Her Own Revolution by Debra Borchert

The title says it all! Geneviève dressing as a man to attend university and often to complete other tasks has decided she is going to find a way to get passage to America, the new land where her love Henri sailed off to. But she needs funds and has to pass as a man, as […]

The Parisian Spy by Hannah Byron

Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer! Oćeane is a budding physician but as exams and school starts winding down, she is questioning her education and career. Does she really want to be a physician or is she doing this for her parents? Needing to find herself, Oćeane heads across the ocean to […]

The Forger of Marseille by Linda Joy Myers

In a world where everything seemed normal, and the word “war” was just a rumor, to waking up the next day and you are fearing for your life. This novel was such an interesting story in following Sarah through her journey of never feeling safe or home while war rages on and the Nazi’s just […]

The Secret of Chantilly by Laura Rahme #excerpt

Excerpt: Alexandre Balthazar Grimod de la Reynière visits Carême’s boutique: One week after the opening of my boutique, a familiar face presented itself on 21 rue Napoleon. It was Grimod de la Reynière. “Monsieur Carême,” he chirped, retrieving his notebook. “I must congratulate you on your almond croquants. They are exquisite. Crisp to perfection. One […]

The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

Natasha brings such elegance to these WWII novels, and this one is just as good as the others. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one. Another dual storyline, with focus of some resistance fighters during WWII, and decades later a mystery of family heritage and a painting needs to be solved, and […]

The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

Two sisters who are well known in the art world, but are estranged and continents apart from each other, have very different styles and are both on the bring of big changes in their lives. Sarah gets a cable that her sister has died and she heads to California with lots of questions. How could […]

Decanted by Linda Sheehan

This was a fun novel about family, hard work, romance and just what it means to go back to the root of it all. Samantha is sick of working crazy hour work weeks even though she does enjoy the accounting she does. But when her boss shoots down her out side of the box approach […]

Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

Two sisters who have not spoken in over a year, are giving the chance of an opportunity. The two are to travel together by boat, train and air while delivering letters to three people from their grandmother’s past. Violet is dying, and this her last wish. Sending the two granddaughters across the ocean to places […]

Paris in Ruins by M.K. Todd #excerpt

“They’re taking us to Versailles for questioning,” Monsieur Williams whispered in French, looking meaningfully at Mariele and her mother. “I will do my best to protect you. We will all be blindfolded so that we gain no information on the strength or disposition of the Prussian army.” One by one, each member of the party […]

The Bridge of Little Jeremy by Indrajit Garai

Jeremy is a young teen, whose best friend is his canine Leon. He finds out that they may lose their apartment and his mother is already working as much as she can and providing what she can so Jeremy doesn’t have to worry. But Jeremy knows that things are worse than what she is letting […]