tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75327497300065288872024-02-28T23:43:43.597+00:00Romances of the Cross Christian Historical Fiction reviews and perspectives from an Eccentric Englishwoman English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comBlogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-2619916937346884112024-02-21T13:31:00.000+00:002024-02-21T13:31:13.755+00:00The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater: 2023 Catchup Published 10th October 2023, Bethany House Print, Ebook and Audio Dual Timeline Historical Fiction It promises beauty but steals life instead. Will the ghosts of Barlowe Theater entomb them all?Barlowe
Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy's eldest brother during its
construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as
deadly. When Greta's younger brother goes missing English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-72602605000303027962024-02-21T13:12:00.001+00:002024-02-21T13:12:58.103+00:00Of Love and Treason Jamie Ogle Published 23rd January 2024, Tyndale HousePrint, Ebook and Audio Historical Fiction: Ancient RomeRome, AD 270. In the wake of the emperor’s marriage ban, rumors swirl that there is one man brave enough to perform wedding ceremonies in secret. A public notarius and leader of an underground church, Valentine believes the emperor’s edict unjust and risks his own life for the sake of his English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-13227486909791134112024-01-15T16:27:00.004+00:002024-01-15T16:27:21.039+00:00The Polluted Font by Mel Starr Review Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton #16 Lion Fiction, October 23rd 2023, 192 Pages Print and Ebook Setting: Late 1300s/14th century England Genre: Crime and Mystery/Historical When Hugh and Kate's new-born son is taken to
the church to be baptized, they are astounded to find that the locked
font is completely dry. The possibility of a leak is quickly ruled out,
and just as Hugh is English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-70284092798097385362024-01-05T18:03:00.005+00:002024-01-05T18:03:55.266+00:00Forever, Lovely by Linore Rose Burkard Forever in Time #2 November 28th, 2023 When Miss Margaret Andrews travels to the future to find her missing sister, she never expected to find true love.
In 1819 England, Margaret is a bluestocking with dreams of becoming an
inventress, but when the Tallit, a magical time-travel shawl, goes awry
she finds herself stranded in 21st Century Manhattan. At a Jane Austen
conference, she meets English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-81380592622764956882023-09-02T14:38:00.004+01:002023-10-07T16:10:03.599+01:00The Telling of the Beads Book 1: Saplings of Sherwood by Avellina Balestri Genre: Historical Fiction/Robin Hood Legends 270 Pages, Kindle Edition December 21th, 2022“I dreamt of a wily wolf and a swift stag blessing a sapling among the trees. It’s a sign you’ll make our people proud.” ~Robin
Locksley is the heir to the last Saxon noble house in Nottinghamshire.
Since the time of William the Conqueror, his family has been beleaguered
by those who seek to English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-61485033088932166722023-07-25T09:04:00.001+01:002023-07-25T09:04:39.944+01:00Light of Eidon: Giveaway and Celebrate Lit Blog Tour About the BookBook: The Light of Eidon: Legends of the Guardian King #1 Author: Karen HancockGenre: Fantasy (reprint)Release Date: July 11, 2023Special Hardcover Edition of a Classic Christian Fantasy Abramm has dedicated the last eight years of his life to becoming worthy to touch and tend the Sacred Flames of Eidon, and he expects to be blessed for his devotion and English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-90262238422960262412023-06-29T15:56:00.002+01:002023-06-29T15:56:25.247+01:00Healer's Blade by Kyrie Wang: Book Intro and Review Enemy's Keeper #1 Genre: Historical Fantasy Age: Young Adult-AdultJune 30th 2023, Silver Dreams In a country torn by war, can she change the fate of England? 1075 A.D., nine years after the Norman Conquest. Eighteen-year-old healer Aliwyn lives in solitude after a series of medical failures leaves her alienated from her village. With the rebellion against William the Conqueror English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-781492747656694292023-06-03T13:36:00.002+01:002023-06-03T13:36:15.256+01:00The Scots of Dalriada by Rowena Kinread: A Coffee and Thorn Blog Tour Genre: Historical Fiction (5th
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English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-26049468414709481172023-04-24T12:46:00.004+01:002023-04-24T12:46:35.958+01:00Suppression and Suspicion by Mel Starr Genre: Crime/Mystery- Historical Period: Medieval- 14th Century Edmund Harkins has gone missing.Few in
