Historical fiction
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For Stacking The Shelves hosted by Reading Reality I’m posting the books I’ve added to my digital library this week, and the blurbs that made me download them in the first place. I’ve read The Retirees by Leah Orr and really enjoyed it, my review is posted here on my blog. The rest of these I…
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The very idea of an animal that can mimic a human is both captivating and terrifying. The Fox Wife is a novel with a simple premise turned into a complicated, dazzling, mystical story. Based on Chinese myths of fox spirits who can turn into beautiful, beguiling human figures, The Fox Wife tells the story of…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Bold Strokes Books, Inc. and NetGalley for this ebook. Some silently rejoiced that he was gone, while others weren’t exactly silent about it. When Sir Roderick and Lady Olivia Endicott invited a group of guests to spend the weekend at their Chatterfield Park home, they didn’t expect the dinner party to…
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Ad/PR. In July I read cozy mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy, thrillers and cozy fantasy. I read about amateur sleuths in houseboats and campervans, city guards trying to deal with dragons and secret societies, cute talking animals and quirky supernatural creatures, Jacobean witchhunts, the Tudors, fantasy beef and a Romeo and Juliet tragedy, fish and chips,…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this ARC, book 2 in The Justice Belstrang Mysteries series, publication date today, July 25, 2026. It began with the tragic death of a young maiden who was found drowned, only four miles south of Thirldon. The year is 1617, and the penalty for witchcraft is…
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This book is for Florence Nightingale Shore and all war nurses, then and now, around the world. Book 1 in the Mitford Murders Series. Inspired by the real, unsolved murder of war nurse Florence Nightingale Shore and the real Mitford family, The Mitford Murders is a fictional historical mystery featuring the fictional character of Louisa…
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Book 1 in The Elizabeth of England Chronicles series. The position of a queen is more dangerous than that of a common man. For there is farther to fall, and there are more people who would wish your destruction than any commoner could imagine. The Bastard Princess is a first person memoir detailing the life…
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A story of beautiful genius, a family’s love, a remarkable woman, and your father’s amazing journey. A story of the darkness cast upon them and the theft of all they hold dear. A story of deceit and murder. Ad/PR. Many thanks to Booksta Influencers for this ebook. Have you ever wondered what paintings would say…
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Ad/PR. In June I read cozy mysteries, thrillers, horror, fantasy, historical mysteries and romance. I read about magical worlds, the collapse of society, ghosts and curses, reluctant necromancy, gnomes and pixies, deadly reunions, forbidden loves, and amateur sleuths at work and on holidays. And I added an emoji guide to my reads this time to…
Mostly Murders 