B Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / English Historical / forced proximity / Great-Fire-of-London / Historical / plague / Restoration / Restoration England31 Comments
“Have you found that ideal man yet?” There was only one man at the court of King Charles II that Miss Mary Hook could contemplate marrying — Prince Rupert was undoubtedly the most interesting, most intelligent, most honorable, chivalrous and handsome man at Court. If only she could find a ... more >
Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists17th-century / Action Adventure / Australia / chick-in-pants / Contemporary / cooking / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Georgia / HBCU / Historical / interracial-romance / Persia / plague / POC / POC author / Restoration England / Small Town Romance / texting10 Comments
Sadly, here are more books I wanted to enjoy which, for various reasons, did not work for me. The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews14th century / aristocrats / class differences / death / disease / England / Historical fiction / language / LGBTQIA characters / medieval / plague / working class2 Comments
Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a Scots proctor sets out for Avignon, and a young plowman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews17th-century / adultery / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / London / Marriage-in-Trouble / plague / Stuart-England2 Comments
Sometimes money costs too much. The Great Plague has London in its grip. As the summer heat rises, red crosses mark the doors, wealthy citizens flee and only the poor remain to face the march of death. Ambitious and attractive, Bess Bagwell is determined her carpenter husband, Will, should make ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / England / faith / Historical / Historical fiction / plague / Stuart-England3 Comments
Seventeenth-century England. In a remote Derbyshire village, over three hundred years ago, a man tried to serve his God to the best of his belief at a terrible cost to himself and others. He believed he was following Divine instructions. But was he a hero or a fool? William Mompesson ... more >
C- Reviewsdystopian / New-Orleans / plague / Scientist / YA4 Comments
Dear Ms. Smith, I greatly enjoyed your YA historical novel, Flygirl, in which a young African American woman passes for white in order to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. I loved Ida Mae’s story, so when I saw that you had a new book ... more >