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October 22, 2020
Welcome to Day #2 of the blog tour for Anke: The Beginning by Anas Hamshari and Caroline Snodgress #HistoricalFiction #ShortStories #CoffeePotBookClub @ExoticReads @authorrochelle
Anke: The Beginning
By Anas Hamshari and Caroline Snodgress
October 15th – December 17th 2020
Publication Date: September 16th 2020
Publisher: Exotic Reads
Page Length: 111 eBook / 170 paperback
Genre: Historical Fiction
Living in the city of Mechelen, just south of once-prosperous Antwerp, in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War, Anke Verhaegen, an ambitious nineteen-year-old, is determined to make the most of her life.
When her brother Johan suggests crossing the Atlantic to New Netherland, Anke knows this is her destiny. Together, the two set about attempting to secure passage across the sea.
Before long, their plans are in motion, and hopes are high. Yet, with vengeful enemies, secrecy, and danger on the high sea waiting to be faced, will Anke really be able to secure a better life for herself?
The second stop of the tour is over on The Historical Fiction Blog for where you can find out about the history of New New Netherland.
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Welcome to Day # 4 of the blog tour for The Potential for Love: A Regency Novel by Catherine Kullmann #RegencyRomance #CoffeePotBookClub @CKullmannAuthor @EKeysian
THE POTENTIAL FOR LOVE: A REGENCY NOVELBY CATHERINE KULLMANN
OCTOBER 19TH - OCTOBER 30TH 2020AMAZON • WATERSTONES • BARNES AND NOBLE
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Publisher: Willow Books
Print Length: 414 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction/Historical Romance/Regency Romance/Historical Women’s Fiction
1816
For over six years, Thomas Ferraunt’s thoughts have been of war. Newly returned to England from occupied Paris, he must ask himself what his place is in this new world and what he wants from it. More and more, his thoughts turn to Arabella Malvin, but would Lord Malvin agree to such a mismatch for his daughter, especially when she is being courted by Lord Henry Danlow?
About to embark on her fourth Season, Arabella is tired of the life of a debutante, waiting in the wings for her real life to begin. She is ready to marry. But which of her suitors has the potential for love and who will agree to the type of marriage she wants?
As she struggles to make her choice, she is faced with danger from an unexpected quarter while Thomas is stunned by a new challenge. Will these events bring them together or drive them apart?
We are celebrating the release of the special hardback edition of The Potential for Love during this tour. With a beautiful dust jacket over an elegant laminated cover, it will enhance any library and is the perfect gift for lovers of historical women’s fiction and historical romance.
Today's stop is over on Seduction, Scandal & Spies where Catherine is talking about the historical backdrop of her fabulous novel, The Potential For Love: A Regency Novel
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Welcome to Day #9 of the blog tour for His Castilian Hawk (The Castilian Saga, Book 1) by Anna Belfrage #BookReview #HistFic #CoffeePotBookClub @abelfrageauthor @1BrookAllen @CraftygasheadZo
His Castilian Hawk
(The Castilian Saga, Book 1)
By Anna Belfrage
October 12th – October 23rd 2020
Publication Date: September 28, 2020
Publisher: Matador (paperback) & Timelight Press (ebook)
Page Length: 396 pages (paperback) 335 pages (ebook)
Genre: Historical Fiction
For bastard-born Robert FitzStephan, being given Eleanor d’Outremer in marriage is an honour. For Eleanor, this forced wedding is anything but a fairy tale.
Robert FitzStephan has served Edward Longshanks loyally since the age of twelve. Now he is riding with his king to once and for all bring Wales under English control.
Eleanor d’Outremer—Noor to family—lost her Castilian mother as a child and is left entirely alone when her father and brother are killed. When ordered to wed the unknown Robert FitzStephan, she has no choice but to comply.
Two strangers in a marriage bed is not easy. Things are further complicated by Noor’s blood-ties to the Welsh princes and by covetous Edith who has warmed Robert’s bed for years. Robert’s new wife may be young and innocent, but he is soon to discover that not only is she spirited and proud, she is also brave. Because when Wales lies gasping and Edward I exacts terrible justice on the last prince and his children, Noor is determined to save at least one member of the House of Aberffraw from the English king.
