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Publication Date:  June 14, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Historical Fiction  Publisher:  Viking Length:  413 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Kentucky, 1850 . An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.    New York City, 1954 . Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equest...

Publication Date:  August 23, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Medieval Historical Fiction Narrators: Aiden Kelly Publisher:  Little Brown & Company Length:  8 hours 35 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Room , three men vow to leave the world behind them as they set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on wh...

Publication Date:  October 3, 2017 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical Fiction Narrators:  Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind, Vincent Piazza Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Audio Length:  15 hours 16 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. ‎Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. O...

  Publication Date:  September 21, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical YA fiction Narrators:  Matt Godfrey Publisher:  Harper Audio      Length:  7 hours 19 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies completely drained of blood.  Michael Jensen, an aspiring journalist whose father happens to be the town sheriff, never imagined that the Bloodless Murders would come to his backyard. Not until the night the Carlson family was found murdered in their home. Marie Catherine Hale, a diminutive 15-year-old, was discovered at the scene — covered in blood. She is the sole suspect in custody. Michael didn’t think that he would be part of the investigation, but he is pulled in when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to. As Marie recounts her version of the story, it falls to Michael to find the truth: What really happened th...

  Publication Date:  February 6, 2018 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Historical Fiction Publisher:  St Martins Press          Length:  450 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to hope this new land promise...

Publication Date:  April 5, 2016 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical Fiction Narrators:  Edoardo Ballerini Publisher:  Macmillan Audio                 Length:  9 hours 57 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city's Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it. ...

Publication Date:  March 2, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical Women's Fiction Narrator:  Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, Lauren Irwin Publisher:  Harper Audio          Length:  10 hours 18 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary… Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo thr...

Release Date:  October 1, 2018 Publisher:  Sourcebook Fires Format:  ebook Pages:  464 pages Genre:   YA, Historical Fiction Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis:  The things I’ve seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade. Before, she lived inside the fence. Before, she was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind. Because Father John controlled everything—and Father John liked rules. Disobeying Father John came with terrible consequences. But there are lies behind Father John’s words. Outside, there are different truths. Then came the fire. Review: Based on the true events that happened at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. I loved the way this book is written only giving us little glimpses at a time of life inside the religious sect that Moonbeam is a part of. You know that Moonbeam is holding something back...

Release Date: June 6, 2017 Publisher: Ballantine Books Format: Kindle Pages: 352 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Buy: Kindle | Hardcover Synopsis: Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize that the truth is much darker. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together—in a world of danger and uncertainty. Aitken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding...

Release Date: January 13, 2015 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: Audio Narrator: Julie Whelan, Nick Podehl Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Pages: 352 pages Genre: Fiction Buy: Audio | Paperback | Kindle Synopsis: The Amazing Arden is the most famous female illusionist of her day, renowned for her notorious trick of sawing a man in half on stage. One night in Waterloo, Iowa, with young policeman Virgil Holt watching from the audience, she swaps her trademark saw for a fire ax. Is it a new version of the illusion, or an all-too-real murder? When Arden's husband is found lifeless beneath the stage later that night, the answer seems clear. But when Virgil happens upon the fleeing magician and takes her into custody, she has a very different story to tell. Even handcuffed and alone, Arden is far from powerless-and what she reveals is as unbelievable as it is spellbinding. Over the course of one eerie night, Virgil must decide whether to turn Arden in or set her free......

Title: Deadly Illusions by Brenda Joyce Publisher: Harlequin 384 Pages Genre: Historical, Mystery This book is due to be released 12/28/10.  I received an advanced electronic galley of this book through netgalley.com Synopsis: Irrepressible heiress and intrepid sleuth Francesca Cahill moves from her own glittering world of Fifth Avenue to the teeming underbelly of society, a place of pride, passions…and sometimes deadly perversions. Despite the misgivings of her fiancé, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women, but while the first two victims survived, the third is found dead. All the victims are impoverished but beautiful Irishwomen—and Francesca fears that her dear friends Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O’Neil could be next. Soon she is working with her former love, police commissioner Rick Bragg—Calder’s half brother and worst rival. But even as Calder’s jealou...