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By the Light of the Moon Series by Jenny Knipfer

https://theprairiesbookreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200526_105428.jpg Sentimental and richly-detailed… In this poignant, tautly-paced series, Knipfer elegantly explores grief, guilt, romance, and faith. Set on the shores of Lake Superior in Ontario during the mid-1890s, the first book in the series tells the coming-of-age story of…
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Inside the Gold-Plated Pistol by Cynthia Bruchman

Absolutely fascinating… Set in 1928 in Arizona and California, Bruchman’s incredible latest tells the story of two young women trying to realize their dreams. A gold-plated pistol with a dreadful history that once belonged to an iconic director brings three…
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The Bomb Squad: Clash of the Patriots (Book One) by Neil Perry Gordon

The handsomely-crafted plot and a swift pace makes this historical thriller an engrossing read… A devastating explosion at Black Tom Island in New York City opens Gordon’s richly detailed first installment in the Clash of the Patriots series set against…
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Celtic Knot: A Clara Swift Tale by Ann Shortell

  Authenticate detail, artistic intuition, and luminous prose mark this fascinating historical tale… A finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award, Shortell’s debut which details the assassination of the politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee and its aftermath, is both original in conception…
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Thurkill’s Revenge (The Huscarl Chronicles Book 1) by Paul Bernardi

A thrilling, high-spirited tale… Bernardi’s first in the Huscarl Chronicles series is both a fascinating coming-of-age story and a vivid, exciting portrayal of medieval warfare as the English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold fight ferocious battles with Vikings and…
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The Upside of Hunger: A True Tale by Roxi Harms

A poignant, arresting debut… Harms makes her dazzling foray into the world of fiction with this remarkable story about hunger, desperation, cruelty, and resilience which is set against the backdrop of WW II. Growing up in an isolated village in…
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For Those Who Dare by John Anthony Miller

  Poignant, highly suspenseful, and a richly detailed story… Miller portrays trauma experienced by multitudes before, during, and immediately after the construction of Berlin Wall by the Russian-controlled communist government in this vivid and highly suspenseful narrative. It was an…
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Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman

A poignant story of love, loss, and survival… Set against the backdrop of the European Holocaust, Teitelman’s impressive book displays her penchant for revealing the darker side of the human heart. It is 1923 when seventeen-year-old Esther Grünspan arrives in…
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Criminal Beware (The Lykanos Chronicles Book 1) by Joseph Stone

Highly intriguing and gripping… Stone’s entertaining first installment in The Lykanos Chronicles series set in the 1920s San Diego finds young and ambitious Daniel Archer trying to adjust to his new identity in a city which is rocked by brutal…
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The Staircase of Fire (Shakertown Adventure #3) by Ben Woodard

  Intense and evocative… Deeply engrossing and poignant, Woodard’s third in Shakertown Adventure series is designed to take the reader on a though-provoking journey through a time in a small southern town in America when personal dreams and misfortunes were…
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Civil Hearts (Haunted Voices) by Claire Gem

  Seductively readable… Claire Gem brilliantly brings forth a blend of contemporary romance, historical fiction, and paranormal in Civil Hearts. Two years after losing her husband to brain cancer, Liv Larson buys a historic mansion in Camellia, a rural southern…
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Decanted Truths by Melanie Forde

  With its pitch-perfect evocation of people and places from a bygone era and interesting premise, the novel is a must read for fans of historical fiction… In Decanted Truths, Forde constructs a brilliant historical family saga populated with colorful…
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Gold Digger, The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg

  An accomplished and absorbing novel… Rosenberg brings forth a fine historical inspired by Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe whose rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a famous figure in history. Resolutely independent, Baby…
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The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg

  Clever, eloquent, intimate, and emotionally revealing, The Secret Life of Mrs. London introduces a brilliant novelist in Rebecca Rosenberg… In this fascinating read, Rebecca Rosenberg explores American novelist Jack London and his wife Charmian London’s seemingly made-in-heaven marriage. Love…