a midwife in eighteenth-century Scotland, comes from a family shrouded in scandal. Left with only one friend after her mother’s death, she has little hope of...

NEW RELEASE: CALL ME ATHENA by Colby Cedar Smith

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 17 August 2021

Publication Date: August 17, 2021 This enchanting novel in verse captures one young woman’s struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a...

NEW RELEASE: VELVET WAS THE NIGHT by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Historical Mystery Tierney Linton - 17 August 2021

Publication Date: August 17, 2021 From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a “delicious, twisted treat for lovers of noir” about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome enforcer, and the...