Bampton liked him, knowing him to be a wife-beater and distinctly
unsavoury character, so when some hungry pigs unearth his corpse from a
shallow grave, there is hardly an outpouring of grief.As
bailiff, it is Hugh de Singleton’s duty to bring Edmund’s killer to
justice. But where is he to English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-81076892468172551972023-04-12T12:59:00.001+01:002023-04-12T12:59:16.087+01:00In Love's Time by Kate Breslin Genre: Historical Fiction Period: WW1 Britain and Russia In the summer of 1918, Captain Marcus
Weatherford arrives in Russia on a secret mission, with a beautiful
ballerina posing as his fiancée. Marcus searches for the Romanov Tsarina
and her son--who both allegedly survived the murdering Bolsheviks--and
the information behind an allied plot to assassinate Lenin. But Marcus's
sense ofEnglish Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-31790866478382497182023-04-10T11:36:00.000+01:002023-04-10T11:36:22.449+01:00Merlin's Blade by Robert Treskillard Merlin's Spiral #1 Genre: Fantasy/Arthurian LegendApril 16th 2013, Zondervan A strange meteorite. A deadly enchantment. And only Merlin can destroy it. A
meteorite brings a mysterious black stone whose sinister power ensnares
everyone except Merlin, the blind son of a swordsmith. Soon, all of
Britain will be under its power, and he must destroy the stone—or die
English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-27106657508691598842023-01-26T13:58:00.002+00:002023-01-26T13:58:18.801+00:002022 Catchup: The Premonition at Withers Farm by Jaime Jo Wright Catching up on posting reviews I read last year, but did not post. Genre: Crossover/Duel TimelinePyschological Thriller/Mystery In 1910 Michigan, Perliett VanHilton is a
self-proclaimed rural healer, leaving the local doctor, George Wasziak,
convinced she practices quackery. It doesn't help that her mother,
Maribeth VanHilton, is a Spiritualist who regularly offers her services
to English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-12656271566833481902023-01-26T13:40:00.003+00:002023-01-26T13:40:33.649+00:002022 Catchup: The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano Posting some of my reviews for books I read last year, because I have got so behind in updating my blog. When concert pianist Vivienne Mourdant's father
dies, he leaves to her the care of an adult ward she knew nothing about.
The woman is supposedly a patient at Hurstwell Asylum. The woman's
portrait is shockingly familiar to Vivienne, so when the asylum claims
she was never a patient English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-91590797079364854522022-11-04T15:39:00.005+00:002023-01-26T14:02:07.497+00:00Review Worthy of Legend by Roseanna M. White The Secrets of the Isles #3 September 13th 2022, Ebook, Print & AudioGenre: Historical FictionSetting: Early 20th Century, Isles of Scilly (Southwest coast of Britain)After a
summer of successful pirate-treasure hunting, Lady Emily Scofield and
her friends must hide the unprecedented discoveries they've made, thanks
to the betrayal of her own family. Horrified by her brother, who English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-36313608221979215992022-11-04T15:25:00.001+00:002022-11-04T15:25:02.776+00:00Review Rise of Betrayal by M.N. Stroh Tales of the Clans # 2October 5th 2022 - 365 PagesHistorical Fiction: Period Medieval: 10th century Ireland One brash act forced
her to flee her clan. Now, after years in hiding, she risks exposure to
the man whose brother is dead because of her.Ireland, 962 ADNessa’s
father arranges her betrothal to the son of their warmongering
overlord. Horrified, Nessa realizes that marrying the rogue English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-74118668169864350122022-09-11T18:05:00.001+01:002022-09-11T18:05:04.865+01:00Review of Man of Sorrows by M.N. StrohTale of the Clans #1 Would God command a devout monk to wed a shepherdess?Ireland 940 ADOthers
think young shepherdess Mara fey. No one else in her Clan hears the
voices or sees mysterious visitors. But she knows the messengers come
from God. Mara commits to keep silent about them until one proclaims she
will marry a man meant to bring Scriptural truth to their Clan.Distraught
