The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel

Release Day: February 26, 2018

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

ISBN: 9780718075729

Genre: Fiction / Contemporary / Romance

About the Book:

Lindsay Harrel presents a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and finding the courage to write your own story.

A year after the death of her abusive fiancé, domestic violence counselor Sophia Barrett finds returning to work too painful. She escapes to Cornwall, England–a place she’s learned to love through the words of her favorite author–and finds a place to stay with the requirement that she help out in the bookstore underneath the room she’s renting. Given her love of all things literary, it seems like the perfect place to find peace.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyRelease Date: July 29th, 2008

Publisher: Dial Press

ISBN: 9781984801814

Genre: Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance

About the Book:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE ON NETFLIX – A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. Continue reading

The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd

35560583Release Date: April 10, 2018

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

ISBN: 9780718011888

Genre: Historical Fiction / Fiction / Romance / Regency

About the Book:

Kate’s loyalties bind her to the past. Henry’s loyalties compel him to strive for a better future. In a landscape torn between tradition and vision, can two souls find the strength to overcome their preconceptions?

Loyalty has been at the heart of the Dearborne family for as long as Kate can remember, but a war is brewing in their small village, one that has the power to rip families asunder –including her own. As misguided actions are brought to light, she learns how deep her father’s pride and bitterness run, and she begins to wonder if her loyalty is well-placed. Continue reading

The Sea Before Us by Sarah Sundin

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Release Date: February 6, 2018

Publisher: Revell

ISBN: 9780800727970

Genre: Historical Fiction / World War II / Romance

Series: Sunrise at Normandy, Book One

About the Book:

In 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a “Wren” in the Women’s Royal Naval Service. Dorothy pieces together reconnaissance photographs with thousands of holiday snapshots of France–including those of her own family’s summer home–in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt will turn into naval bombardment plans.
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Across the Blue by Carrie Turansky & Giveaway!

Across the Blue by Carrie Turansky

Release Date: February 20, 2018

Publisher: Multnomah

ISBN: 978-1601429421

Genre: Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance / Edwardian

Be sure to stay tuned until the very end for a giveaway!

About the Book:

Set in Edwardian England and ideal for readers who enjoy Julie Klassen novels, this romance about an English aviation pioneer and the girl who falls in love with him is filled with adventure and faith. Continue reading

Until We Find Home by Cathy Gohlke

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Release Date: January 2, 2018

Publisher: Tyndale

ISBN: 9781496410962

Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance / World War II

About the Book:

For American Claire Stewart, joining the French Resistance sounded as romantic as the storylines she hopes will one day grace the novels she wants to write. But when she finds herself stranded on English shores, with five French Jewish children she smuggled across the channel before Nazis stormed Paris, reality feels more akin to fear. Continue reading

A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White

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Release Date: July 4, 2017

Publisher: Bethany House

ISBN: 9780764219269

Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance / WWI

Series: Shadows Over England, Book One

About the Book:

Edwardian Romance and History Gains a Twist of Suspense

Rosemary Gresham has no family beyond the band of former urchins that helped her survive as a girl on the mean streets of London. Grown now, they concentrate on stealing high-value items and have learned how to blend into upper-class society. But when Rosemary must determine whether a certain wealthy gentleman is loyal to Britain or to Germany, she is in for the challenge of a lifetime. How does one steal a family’s history, their very name? Continue reading

An Elegant Facade by Kristi Ann Hunter

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Release Date: July 5, 2016

Publisher: Bethany House

ISBN: 9780764218255

Genre: Historical / Fiction / Romance

Series: Hawthorne House

If you love anything Regency era, you’ll definitely want to check this one out. This is the third book in the Hawthorne House series, but you don’t need to read them in order. I didn’t, but I plan to because this one was amazing. All of the characters connect so I’m sure its much more fun to read them in order. Continue reading

Dawn at Emberwilde by Sarah E. Ladd

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Release Date: May 10, 2016

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

ISBN-10: 0718011813

ISBN-13: 978-0718011819

Series: A Treasures of Surrey Novel, Book Two

Genre: Fiction / Historical / Romance

About the Book: 

Isabel Creston never dared to dream that love could be hers. Now, at the edge of a forest filled with dark secrets, she faces a fateful choice between love and duty.

For as long as she can remember, beautiful and free-spirited Isabel has strained against the rules and rigidity of the Fellsworth School in the rolling English countryside. No longer a student, Isabel set her sights on a steady role as a teacher at the school, a safe yet stifling establishment that would enable her to care for her younger sister Lizzie, who was left in her care after her father’s death.

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The Reluctant Duchess by Roseanna M. White

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Release Date:  April 5, 2016

Publisher: Bethany House

ISBN: 9780764213519

Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance

Series: Ladies of the Manor, Book 2

Roseanna M. White has succeeded in delivering a thrilling novel. The Reluctant Duchess is inspiring, engaging, and fun. The cover is stunningly beautiful. I definitely want to find myself a matching necklace now! I mean, isn’t it just beautiful? If I wasn’t captured by the cover, I was definitely drawn in from the very first chapter.

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