It’s 1858, and there are two queens on the throne. Victoria reigns over London, the biggest city the world has ever known. But London has a secret shadow city, called Donlon, where another queen, the Green Witch, rules her own domain – time. London is in turmoil. The Thames is at the height of the […]
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I started a new book today, and I’m already enjoying it so much that I had to put it down for a sec to tell you about it! When Days Tilt is Karen Ginnane’s debut novel, and the first in her Time Catcher series. It’s historical fiction fantasy for teens and it grabbed me right […]
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Burma, 1945. Bea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy: in search of adventure, attached to the Fourteenth Army, fighting a forgotten war in the jungle. Assigned to run a mobile canteen, navigating treacherous roads and dodging hostile gunfire, they become embroiled in life-threatening battles of their own. Oxford, 1976. A woman slips into a museum and […]
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Fresnes Prison, 1940: Margot Bisset, a former maid from the Riviera, finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter, Josephine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a work camp in Germany, where the secrets they share will bind them for generations to come. Present-day Paris: Evie Black lives above her botanical […]
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We all know I love historical fiction, and I have a particular soft spot for historical fiction books about ‘witches’, wise women, and healers, so I jumped at the chance to check out Allison Butler’s novel The Healer. Of course, comparisons with Outlander didn’t hurt either haha. Here’s the synopsis: 1402, the Anglo-Scottish border. Lynelle […]
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The Goldminer’s Sister has been on my list of most anticipated new releases for 2020 since I binged the previous Maiden’s Creek book – The Postmistress – in a single day and found out that Alison Stuart was working on another one. I finally read it at the start of last week, and was delighted […]
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