The War Bride’s Scrapbook by Caroline Preston

April 23, 2018

Caroline Preston, author of Jackie by Josie, takes a unique look at a World War II marriage in the fascinating “novel in pictures”, The War Bride’s Scrapbook. Using historic pictures and captions, clipped art and illustrations, she tells the...

Brooklyn Wars by Triss Stein

August 05, 2017

Have you ever enjoyed the background of a book, but wanted to shake the amateur sleuth? I know some of my friends who love Triss Stein’s Erica Donato mysteries are not going to be happy with my comments about  Brooklyn Wars. I love history, and I appreciate...

The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson

May 20, 2017

Romance, history, matchmaking, humor. It’s all there in Penrose Halson’s enjoyable account, The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London. Before eHarmony and Match.com and Tinder, there was the Marriage Bureau,...

A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner

March 16, 2017

Sometimes, it’s all about serendipity. I was at The Poisoned Pen the other night when Jacqueline Winspear was talking about war brides who came over on the Queen Mary, British women who had married American servicemen. Then, I read Susan Meissner’s novel,...

Secrets of Nanreath Hall by Alix Rickloff

August 18, 2016

Alix Rickloff has written historical and paranormal romances, but Secrets of Nanreath Hall is her first historical novel. It’s a disturbing, fascinating story of a mother and daughter. But, it’s the daughter’s story, the atmospheric depiction of...