Genre: Historical Fiction

The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West by Sara Ackerman @AckermanBooks @HarlequinBooks #MIRA @sophiarose1816

The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West by Sara Ackerman @AckermanBooks @HarlequinBooks  #MIRA @sophiarose1816

Dual timeline historical fiction involving family secrets for one woman in 1987 and another woman grits her way into the all-male world of 1927 aviation and a race of a lifetime. The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West fired my cylinders and had me going full throttle through the pages on a voyage of adventure and […]

Posted February 7, 2024 by Sophia in Blog Tour, Book Review / 16 Comments

🎧 A Christmas Vanishing by Anne Perry @AnnePerryWriter @randomhouse #ballantinebooks @RecordedBooks #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 A Christmas Vanishing by Anne Perry @AnnePerryWriter @randomhouse  #ballantinebooks @RecordedBooks #LoveAudiobooks

I’ve always enjoyed the books by this author and for a few years I have been devouring the Christmas series.  I listened to first few through Audible plus, and found more at the library.  I’m not quite finished but the books are unrelated to each other and mostly not heavily connected to the various series.  […]

Posted December 19, 2023 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 12 Comments

🎧 A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn #AngeleMasters @recordedbooks #LoveAudiobooks @4saintjude

🎧 A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn #AngeleMasters  @recordedbooks #LoveAudiobooks @4saintjude

A Sinister Revenge is the eighth book in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery series by Deanna Raybourn, and begins about six months after the conclusion of the last installment.  Stoker is off sulking in foreign lands when his brother, Tiberius, again approaches Veronica with an opportunity she can’t refuse.  As it turns out, Tiberius has suspicions […]

Posted December 15, 2023 by KC in Book Review / 8 Comments

🎧 Inheritance by Nora Roberts #NoraRoberts @brit_pressley @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks @SnyderBridge4

🎧 Inheritance by Nora Roberts  #NoraRoberts @brit_pressley @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks @SnyderBridge4

Inheritance, the first book of the  Lost Bride’s Trilogy is right up my ally.  It is a mashup of romance, suspense, some paranormal activity and a mystery two centuries in the making.  In a glorious gothic mansion that just oozes “I’m haunted vibes”, the story starts to take shape on the curse that lives in […]

Posted November 20, 2023 by Robin in Book Review / 13 Comments

🎧 A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn #AngeleMasters @recordedbooks #LoveAudiobooks @4saintjude

🎧 A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn #AngeleMasters  @recordedbooks #LoveAudiobooks @4saintjude

Veronica Speedwell is a dashing lepidopterist and sometimes crime-fighting sleuth in Victorian England.  She is one of my favorite all time heroines, even when she behaves badly or won’t own up to her feelings.  In A Dangerous Collaboration, the fifth installment in the the Veronica Speedwell Mystery series by Deanna Raybourn, the intrepid Veronica finds herself […]

Posted November 17, 2023 by KC in Book Review / 4 Comments

A Fire at the Exhibition by TE Kinsey @TEKinsey #Thomas&Mercer #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

A Fire at the Exhibition by TE Kinsey @TEKinsey #Thomas&Mercer #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Set at the turn of the century, the twentieth century, that is, during the Edwardian era, exciting things are afoot for Lady Hardcastle and Flo in their charming Gloucestershire village- an art show and a bicycle race with enthusiastic treasure hunters at the Grange.  Art thievery and murder make the May Day holiday a memorable […]

Posted October 8, 2023 by Sophia in Book Review / 14 Comments

Doubt Not, Cousin by Barry Richman #BarryRichman @MerytonPress #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Doubt Not, Cousin by Barry Richman #BarryRichman @MerytonPress #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

An evil insidious plot sets in motion a chain of events to a tale that turns Jane Austen’s light comedy of manners into a deep, rich, and riveting family saga full of intrigue, action and romance.  Debut author, Barry Richman’s Doubt Not, Cousin started out as an intriguing curiosity and turned into my desperate need […]

Posted October 4, 2023 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

🎧 Murder at the Merton Library by Andrea Penrose @AndreaPenrose #JamesCameronStewart @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 Murder at the Merton Library by Andrea Penrose @AndreaPenrose #JamesCameronStewart @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks

  It was such a joy to read Murder at the Merton Library. I love everything from this found family and their strong, caring connections, to their love of science and arts, with their willingness to investigate and try to right the wrongs not just for themselves but others.  With the progression of relationships and […]

Posted September 28, 2023 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments

🎧 The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger @WmKentKrueger ‏@The_CJWilson @AtriaBooks @SimonAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger @WmKentKrueger ‏@The_CJWilson @AtriaBooks @SimonAudio  #LoveAudiobooks

I have come to appreciate this author’s work greatly.  He has a long running series which is a police / investigator procedural that seems current time.  His independent books like this one seem more a look at historical times and attitudes. The setting is a rural community of Jewel, Minnesota in Blue Earth county, starting […]

Posted September 5, 2023 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 18 Comments