Will years of ingrained service have Robert standing with his king or will he follow his heart and protect his wife, his beautiful and fierce Castilian hawk?
We are stoping over on two blogs today. The first stop is over on Zoe's Art, Craft and Life for a fabulous review.
"There is a lot of story in this book, and there are several interwoven plot threads which I think is the reason that makes it so hard to put down. I really enjoyed this book, and I can't wait to get my hands on book 2!" Zoe's Art, Craft and Life.
To read the rest of the reviewClick HERE!
The second stop of the day is over on Brook Allen's Official Blog for a sneak-peek between the covers of His Castilian Hawk.
Click HERE!
October 21, 2020
Welcome to Day # 3 of the blog tour for The Potential for Love: A Regency Novel by Catherine Kullmann #RegencyRomance #CoffeePotBookClub @CKullmannAuthor @jroberts1324
THE POTENTIAL FOR LOVE: A REGENCY NOVELBY CATHERINE KULLMANN
OCTOBER 19TH - OCTOBER 30TH 2020AMAZON • WATERSTONES • BARNES AND NOBLE
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Publisher: Willow Books
Print Length: 414 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction/Historical Romance/Regency Romance/Historical Women’s Fiction
1816
For over six years, Thomas Ferraunt’s thoughts have been of war. Newly returned to England from occupied Paris, he must ask himself what his place is in this new world and what he wants from it. More and more, his thoughts turn to Arabella Malvin, but would Lord Malvin agree to such a mismatch for his daughter, especially when she is being courted by Lord Henry Danlow?
About to embark on her fourth Season, Arabella is tired of the life of a debutante, waiting in the wings for her real life to begin. She is ready to marry. But which of her suitors has the potential for love and who will agree to the type of marriage she wants?
As she struggles to make her choice, she is faced with danger from an unexpected quarter while Thomas is stunned by a new challenge. Will these events bring them together or drive them apart?
We are celebrating the release of the special hardback edition of The Potential for Love during this tour. With a beautiful dust jacket over an elegant laminated cover, it will enhance any library and is the perfect gift for lovers of historical women’s fiction and historical romance.
Today's stop is over on The Books Delight where Catherine is letting you have a sneak-peek between the covers of The Potential For Love: A Regency Novel
Click HERE!
Welcome to Day #8 of the blog tour for His Castilian Hawk (The Castilian Saga, Book 1) by Anna Belfrage #Medieval #HistFic #CoffeePotBookClub @abelfrageauthor @cathiedunn
His Castilian Hawk
(The Castilian Saga, Book 1)
By Anna Belfrage
October 12th – October 23rd 2020
Publication Date: September 28, 2020
Publisher: Matador (paperback) & Timelight Press (ebook)
Page Length: 396 pages (paperback) 335 pages (ebook)
Genre: Historical Fiction
For bastard-born Robert FitzStephan, being given Eleanor d’Outremer in marriage is an honour. For Eleanor, this forced wedding is anything but a fairy tale.
Robert FitzStephan has served Edward Longshanks loyally since the age of twelve. Now he is riding with his king to once and for all bring Wales under English control.
Eleanor d’Outremer—Noor to family—lost her Castilian mother as a child and is left entirely alone when her father and brother are killed. When ordered to wed the unknown Robert FitzStephan, she has no choice but to comply.
Two strangers in a marriage bed is not easy. Things are further complicated by Noor’s blood-ties to the Welsh princes and by covetous Edith who has warmed Robert’s bed for years. Robert’s new wife may be young and innocent, but he is soon to discover that not only is she spirited and proud, she is also brave. Because when Wales lies gasping and Edward I exacts terrible justice on the last prince and his children, Noor is determined to save at least one member of the House of Aberffraw from the English king.
Will years of ingrained service have Robert standing with his king or will he follow his heart and protect his wife, his beautiful and fierce Castilian hawk?
We are stoping over on Cathie Dunn's Official Blog for a fabulous review.
"His Castilian Hawk was a delight to read! It's visual, historically as accurate as possible, and has twists and turns that challenge the characters. One of my favourite reads of the year..." Cathie Dunn.
To read the rest of the reviewClick HERE!
