Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! This week I’m taking a journey to 18th Century West Indies with Lisa T. Bergren’s recent release, Keturah. I’ve never read a book with this setting, so I’m looking forward to all that is in store for me!
~ About the Book ~ Lacemaker Vivienne Rivard never imagined her craft could threaten her life. Yet in revolutionary France, it is a death sentence when the nobility, and those associated with them, are forced to the guillotine. Vivienne flees to Philadelphia but finds the same dangers lurking in the French Quarter, as revolutionary sympathizers threaten the life of a young boy left in her care, who some suspect to be the Dauphin. Can the French settlement, Azilum, offer permanent refuge? Militiaman Liam Delaney proudly served in the American Revolution, but now that the new government has imposed an oppressive
Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I’ve just finished reading Jocelyn Green’s upcoming release, A Refuge Assured—a novel of revolution and rebellion and the life of a young French lacemaker who gets caught in the crossfire. I’ll be posting my review tomorrow, but for now, how about I give you a little taste with the first line?
Welcome, Word Nerds! I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with today’s word, although if you’re a reader of historical novels, particularly those set during the late 1700s and early 1800s, chances are you’ve come across it. The word in question is bluestocking.
This post is part of the Litfuse Publicity blog tour for Many Sparrows. ~ About the Book ~ Either she and her children would emerge from that wilderness together, or none of them would… In 1774, the Ohio-Kentucky frontier pulses with rising tension and brutal conflicts as Colonists push westward and encroach upon Native American territories. The young Inglesby family is making the perilous journey west when an accident sends Philip back to Redstone Fort for help, forcing him to leave his pregnant wife Clare and their four-year old son Jacob on a remote mountain trail. When Philip does not return and
~ About the Book ~ Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found… Now remembered as the author of the world’s most famous hymn, in the mid-eighteenth century as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton is a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life. His only duty is to report to his ship and avoid disgracing his father—until the night he hears Polly Catlett’s enchanting voice, caroling. He’s immediately smitten and determined to win her affection. An intense connection quickly forms between the two,