Reviews

Pony Boys (Curse of the Niobrara Trilogy, 1)

By Richard Prosch - Published 2022

Genres:

Western

An alias can be a criminal’s best friend. At least that’s the thinking of teenaged John Augustus (Gus) and his testosterone-pumped ...Read Review

Book of Days: How Did Daily Life Change France Between 1003 and 1975

By Douglas Bullis - Published 2022

Genres:

Nonfiction

Book of Days is a work of extraordinary research conducted by its author, Douglas Bullis. It is not a work of fiction. Mr. ...Read Review

An American Beauty

By Shana Abe - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

An American Beauty is a rags-to-riches story based on the life of Arabella Yarrington Huntington, a Gilded Age beauty who was one of ...Read Review

The Final Days of Doggerland: A Neolithic Story of Survival in Northern Europe

By Mike Meier - Published 2022

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Originally an award-winning screenplay, The Final Days of Doggerland is about the Neolithic migration of the Yamnaya people. Doggerland was an area that ...Read Review

The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back

By Shannon McKenna Schmidt - Published 2023

Genres:

Nonfiction

As stated in the author’s subtitle, “Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back,” this nod to Eleanor Roosevelt, wife ...Read Review

The Courtesan’s Daughter

By Susanne Dunlap - Published 2023

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1910, New York. After fleeing from a troubled past, Justine, an impoverished French immigrant, struggles to provide a better future for Sylvie, her young ...Read Review

The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

By Katie Lumsden - Published 2023

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Margaret Lennox, newly widowed although only in her late twenties, goes to Hartwood Hall in Somerset to take up the post as governess ...Read Review

Campbell’s Boy

By Mary Kendall - Published 2022

Genres:

Western

Emmet Campbell reaches the town of Colusa in northern California with his father during the 1850s Gold Rush, but his mother has died ...Read Review

Clytemnestra’s Bind (The House of Atreus)

By Susan C. Wilson - Published 2023

Genres:

Epic

Clytemnestra’s Bind is, we are told, the first in a projected trilogy featuring the famous dispute between the Mycenaeans and the Trojans. ...Read Review

The Family Fortuna

By Lindsay Eagar - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

Dysfunctional families are not unknown in historical novels, but this one takes the cake. For a start, Fortuna is not their real name, ...Read Review