Welcome to Day #10 of the blog tour for Drake: Tudor Corsair #HistoricalFiction #SirFrancisDrake #BookReview @tonyriches
Drake - Tudor Corsair (The Elizabethan Series Book 1)By Tony Riches
August 19th - October 21st 2020
Amazon UK • Amazon US • Amazon CA • Amazon AU
Publication Date: 5th August 2020 Publisher: Preseli Press Ltd. Print Length: 344 pages Genre: Historical Fiction 1564 Devon sailor Francis Drake sets out on a journey of adventure. Drake learns of routes used to transport Spanish silver and gold, and risks his life in an audacious plan to steal a fortune. Queen Elizabeth is intrigued by Drake and secretly encourages his piracy. Her unlikely champion becomes a national hero, sailing around the world in the Golden Hind and attacking the Spanish fleet. King Philip of Spain has enough of Drake’s plunder and orders an armada to threaten the future of England.
Today we are stopping over on 100 Pages A Day… Stephanie’s Book Reviews for a fabulous review:
“Drake-Tudor Corsair is an exciting high seas adventure documenting the life of Francis Drake. I didn't know much about Francis Drake and was delighted to read this history filled account. Like all of Tony Riches' other books, this is brimming with historical detail and accuracy…Drake-Tudor Corsair is a great start to Tony Riches The Elizabethan Series.” 100 Pages A Day… Stephanie’s Book Reviews
To read the rest of the review
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WEDNESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2020 Welcome to Day #2 of the virtual blog tour for The Brittle Sea by Tom Kane #HistoricalFiction #TheBrittleSea #Titanic @TigerBites @authorrochelle
The Brittle SeaBy Tom Kane
October 14th – December 16th 2020Amazon (Kindle) • Amazon (Paperback) Publication Date: 19th June 2020
Publisher: TigerBites
Print Length: 295 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
The Titanic disaster is the catalyst that sparks a bloody feud between two families in early 20th century America.
Magda Asparov is travelling from her home in the Ukraine to be the chosen bride of American businessman Matthew Turner III. But the ill-fated voyage of the unsinkable ship has far reaching consequences for her and her savior.
Magda has lost her memory and a new personality, Maggie, has taken hold. The Captain of her rescue ship, Richard Blackmore, has fallen for Maggie.
A mental illness, betrayal, murder, and corruption destroy Blackmore's life until all that remains is for him to seek revenge.
We are stopping over on The Historical Fiction Blog today where Tom is talking about the Titanic disaster of 1912.
Click HERE!
October 20, 2020
Have a sneak-peek between the covers of Dave Mason's fabulous book - EO-N #Historical #WarFiction @davemasonwrites
EO-N
By Dave Mason
2019: Alison Wiley, a once-idealistic biotech CEO, is processing her new reality: she’s the last bud on the last branch of her family tree. On the heels of her mother’s illness and crushing death, she's pulled into a seventy-four year old mystery by a chance discovery on a Norwegian glacier.
1945: RCAF Squadron Leader Jack Barton flies combat missions over occupied Europe. Major Günther Graf, a war-weary and disillusioned Luftwaffe pilot, is trapped in the unspeakable horrors of Nazi Germany. Their paths, so different yet so similar, are connected by a young victim of appalling cruelty.
A story of love and loss, cruelty and kindness, guilt and redemption,
EO-N's sweeping narrative takes readers on a riveting journey—from the destruction and cruelty of war to the relentless pressures of contemporary corporate greed—weaving together five seemingly separate lives to remind us that individual actions matter and that courage comes in many forms.
Excerpt
She turned to resurvey the task at hand, eyes eventually settling on the beige filing cabinet in the corner of her mother’s office. She didn’t see the cabinet so much as two or three more hours of god only knew what her mother might have stuffed in there, but she willed her thumb to push the button beside the handle and opened the top drawer, promising herself that when she’d gotten through this one she’d switch to wine.
Twenty-one minutes later, three drawers down, in a small manila envelope addressed to her grandmother Marie at her Halifax home, she found it.
The brittle paper, aged to a yellowish, greyish hue, was ragged at the edges, stained and wrinkled, and torn in the places where it had been folded and unfolded and refolded so many times that it was held together by only the most fragile of fibres.
