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FEAR OF THE GUN by John Gerts

A compulsively readable and thoroughly immersive historical tale… A vivid setting, an authentic cast of memorable characters, and meticulous detail elevate Gerts’s latest, a historical novel set in the New Mexico and Arizona Territories in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. February…
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Babylon Hill by L.G. Roy

Dense, compelling, original… A crime drama, a romance, and a poignant coming-of-age story. Set against the Fenian invasion of Canada and the aftermath of American Civil War, Roy’s remarkable novel offers an extraordinary blend of historical drama, western fiction, and…
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BALTIC SHADOWS by Matejs Kalns

A spellbinding tale of murder and dark intrigue… A remarkable blend of harmony and discord, Kalns’s latest novel is packed with revelations about the fervent nationalism, the unrelenting pull of danger, and human drama. Autumn, 1986. In the wake of…
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Denali: The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope by Neil Perry Gordon

A thrilling, pulse-pounding adventure… Gordon’s riveting third in The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope takes the courageous hero on an exhilarating adventure into the unforgettable terrains of North America’s tallest mountain peak. Determined to find his six-month-old son, Walter, and…
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Bitter for Sweet by Daryl Potter

A haunting novel that deserves to be savored and pondered… With skill and efficiency, Potter evokes the Middle East settings, characters, and culture in his latest historical tale. 76 BCE. Life for Pninah, a poor Jewish girl, is almost content…
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The Drop by John Anthony Miller

A page-turning historical thriller jam-packed with misdirection and relentless twists… Revenge, kidnapping, conspiracy, and mob intrigue mark Miller’s latest historical thriller set in 1958s Havana. Born with a silver spoon, the lovely Ariana Rojas is left to struggle after a…
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The Uniform by G. Gruen

A crackling historical thriller that’s one to savor… Gruen brings to life the WWII era to life in this taut, atmospheric tale of a Jewish labor camp prisoner’s attempt to escape from captivity. Life is hard, but it is his…
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A Shadow Melody by Brian Kaufman

Disquieting, visceral, and compulsively readable. The expert handling of narrative complexity and authentic period detail makes Kaufman’s latest a solid historical tale of supernatural suspense. When the brilliant Harry Browning began to work on a device to communicate with the…
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Streets of Tears by Larry J Hilton

Deftly penned and meticulously researched… An immersive historical tale. Hilton demonstrates his expert researching skills, shedding light on the Austrian mindset during the World War I while exploring the rise of the Nazi party and impending dictatorship under Hitler, and…
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A Time to Forget in East Berlin by CG FEWSTON

Vivid, nuanced, and poetic… Set in the 1970s in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Fewston’s second installment in the three part series explores the grave moral complexities of life through the tense encounters of John Lockwood, a former CIA…
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On the Precipice of the Labyrinth by Brian Snowden

Simply engrossing, filled with individual drama and historical intrigue… A young man from America crosses the Atlantic Ocean to Spain and months of personal upheavals in Snowden’s engrossing debut. 1930s. Charlottesville graduate William Benning, son of a Virginia professor who…
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A Breach In Time (Coeur de Lion #1) by Pamela Todd-Hunter

Intense, sexy, and so damn entertaining… An intriguing and lesser-known chapter of French/English history comes to life in Todd-Hunter’s immersive, sexy historical time-travel tale, the first installment in the Coeur de Lion series. Aspiring historical scholar Alixandra Evans finds her…
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Skyehag (The Torrport Diaries Book 2) by Bettyanne Twigg (Author), Albert Marsolais (Author)

An intricate, entertaining tale, both immediate and arrestingly absorbing. Elspeth MacLeod’s quest to save her clan from sinister enemies while fighting false charges of witchcraft propels the action in Marsolais and Twigg’s second installment in The Torrport Diaries series. It…
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Legends on the Rise Series by Leigh Rose

Riveting… Page-turning… Filled with historical events, myths, and legends that haunt two families’ redemption, Rose’s Legends on the Rise series is a poignant, revealing period fiction about race and slavery in the colonial slave trade era. The first book begins…
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When Starlings Fly as One by Nancy Blanton

A solid historical drama high on emotion, setting, and character… The nightmare of the 1641 Rebellion and Ireland’s longest siege comes to the page in this engrossing novel from Blanton, a provocative exploration of one young woman’s quest to find…
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Captain Sedition: The Death of the Age of Reason by K. C. Fusaro

Intelligent and thrillingly engrossing… A page-turner. Fusaro traces the life of a young man struggling to find a balance between duty and loyalty in his series kicker in The Death of the Age of Reason series. 1774. New England is…
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The Shadow Song by Anita Morrish

A brilliant story of courage, resilience, and love… In the shadow of war and resistance, a young couple struggle to stay alive in Morrish’s engrossing historical tale. War is ravaging Italy, with the Allies bombing Rome while the city remains…
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A Time to Forget in East Berlin by CG FEWSTON

Vivid, nuanced, and poetic… Set in the 1970s in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Fewston’s second installment in the three part series explores the grave moral complexities of life through the tense encounters of John Lockwood, a former CIA…
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Who Killed Coriolanus? by Ron Fritsch

Brilliantly constructed and richly detailed… Stunning. Fritsch returns with this deeply engrossing stand-alone sequel to Helen’s Orphans, taking readers on an exhilarating journey laced with sinister motives, manipulations, and intrigues. Timon, the last surviving member of the Trojan royal family,…
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Dare Not Tell (The Immense Sky Saga Book 1) by Elaine Schroller

Vividly evocative and steeped in history… A rousing character-driven tale. Set against the backdrop of WWI, Schroller’s debut historical novel is a compelling story about a couple’s journey of love, loss, regrets, and redemption. It’s been two decades since Joe…