Category: Historical Fiction

BlogTour, Book Reviews, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Paranormal3 Comments

Tainted Harvest: Simone Doucet Series by E. Denise Billups #BookReview #BlogTour #BookTour #SouthernGothic #HistoricalFiction #Paranormal @DeniseBillups @BlackthornTours

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am so glad that I accepted this blog tour for Tainted Harvest By E. Denise Billups. I had earlier read Keepers Of The Gate by the same author and knew that I was … Continue reading Tainted Harvest: Simone Doucet Series by E. Denise Billups #BookReview #BlogTour #BookTour #SouthernGothic #HistoricalFiction #Paranormal @DeniseBillups @BlackthornTours

Book Reviews, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Romance4 Comments

The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #Historical @booksirens #TheCurseOfTheMortonAbbey

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars Why wouldn’t I want to read this book, just look at that beautiful cover image! That just there provides the perfect gothic feel and there I go, sucked into the story of a young … Continue reading The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #Historical @booksirens #TheCurseOfTheMortonAbbey

Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers4 Comments

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen #BookReview #MysteryThriller #Historical #Medical #DualTime #TheBoneGarden

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Bone Garden is surprisingly a historical thriller. I have been so used to her Rizzoli and Isles series of books that the Bone Garden felt a totally different author. Told in dual timelines … Continue reading The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen #BookReview #MysteryThriller #Historical #Medical #DualTime #TheBoneGarden

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Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown #BookReview #RomanticSuspense #HistoricalFiction #MysteryThriller

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars OK, it is Sandra Brown, so what do you expect? Romance, YES; Suspense, of course, that is what she excels at but BLIND TIGER offers more, it goes back into the history of Texas … Continue reading Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown #BookReview #RomanticSuspense #HistoricalFiction #MysteryThriller

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The Sultan’s Wife by Jane Johnson #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Romance #Morocco #TheSultansWife @NetGalley @HoZ_Books @RachelMayQuin

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars Jane Johnson’s The Sultan’s Wife is a sweeping and phenomenal tale of love in the historical era of 17th century Morocco. Almost a year back, I read The Sea Gate by the same author … Continue reading The Sultan’s Wife by Jane Johnson #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Romance #Morocco #TheSultansWife @NetGalley @HoZ_Books @RachelMayQuin

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Lying with Lions by Annabel Fielding #BlogTour #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction #LGBTQIA #LyingWithLions #Netgalley @DearestAnnabel

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just like that dazzling cover image, Lying with Lions is a novel rich in the lush descriptions of the era that the story has set in. Edwardian England vibrates thru the different hues and … Continue reading Lying with Lions by Annabel Fielding #BlogTour #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction #LGBTQIA #LyingWithLions #Netgalley @DearestAnnabel

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Seduced by a Stranger (Dark Gothic #5) by Eve Silver #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #HistoricalFiction #RomanticSuspense

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gothic romance as a genre is such a lure for me, a forbidding mansion, the suspense and mystery surrounding the inhabitants of the place, the naive heroine who stumbles into the darkness and the … Continue reading Seduced by a Stranger (Dark Gothic #5) by Eve Silver #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #HistoricalFiction #RomanticSuspense

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Mist of Midnight ((The Daughters of Hampshire #1) by Sandra Byrd #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Romance #Mystery

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reminiscent of stories by Victoria Holt, Sandra Byrd’s Mist of Midnight captures the gothic creepiness with an excellent atmospheric setting. Rebecca Ravenshaw the sole surviving member of her family has escaped the mutiny in … Continue reading Mist of Midnight ((The Daughters of Hampshire #1) by Sandra Byrd #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Romance #Mystery

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The Forget-Me Knot by Denise Liebig #BookReview #Historical #Ghosts #Paranormal #Supernatural #Suspense #Romance #Thriller @booksirens

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Forget-Me-Knot by Denise Liebig is a romance story with elements of suspense and ghostly elements coming into play. I am a huge fan of this genre and the reason why I literally seek … Continue reading The Forget-Me Knot by Denise Liebig #BookReview #Historical #Ghosts #Paranormal #Supernatural #Suspense #Romance #Thriller @booksirens

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The Wind Chime: A Timeshift Victorian Mystery by Alexandra Walsh #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #MysteryThriller #WomensFiction #TheWindChime @NetGalley @SapereBooks

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Fairy maiden, draw near to me,Take me far below the sea,Water maiden, wild and free,With the fairies of the deep… “Fairy maiden, full of glee,I’ll tell my secrets for you to keep…Water maiden, promise … Continue reading The Wind Chime: A Timeshift Victorian Mystery by Alexandra Walsh #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #MysteryThriller #WomensFiction #TheWindChime @NetGalley @SapereBooks