Engraved in black ink at the top of the document was the corporate boilerplate stuff. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAMD.E. GALLOWAY, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, TORONTO ONT. And debossed into its once-soft surface by the firm hammer strikes of an actual typewriter were the words that had dramatically changed the trajectory of her grandmother’s young life, and which would, in turn, alter the lives of so many people who came after. RAG11 32 GB 2 EXTRA=RCAF OTTAWA ONT 22 {PRIORITY - CC} MRS BARTON 7 PRINCE ARTHUR STREET HALIFAX NS DEEPLY REGRET TO ADVISE THAT YOUR HUSBAND SQ LEADER JACK J BARTON M TWO EIGHT ONE EIGHT MISSING IN ACTION / OPERATIONS 22 APRIL 1945 STOP LETTER FOLLOWS PENDING RECEIPT WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FROM AIR MINISTRY STOP NO INFORMATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE PRESS ** 404 SQUADRON RCAF She read the telegram three times, trying in vain to decipher the handwritten scribbles and numbers near its bottom right-hand corner, and noting the faded blue-violet rubber stamp on its top right: 08 MAY 1945 Without really knowing why, she brought the impersonal document close to her face. She closed her eyes, thinking for just a second that she might somehow detect some remnants of humanity there, some sense of sadness and loss. But as she knew it would, the paper just smelled old.Alison had known about her grandfather at some point, had been provided with a vague memory that something terrible had happened to him when he was a very young man. She’d been a child when those hushed stories had been told, and as with most people who’ve acquired so little of their own, history did not really exist to her at that point in her life. But here, today, in the hands of a thirty-four-year-old woman who’d lately begun to feel the weight of her own life starting to pile up, was the decidedly dispassionate, matter-of-fact document that had left her grandmother Marie heartbroken and, not long afterward, alone with a baby girl.
That baby girl—Alison’s mother—was Susan Elizabeth Barton Todd, named in honour of her biological paternal grandmother. Susan had grown up never knowing her real father, raised instead by Marie and the wonderful man who’d been her “Dad” from the very beginning. A naval officer who’d survived his own war chasing U-boats across the frozen North Atlantic, Commander John Bernard Todd had married the widowed Mrs. Marie Barton in the autumn of 1948, after the briefest of courtships, back when courtships were a thing. Shortly after the wedding, with his instant young family in tow, he’d made the move to Washington, DC, to take a posting as RCN Naval Attaché.
Commander and Mrs. Todd had remained mostly happily in love for more than forty-five years, blessing Alison’s mother, Susan, with the powerful sense of family and belonging that had always meant so much to her.
Susan had married Paul Wiley, her Boston University sweetheart, shortly after they’d graduated. An aeronautical engineer, Paul had accepted a job in Montreal, where, to the best of Alison’s recollection, he’d helped design helicopter engines. Susan had worked as an architect until Alison’s brother James had been born, and Alison had come along just about four years after him, enough of a gap to be kiddingly referred to as “oopsie,” although her parents had always been sure to let her know how much they’d hoped and hoped for her.
The family had relocated to Avon, Connecticut when Alison had turned eight, a difficult transition made a little easier by the presence of the big brother she knew had loved her as fiercely as any big brother possibly could.
She sat back, drained by her thoughts.
Life is easiest without them.
Get up, go to meetings, go home, binge-watch Netflix, go to sleep. Repeat. Years, it seemed, had flown by that way, with what passed for happiness, hope, satisfaction, rage, frustration, and every other emotion all wrapped up in the work she put between herself and an actual life. She couldn’t help but wonder sometimes—usually when she’d had a few too many and she allowed herself to think in such a way—if she was simply substituting the relentless and so often empty pursuit of career success for the sporadic and potentially empty pursuit of personal happiness.
She picked up the manila envelope and shook it one last time.
A glossy, white-bordered black-and-white photograph, small enough to fit into the palm of her hand, fluttered like a leaf onto the jumble of papers scattered on her mother’s hardwood floor. She scooped it up.
Arms clasped behind him, a handsome young man stared intensely into the camera’s lens. His dark grey uniform jacket was crisp, belted at the waist, buttons shiny, with what looked to be a short row of ribbons and an embroidered wing emblem of some kind above his left breast pocket. His peaked cap was tilted slightly back on his head, revealing a short shock of dark hair, and his grin—he wasn’t smiling exactly, but he wasn’t frowning either—gave Alison the distinct impression that he kind of didn’t give a shit. But absolutely everything else about his demeanour and his surroundings said that he did. A wide, flat field stretched out behind him, and off to one side, Alison could make out what looked like a couple of black trucks parked near the elliptical tail of some kind of black-grey, camouflaged, twin-engine airplane.
