Beyond the Brightening Sea by Trudy J. Morgan-Cole begins in 1649 with the beheading of King Charles I. In far-off Avalon, New Found Land, fleeing Royalists work to establish a fishing colony, led by a Governor still loyal to the Crown.
At first glance, such a label is similarly not inaccurate. Riverwork follows Lucy Snow, a woman in her 60s who follows in the physical and intellectual footsteps of her aunt Emily, who had lived in Paris and attended the Sorbonne to complete her Master’s but ended up dropping out.
A Sense of Things Beyond by Renée Belliveau is a compelling and well-researched historical fiction novel set in the wake of World War I.
When her husband is sentenced to death by hanging after involvement in a failed rebel uprising in Upper Canada in 1838, Maria resolves to seek justice and save his life so that their young daughter can know her father.
As epigraphs go, Gereaux’s identifies commonplace racism circa 1869. The novel’s subsequent pair of historical settings, about four and eight decades later, suggest cultural change that could be measured in teaspoons.
Trapped in a conservative, religious society, Frona has no one to ask if her desire for men is normal. If her lust is proper – and she’s convinced it will be the things that damns her.
Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties by Marie-Josee Poisson is a work of historical fiction that reimagines the life of Madame de Pompadour, the chief mistress of King Louis XV.
Sisters Marthe and Élisabeth find themselves on a ship to New France, after scandal embroiled Élisabeth in their village.
The focus of the book is that compassionate curiosity of the narrator Eric as he tries to puzzle out his life, his times.
A work of historical fiction, the setting is a place Hussain has imagined where matriarchy plays an important role.
A careful blend of fact and fiction, Culley was inspired by a sheaf of music scores written by her great-grandfather that she discovered in her father’s basement, including music for several flute trios.
There is a mystery to uncover situated in the detailed life on the farm during the late 1800s. Black’s flair for writing superb and timely dialogue keeps the reader planted in this time and space.
Through an unusual combination of circumstances, Ryan Treiber, a lecturer at Saint Mary’s University, is thrown back in time to the founding of Halifax in 1749, 275 years ago. Found by Aubrey De Courcy, a member of Governor Edward Conrwallis’ council, Ryan stays in a camp clearing that is to become Halifax’s Grand Parade.
Lesley Crewe’s The Spirit of Scatarie (pronounced Sca-tah-ree) is a well-written, fictional story about the real island of Scatarie, just off the northeastern tip of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and is told from the point of view of a spirit or ghost.
Both ladies are excited to be among the first passengers to travel First Class on the Titanic to America, each for different reasons. Hannah hopes the trip will heal her marriage; and for Louisa, the trip is part of her plan to escape marriage.
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