The Secret Keeper by Genevieve Graham
Airplanes, Morse code, spy school, family tragedy, sisterhood, and true love — this book really does have it all.
historical fiction
The Black Crescent by Jane Johnson
The Black Crescent is the story of an unassuming man at a turbulent time in Morocco’s history.
Flicker by Lori Hahnel
Flicker by award-winning author Lori Hahnel is part of the University of Calgary Press’s Brave & Brilliant Series, 2023.
The House Filler by Tong Ge
Golden Phoenix’s voice is strong. It feels that she is right there, sitting with the reader, telling her story.
Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira
Dayspring is an immersive, mesmerizing work, one that wrenches beauty from cataclysm and finds bliss in apocalypse.
Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook
Beginning in the year 1851, Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook is a meticulously researched work of historical fiction that brings into focus the Franklin Expedition, forbidden love, and some of the more garish aspects of Victorian England.
The Jazz Club Spy by Roberta Rich
A riveting historical thriller about a Jewish cigarette girl in 1930s New York who finds the soldier who burned down her Russian village years earlier only to be swept up in a political conspiracy on the eve of World War II.
Siege of Your Heart: Review of Winter of Siege by Jan Degrass
As the officer turns to leave, I want to run after him—to give up my secret. But if my earlier words created so much consternation, then what would he say if I tell him the truth?
That Tanya can speak. I know this because I have heard her. When I visited her, she brought her lips close to my ear and said just two words: “Find Mama.”
Ruby Takes Chicago by Diann Floyd Boehm
Ruby Takes Chicago, is the sequel to Rise! A Girl’s Struggle for More. It’s now the 1920s, and a young Ruby Dinsmore leaves her hometown of Oilton, Oklahoma, and heads for Chicago to make her dreams come true.
Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue by Christine Higdon
Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is immersed in the complex political and social realities of the 1920s and, not-so ironically, of the 2020s: love, sex, desire, police corruption, abortion, addiction, and women wanting more.
The African Samurai by Craig Shreve
Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreign-born samurai and the only samurai of African descent.
The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black
The Brickworks by Lucy E. M. Black will sweep its readers back in time to the early 1900s when the spark of imagination and technology was on the cusp of igniting.
Out Of The Dark by Julie Lawson
A dual review of “A Blinding Light” and “Out of the Dark” two historical fiction novels for young readers by Julie Lawson.
In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier (40th Anniversary Edition)
Beloved for more than 40 years, In Search of April Raintree is a timeless story that lingers long after the final page.
Excerpt: The Alexanders 1921-1925 Vol. 2 by Allan Hudson
In 1924, Dominic finally decides to do something with the vacant part of the lot where his store is located on St. George St. His intentions today is to cut the long grass and other weeds. His wife Maria will decide what kind of shrubs she wants to be planted later. When he stops to …
