A Rendezvous with Rochambeau…By Ripley Proserpina

If I had a past life, I KNOW, I just KNOW, it was during the Revolutionary War. So in honor of this unsubstantiated claim, and the 4th of July, I’m posting a list of my recommendations for historical (with romance) reads. 

PS: Some of these are on my “to be read” list, but I had to include them because they look really good!

 PPS: I’m going to include pre-revolutionary stories, as well. I mean, I know 1600 is very different from 1776, but sometimes, a girl just has to read a book about a pilgrim. 

The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare. I read this one so long ago, the internet wasn’t even invented. But it stuck with me. I remember crushing on the pilgrim love interest so hard and then he broke my heart when he turned out to be a…a not cool guy. I still really loved this book. 

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe. You know what I’m starting to think as I write these recommendations? Maybe I was a witch in a past life, too. Anyway, I loved the way this book bounced between present day and the Salem Witch Trials. Sooo, good. 

Which reminds me…The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Classic rip your heart out. Again with the witches though… 

Enemy of the King by Beth Tissel. This is on my “to be read” pile. It takes place during the American Revolution and includes a ghost. A twin. And a rebel. Cue purr. 

OH! Melissa de la Cruz wrote a book about Alexander and Eliza Hamilton called Love and War. I’m putting this on my list, too. 

So there it is… some historical reads for your July. Happy 4th everyone!