She turned the photograph over. There, in faded blue fountain pen ink: BartScotlandMarch 1945 No empty pursuit there.
Pick up your copy of EO-NAmazon UK • Amazon USAdd EO-N to your 'to-read' list on
GoodreadsDave Mason
Born in England and raised in Canada, Dave Mason is an internationally recognized graphic designer and cofounder of a number of software companies, and now, a writer of historical fiction. He divides his time between Chicago, Illinois, and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. EO-N is his first novel.Connect with Dave:Website • Twitter
Book Title: EO-N
Author: Dave Mason
Publication Date: 1st October 2020
Publisher: Hellbox Editions
Page Length: 298 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Welcome to Day #7 of the blog tour for His Castilian Hawk (The Castilian Saga, Book 1) by Anna Belfrage #Medieval #HistFic #CoffeePotBookClub @abelfrageauthor @BritonandDane
His Castilian Hawk
(The Castilian Saga, Book 1)
By Anna Belfrage
October 12th – October 23rd 2020
Publication Date: September 28, 2020
Publisher: Matador (paperback) & Timelight Press (ebook)
Page Length: 396 pages (paperback) 335 pages (ebook)
Genre: Historical Fiction
For bastard-born Robert FitzStephan, being given Eleanor d’Outremer in marriage is an honour. For Eleanor, this forced wedding is anything but a fairy tale.
Robert FitzStephan has served Edward Longshanks loyally since the age of twelve. Now he is riding with his king to once and for all bring Wales under English control.
Eleanor d’Outremer—Noor to family—lost her Castilian mother as a child and is left entirely alone when her father and brother are killed. When ordered to wed the unknown Robert FitzStephan, she has no choice but to comply.
Two strangers in a marriage bed is not easy. Things are further complicated by Noor’s blood-ties to the Welsh princes and by covetous Edith who has warmed Robert’s bed for years. Robert’s new wife may be young and innocent, but he is soon to discover that not only is she spirited and proud, she is also brave. Because when Wales lies gasping and Edward I exacts terrible justice on the last prince and his children, Noor is determined to save at least one member of the House of Aberffraw from the English king.
Will years of ingrained service have Robert standing with his king or will he follow his heart and protect his wife, his beautiful and fierce Castilian hawk?
We are stopping over on Let the words shine... where Anna is sharing the inspiration behind His Castilian Hawk.
Click HERE!
Welcome to Day #2 of the blog tour for The Potential for Love: A Regency Novel by Catherine Kullmann #BookReview #RegencyRomance #CoffeePotBookClub @CKullmannAuthor @gwendalyn_books
THE POTENTIAL FOR LOVE: A REGENCY NOVELBY CATHERINE KULLMANN
OCTOBER 19TH - OCTOBER 30TH 2020AMAZON • WATERSTONES • BARNES AND NOBLE
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Publisher: Willow Books
Print Length: 414 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction/Historical Romance/Regency Romance/Historical Women’s Fiction
1816
For over six years, Thomas Ferraunt’s thoughts have been of war. Newly returned to England from occupied Paris, he must ask himself what his place is in this new world and what he wants from it. More and more, his thoughts turn to Arabella Malvin, but would Lord Malvin agree to such a mismatch for his daughter, especially when she is being courted by Lord Henry Danlow?
About to embark on her fourth Season, Arabella is tired of the life of a debutante, waiting in the wings for her real life to begin. She is ready to marry. But which of her suitors has the potential for love and who will agree to the type of marriage she wants?
As she struggles to make her choice, she is faced with danger from an unexpected quarter while Thomas is stunned by a new challenge. Will these events bring them together or drive them apart?
We are celebrating the release of the special hardback edition of The Potential for Love during this tour. With a beautiful dust jacket over an elegant laminated cover, it will enhance any library and is the perfect gift for lovers of historical women’s fiction and historical romance.
The first stop of the tour is over on Gwendalyn's Books for a fabulous review.
Click HERE!
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