Title: The Glass Woman Author: Caroline Lea Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin UK - Micheal Joseph Publication Date: February 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new … Continue reading The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Tag: Historical Fiction
Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
Title: Invitation to a Bonfire Author: Adrienne Celt Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Cover: Summary: from Amazon A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having … Continue reading Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
Title: The Mercy Seat Author: Elizabeth H. Winthrop Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
Title: The Hunters Author: Kat Gordon Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Borough Press, out May 31st Summary: Sweeping, evocative and sumptuously told, The Hunters is a dramatic coming-of-age story, a complex portrayal of first love and family loyalty and a passionate reimagining of the Happy Valley set in all their glory and notoriety. Theo Miller is … Continue reading The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