by her English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-81415089707761742112022-09-02T14:55:00.005+01:002022-09-02T15:09:17.633+01:00First Line Fridays: Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth by J.R.R Tolkien I have not participated in First Line Fridays in over a year. FLF is a hosted by Carrie over at Reading is My Superpower and involves sharing the First Line of a book you are currently reading. I've been wanting to get back into doing First Line Friday posts for ages, and now just seems the best time. For a little bit of context, I've joined a movement that has decided to respond the English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-33258465458196214832022-08-17T09:34:00.002+01:002022-08-17T09:34:56.905+01:00Knights of the Brethren Books 3-4 by Jody Hedlund: Reviewed Book ThreeENSNAREDA poor maidservant struggling to survive, a brave knight who secretly loves her, and a chalice that has the power to unite them.Nursemaid
to the Earl of Likness’s two young daughters, Mikaela despises the earl
for his cruelty to his subjects, and she longs for the day when she can
make a difference in the lives of her suffering friends and family.As
one of the Knights English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-63067768592150582272022-07-13T12:39:00.000+01:002022-07-13T12:39:09.641+01:00Knights of the Brethren Series Books 1-2 by Jody Hedlund: Review Book OneReleased November 2021Genre: Fantasy/Fairytale Retellings During a time when legends were born . . .ENAMOREDA princess in need of a husband, a young Sage who cannot have her, and a web of deceit that threatens their love.Having
been raised by her childless aunt and uncle, the king and queen,
Princess Elinor finds herself the only heir to the throne of Norvegia.
As she comes of English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-70949422852417728782022-07-03T18:40:00.002+01:002022-07-03T18:40:32.555+01:00The Church and the Middle Ages: 1078-1378 by Steve Weidenkopf- Reviewed! December 25th 2020, Ave Maria Press, 192 Pages, Print and Ebook History often
identifies the Middle Ages as barbaric, superstitious, and bloody. Many
secular historians classify the Catholic Church of the time as
omnipotent and overbearing.In reality, the Church provided the world with a common way of life, a common purpose, and unity. In The Church and the Middle Ages (1000-1378),
English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-11877453403112740292022-06-15T22:22:00.001+01:002022-06-15T22:25:02.629+01:00Midnight's Budding Morrow by Carolyn Miller: Audra Jennings Blog Tour Post Can real love grow between a wallflower and an unrepentant rogue?Sarah Drayton is eager to spend time with her best friend at her crumbling Northumberland castle estate. Matrimony is the last thing on her mind and the last thing she expects to be faced with on a holiday. Yet she finds herself being inveigled into a marriage of convenience with her friend's rakish brother.When James Langley English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-7362676490007242262022-05-29T12:18:00.002+01:002022-05-29T12:18:14.619+01:00Review: Past the Horizon, Struggles of A Reserved Man Raul Leon Due for Release 7th June, Self Published This story introduces us to a man who has endured pain, loss, and anxiety to such an extent that he has subconsciously dismissed God entirely from his life. With few friends or family near, and a heart filled with anger, sadness, and blame…he has all lost hope. One night, as he dreams of drowning and ending his life, God intervenes English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-14482023162299397202022-04-04T14:22:00.001+01:002022-11-05T07:50:19.293+00:00Reviewed: Never Leave Me by Jody Hedlund Waters of Time #2January 4th 2022, Bethany House, 368 PagesPrint Ebook and Audio In the last stages of a
genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining
days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington. Harrison
cares deeply for Ellen, but as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, he's never
allowed himself to get serious in a relationship. However, he's
English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-45065924561098738032022-04-03T12:54:00.004+01:002022-04-03T12:54:48.762+01:00Reviewed: Shadows of Swanford Abbey by Julie Klassen December 7th 2021, 414 Pages, Bethany House Print, Ebook and Audio News of her brother's
worrisome behavior spurs Miss Rebecca Lane to return home to her
village. Upon her arrival, he begs her to go to nearby Swanford Abbey, a
English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-37659184365054562792022-02-01T14:51:00.006+00:002022-02-01T15:06:42.621+00:00Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Names in the Title Welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday post, hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. Its been so long since I've taken part in TTT, but I loved the sound of today's one. "Books with Names or Character Names in the Title". So here is my list. Some I have read, and some are in my TBR pile. &English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.com2