historical

The Black Stiletto Stars & Stripes: Book Review & Giveaway

Crime Story
The Black Stiletto Stars & Stripes

We’re participating in the Kick-Butt Characters Giveaway Hop, and I can’t think of a more appropriate character to include than the heroine of the Black Stiletto series! The Black Stiletto Stars & Stripes is Book #3 in this historical series by Raymond Benson, and mid-20th century super-gal Judy Cooper just keeps getting better. Library Journal [...]

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Between Man and Beast by Monte Reel: Book Review & Giveaway

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Between Man and Beast

Some of you may be wondering if we’ve changed our focus because we’re featuring two non-fiction books in a row. Nope, it just worked out that way logistically. We’re still mainly a fiction review web site. No worries. That said, when I saw Between Man and Beast by Monte Reel, I couldn’t resist. Its subtitle [...]

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Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman: Book Review & Giveaway

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Eighty Days

Matthew Goodman’s title says it all, Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History Making Race Around the World. This is a narrative nonfiction account about the attempt by two amazing women to outdo Jules Verne and each other in 1889, at a time when women just didn’t do this kind of thing. It’s an [...]

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She Returns From War by Lee Collins: A Paranormal Western

Fantasy & Supernatural
She Returns From War

When we reviewed The Dead of Winter by Lee Collins last Fall, I could hardly wait for the sequel to be published. Cora is one of those characters who just grabs you, and I needed to know what happened to her after she left Leadville. Thankfully Angry Robot didn’t wait a full year to publish [...]

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The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin: Book Review & Giveaway

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The Aviator's Wife

You probably recognize bestselling author Melanie Benjamin as having written The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. She’s known for writing historical novels that peep behind the curtain of public knowledge. Her newest novel is The Aviator’s Wife, the story of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s relationship with Charles Lindbergh. And one lucky reader is going to win [...]

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Transcendence: What If You Suddenly Remembered Past Lives?

Children
Transcendence

I had heard Cynthia Jaynes (C.J.) Omololu’s first YA novel, Dirty Little Secrets, was excellent so I was excited when I got the chance to read Transcendence. Transcendence is Book #1 in a new series, with Book #2 scheduled to be published in 2013. Reincarnation has always interested me, so this would have been a [...]

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