Passages to the Past
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Passages to the Past
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Petunia 1949 by Leah Brewer
Publication Date: May 1, 2023
Genre: Historical Fiction
Spitfire, Petunia Hollings was born in 1935 in the deep South. She spends her childhood working the cotton fields and longing for her daddy to love her as he does her siblings.
Spending time with her best friend Opal is one distraction Petunia looks forward to. Opal’s skin color was never a problem. Or so Petunia thought.
After young love sweeps Petunia to a new life in Chicago, she learns to accept love as it’s offered instead of expecting more than one can give.
When circumstances force her to return ..read more
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The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O'Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll by Pat Wahler
Publication Date: January 20, 2023
Evergreen Press
Genre: Historical Fiction
She set out to make her way in a man's world, rising from obscurity into one of the most famous women of her era.
Self-taught artist Rose O'Neill leaves the Midwest for New York in 1893, determined to become an illustrator in a field dominated by males. Mindful of her duty to the impoverished family she left behind, Rose’s obligations require her to yield to the men who hold the reins of her career; as well as the m ..read more
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The Genes of Isis by Justin Newland
Publication Date: August 28, 2018
Troubador/Matador
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Akasha is a precocious girl, born into a world where oceans circulate in the sky waters. She dreams of releasing the Surge, the next evolutionary step for an embryonic human race. But it’s dormant, trapped inside every human.
Horque is a Solarii, a tribe of angels who’ve manifested in human form and settled in ancient Egypt. Desperate to return home, they must first undo the devastation caused by the Helios, another tribe of angels who came to Earth to deliver the Surge and ..read more
Passages to the Past
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The White Sails Series: Special Hardback Omnibus by Emma Lombard
If Bridgerton and Pirates of the Caribbean had a love child.
Are you a fan of sweeping romantic adventures?
Do you fall for tall, brooding Naval Officers?
Love a feisty female lead who makes you yell aloud?
Then hop aboard Emma Lombard's hardback Collector's Edition of The White Sails Series, and batten down the hatches!
But Why?Well, firstly, let me tell you what my Kickstarter campaign isn't. It isn't a plea for donations, it's not a beg for money, and it's not just another retailer.
Okay, so what is it then?Kickstarter is ..read more
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Salem Burning (The Lives Of Lilly Parris Book 1) by Daniel Sugar
Publication Date: February 20, 2018
In 1692, a disreputable young man named Kyle Edwards breaks his engagement by accusing his fiancee, Lilly Parris, of witchcraft.
Kyle is a liar; he does not believe in witchcraft, he is simply trying to get rid of Lilly. But Kyle is in for a shock because, as it turns out, Lilly really is a witch.
"Salem Burning" is a fast-paced, brand-new take on the Salem witch trials.
The Witch And The Guillotine (The Lives Of Lilly Parris Book 2) by Daniel Sugar
Publication Date: January 26, 2019
After na ..read more
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Sisters of Castle Leod by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
Publication Date: January 19, 2023
Black Rose Writing
Genre: Historical Fiction
Finalist - 2022 American Writing Awards
Millions are fans of Diana Gabaldon's popular Outlander books and television series, but few know that Gabaldon's fictional Castle Leoch was inspired by a real Scottish castle, Castle Leod. The two sisters who lived there at the turn of the twentieth century were among the most fascinating and talked-about women of their era.
Lady Sibell Mackenzie is a spiritualist, a believer in reincarnation, and a popular author ..read more
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A Gentleman Will Never...Forget a Lady by Emily Windsor
Publication Date: December 1, 2022
Genre: Regency Romance
Series: The Governess Chronicles, Book 3
Get swept away to a romantic and rugged land in this joyful and heart-warming Christmas tale…
Having lost her beloved, Lord Tristan, to a storm at sea, Lady Gwen Evans is planning a life of travel, writing books on her adventures.
But will the arrival of a dark, scarred gentleman one December's eve disrupt all her plans?
With wassailing on frosty nights, dragon myths in the snowy Welsh hills, a rather unladylike list of D.I.S.G.R.A ..read more
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1887: The Day They Turned off the Water by A.E. Wasserman
Publication Date: October 4, 2022
Archway Publishing
Genre: Historical Thriller/Novella
This historical mystery thriller, a novella in the Langsford Mysteries, takes readers back to the American Old West where the fight for water in California is just beginning.
Spring 1887. Melting snowpack from the High Sierras will soon turn California’s central valley into lush fields, but an armed man with a Sharps rifle shut off a headwater gate to a watery-ditch and stood guard. After an unexpected confrontation with Double B Ranch owner ..read more
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Campbell's Boy by Mary Kendall
Publication Date: November 21, 2022
Moonshine Cove Publishing
Genre: Historical Fiction
Heartbreak...with an underlay of hope.
California plains in the 1850s. After losing his mother to cholera on the wagon train out west, Emmet Campbell mostly fends for himself in the boom town of Colusa, California where he and his busy and ambitious father settle.
Coming of age for Emmet means hiding in the corners of his father’s new saloon, scrounging for food in the local brothels and finding refuge in tunnels underneath Colusa’s Chinatown.
While fighting off town bu ..read more
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Our Daughters' Last Hope by Elaine Stock
Publication Date: September 19, 2022
Amsterdam Publishers
Genre: Historical Fiction/WWII
Series: Resilient Women of WWII, Book 2
A mesmerizing story, set during one of the world’s most harrowing carnages, of two mothers as they cross enemy lines for the sake of their daughters’ futures.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1940 Herta, and her family, Jewish refugees, are living contentedly until the Nazi invasion, which echoes the persecution and fear they experienced before fleeing Germany. Across town, another wife and mother, Julia, also faces upheaval ..read more