Hazel Tharsing was born in California in 1888. Intensely shy, she learned to meet the world as the glamorous actress Carlotta Monterey, by far the greatest acting role of her twenty-year career. Counted among the most beautiful women in America, she married a British aristocrat in London, then the twenty-year-old son of her mother’s lover in San Francisco, then a famous artist in New York, and finally America’s greatest playwright, Eugene O’Neill, in Paris. This novel about her life is an … [Read more...] about Becoming Carlotta: A Biographical Novel by Brenda Murphy
Mules; Masters & Mud by G J Griffiths
Mules; Masters & Mud by G J Griffiths WARNING! This book may contain NUTS! (Non-Uniform Text Speech) In other words speech in what some have called "Olde English Vernacular". It is spoken by characters in the book from the North, the Midlands and the South of England. There is a glossary at the end of the book to help if you can rise to the challenge. It adds shades of colour to this 19th century story that you may not be expecting. When Mrs Alexander wrote about “the rich man in his … [Read more...] about Mules; Masters & Mud by G J Griffiths
FEATURED BOOK: Wooden Nickels by Debra Dunbar
It's 1920's Baltimore. Prohibition. Those who sell and distribute liquor can become rich — or dead if the mob doesn't get their cut. The gangsters have taken over, and in organized crime the one weapon valued more than a Tommy gun is a mage. Welcome to the world of White Lightning. A moonshine runner. A mage for the mob. And more misfortune than a blow-down at the speakeasy. Hattie Malloy has two goals in life—get the hootch from warehouse to seller, and make sure no one finds out she can … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Wooden Nickels by Debra Dunbar
Where Eagles Dare Not Perch by Peter Bridgford
Zachary Webster was an innocent Maine farm boy before becoming a sharpshooter, but the violence of the Civil War battlefields has turned him into a natural killer. While home on his unit’s month-long furlough, he murders the man he believes has stolen his beloved. In doing so, he sets into motion three intensely dark journeys—his own as a soldier returning to a brutal and hopeless war; his sweetheart’s as she seeks absolution; and the brother of the murdered man, whose quest for revenge propels … [Read more...] about Where Eagles Dare Not Perch by Peter Bridgford
Whiskey River (Whiskey River Brides, #1) by Theresa Oliver
Begin the journey to 1870s Whiskey River in this thrilling romantic adventure series, Whiskey River (Whiskey River Brides series). Within a tough city girl beats the untamed heart of a wild spirit... Ella Raines may not have the best reputation in New York, but she’s determined to have respect. Knowing she will achieve this with a fresh start, Ella answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride in an up-and-coming Western town, Whiskey River, Wyoming. Colton Hill is a wandering gunslinger … [Read more...] about Whiskey River (Whiskey River Brides, #1) by Theresa Oliver
Fateful Voyage by Danielle Van Alst
What lengths would you go to for love? A terminally ill heiress trying to make the most of what little time she has left and a suave mobster on the run from the executioners electric chair, meet and fall in love on a trans-pacific crossing from San Francisco to Tokyo, each without knowing the other’s tragic secret. Little do they know, they are each journeying toward their doomed fate while cheerfully masquerading under ballroom lights, breezy late night dinners, cocktails conversations, and a … [Read more...] about Fateful Voyage by Danielle Van Alst
To Each What He Deserves by Scott Wiegmann
Two fishermen discover the strangled banker’s corpse in the Florida Everglades after he missed his meeting with FBI Special Agent James Elliott. The discovery of the bank officer's body causes Elliott to begin an intricate investigation that covers three continents and takes the reader on a twisting ride from the final days of World War II Nazi Germany, to South America to Miami. The author weaves a tale of art theft, money laundering and murder to an exciting conclusion. Targeted Age … [Read more...] about To Each What He Deserves by Scott Wiegmann
The Blacksmith’s Arm by Keith L Wright
The idea of the book is to show how a major historical event affected the ordinary people of England. They lived simple lives and did not know or care about the wider world. Their life was one of pure survival, but this is not to say they did not enjoy many of the experiences of the present day. By looking at the life of two boys born over 400 years apart I see how things of changed but not entirely. I also consider the possibility of changes had the riots of 2011 turned into a second English … [Read more...] about The Blacksmith’s Arm by Keith L Wright
Refugee by Reece Pocock
Reece Pocock has written an authoritative and intimate story of two families brought together by war and peace; in the process, he creates a fine study of how ordinary people are swept along by political and military events over which they have no control but which continue to colour their daily lives. In North Africa in the 1940s, two men - Bill, an Australian and Rolf, a German - confront each other in a one-to-one fight in the vicious battles around Tobruk. Both are forever scared physically … [Read more...] about Refugee by Reece Pocock
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past by Ruth A Symes by Ruth A Symes
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family … [Read more...] about Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past by Ruth A Symes by Ruth A Symes
