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Spotlight on The Butterfly Cage by Trish McEnulty – Delafield & Malloy Series
About The Delafield & Malloy series: A society writer and a former lady’s maid join forces to expose the dark side of the rich and powerful in the 1910s while also searching for love and success in their own lives. The Butterfly Cage An elderly blind woman...
Spotlight on The London Forgery by Heidi Eljarbo @HeidiEljarbo #CoffeePotBookClub
JUST OUT! Publication Date: August 29th, 2023 Genre: Historical Mystery / Dual-Timeline Historical Fiction 1973. Art historian Fabiola Bennett sees herself as a prudently observant deer who becomes a daring and even mischievous lioness if the situation calls...
The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans #WW2 #Coding #USA #CoffeePotBookClub
Codes: When You Need to Send a Message, but You Also Need to Keep a Secret A post by Mary Anna Evans My new novel The Traitor Beside Her is set among American code breakers during World War II. The British code breakers at Bletchley Park have become famous in recent...
A Meadow Murder by Helen Hollick #1970s #mystery #New
ABOUT A MEADOW MURDER Make hay while the sun shines? Summer 1972. Young library assistant Jan Christopher and her fiancé, DS Lawrence Walker, are on holiday in North Devon. There are country walks and a day at the races to enjoy, along with Sunday lunch at the village...
The Lady of the Tower by Elizabeth StJohn #Audiobook #CoffeePotBookClub
Audio clip to go with this Snippet: https://youtu.be/yCUnukZpQDk PROLOGUE God, who holds my fate in Thy hands, give me strength, I implore, for today I enter a prison like no other on this earth, and perhaps one that even Hell does not equal in its fiery despair. Give...
The Diplomat’s Wife Series and the O-5 Group by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger #WW2 #Resistance #HistoricalFiction
My guest today is Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, to tell us about her WW2 series and the O-5 Resistance Group. The Anschluss in Austria sparked one of the most brutal and violent anti-Semitic pogroms in all of the Third Reich. Vienna was bubbling over with anti-Semitism...
Spotlight on The Irish Fortune Series by Juliane Weber
Spotlight today for historical romance fans, and readers with an interest in the Victorian period or Irish History. The Irish Fortune Series Under the Emerald Sky Book #1 and Beneath the Darkening Clouds Book #2 About the Books "Under the Emerald Sky reaches...
The Godmother’s Secret by Elizabeth StJohn #Audiobook #CoffeePotBookClub
Official Tantor Media Audio Link: https://tinyurl.com/2lrbp2tv Spring 1483 | Bolton Castle Today, the wide windswept skies arc over our peaceful lands. Sun-bright clouds chase shadows from the forested valleys to the purple hills, and sweet birdsong replaces the...
Turning the World to Stone by Kelly Evans @chaucerbabe #Renaissance #Italy
Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza Part One 1472 to 1488 About the book: Vilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at age ten, she was a pawn in the ever-changing political environment of...
New Release! Penelope: Tudor Baroness by @tonyriches #Elizabethan #Tudor
Penelope - Tudor Baroness by Tony Riches (Book Four of The Elizabethan Series) Lady Penelope is one of the most beautiful and sought-after women in Elizabethan England. The daughter of the queen's nemesis, Lady Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex, she becomes the...
The Devil’s Glove – two objects of inspiration and a clash of worlds #CoffeePotBookClub
I'm delighted to host a Guest Post by Lucretia Grindle, author of The Devil’s Glove today. It's always lovely to hear what inspired an author to tell a story. Two Objects of Inspiration. At its heart, The Devil’s Glove is a story about clashing worlds. The Native...
Launch Day! The Silk Code by Deborah Swift #WW2 #HistoricalFiction #Englandspiel #Secret Agent
It's out! I'm thrilled to launch The Silk Code today. The idea for this book was first mooted by the editor at HQ in February 2021, so it's lovely to see it hit the virtual shelves. The audiobook will follow in about a week, and the paperback will be in bookshops in...
The Queen’s Scribe by Amy Maroney @wilaroney #Review #HistoricalFiction #TheQueensScribe #TheCoffeePotBookClub
Review - The Queen's Scribe This is the third book in the series and I've read all three, as well as the author's previous books, so you can tell I'm a fan! This is a fabulous evocation of a forgotten place and a forgotten era, and Estelle, the main character, is...
A Matter of Faith by Judith Arnopp #Review #CoffeePotBookClub
A Matter of Faith: Henry VIII, the Days of the Phoenix by Judith Arnopp About the book: Finally free of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, is now married to Anne Boleyn and eagerly awaiting the birth of his son. In a court still reeling from the royal divorce and...
The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick – 30 years old! Plus a birthday celebration @cathiedunn #CoffeePotBookClub
Huge Congratulations to Helen Hollick on her Special 30th Publication Anniversary and 70th Birthday Celebration! Series: The Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy (Book #1) The Kingmaking: Book One Pendragon’s Banner: Book Two Shadow of the King: Book Three THE KINGMAKING The...