historical fiction
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⭐️⭐️⭐️½ The Secret Courtesan is a novel with big intentions and a clear love for the kind of historical fiction that asks difficult questions about women, power, and who gets remembered. From the outset, Kerry Chaput establishes a richly textured world. One where reputation is currency, silence is survival, and identity is something that can
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Welcome to another cozy Shelf Indulgence Saturday—that sweet little corner of the week where I forget about being productive and fully commit to caffeine, pastries, and reading indulgently. This weekend, I’ve got two books on the go, and they couldn’t be more different (or more satisfying in their own ways): 🌿 The Stormborne Vine by
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“Best of both worlds” is a phrase we hear often, but not so much when it comes to the books we read. It seems that most fall into one category or another. Or there are those that try to span a couple different genres but don’t necessarily do it well. However, I’ve come across a
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1871. Chicago. Emmeline Carter is engaged to the most eligible bachelor in the city. But on the night of her engagement party, she can’t stop thinking about the boy who’d stolen her heart as a child, Anders Magnuson. Her best friend, Fiona Byrne, has been in awe of her friend’s rise through Chicago’s society. With
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Fletcher Pryde, Duke of Greycourt, has not had the happiest of childhoods and it shows. He is cold, wealthy, and carries a reputation he didn’t ask for. But when his mother is widowed yet again, the winds of fate may change for Grey and the life he envisioned for himself. Beatrice is not your average
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Alison Bannister has spent the past ten years looking for her son, and in the middle of a Wiltshire antiques shop, she comes across a portrait that could be the key to finding him. The portrait is of a woman known as Mary Seymour. Alison knows this because they grew up together. The Phantom Tree
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I’m a sucker for World War 1 books. I love the era and the culture of that time. So when I found a copy of Clementine & Claudia on NetGalley. I couldn’t wait to dig in! Cut to almost a year later, and I’ve finished it! Clementine & Claudia, two sisters, who couldn’t be more different.
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One of my absolute favorite genres to read is historical fiction. I usually enjoy anything written in the Victorian era and set in England. Although recently, I’ve enjoyed reading a good American Revolution era novel. So when I found a free copy of The Snow Gypsy, I did what you’re not supposed to do. I judged a
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Imagine your entire family gone. No memory of who you are or where you came from, and suddenly being pushed into a world you’re unfamiliar with. Lavinia is a young girl who is in such a situation. Brought to a Virginian plantation by a captain who found her on a ship, alone and sick. She
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I’ve never been to Paris, but I’ve always wanted to go. I sometimes feel like I was born into the wrong era. The 20s seem like more of where I should be. The Paris Wife transports me to both. Following Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson, The Paris Wife depicts life in the roaring
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