Tuesday, January 7, 2025
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: No Good Deeds by E.J. McKenna #NoGoodDeeds #HistoricalFiction #FeministWestern #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @EJMcKennaWrites @cathiedunn
Monday, January 6, 2025
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: Harold The King by Helen Hollick #1066 #BattleOfHastings #NormanConquest #AngloSaxon #EnglishHistory #PublicationSilverAnniversary #BlogTour #BookBlast #TheCoffeePotBookClub @HelenHollick @cathiedunn
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: Lake of Widows by Liza Perrat #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction #DualTimeline #HistoricalFrenchFiction #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @cathiedunn
Sunday, December 1, 2024
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: A Woman Scorned by Marcia Clayton #HistoricalFiction #FamilySaga #Victorian #HistoricalRomance #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @MarciaC89111861 @cathiedunn
1886 North Devon, England
Lady Lilliana Grantley has been seriously ill with typhoid, a disease that recently claimed her husband Edgar’s life and that of his long-time lover, Rosemary Gibbs. Now recovering at last, the lady wastes no tears on her husband but is determined to wreak revenge on his two illegitimate children.
Embarrassed for years by his affair with Rosemary, a childhood sweetheart living nearby, she has falsely accused Sir Edgar’s daughter, Millicent, of the theft of a precious brooch and wants to see her jailed or hung.
Fortunately for Millie and her little brother, Jonathan, their granny, Emily, insisted they leave home as soon as she heard of Sir Edgar’s death, for she knew his widow would seek revenge. The old lady was soon proved right, and Lady Lilliana, furious the two youngsters were nowhere to be found, evicted the old woman despite the fact she, too, was dangerously ill.
After a long and hazardous journey to North Devon, Millie and Jonathan were united with some long-lost family members who made them welcome and gave them a home. However, aware that Lady Lilliana has put a price on Millie’s head, they know they are not yet out of danger. Despite this, they are determined to find their granny, Emily, who seems to have disappeared.
Aided by her long-time lover, Sir Clive Robinson, Lady Lilliana is determined to find Millie and Jonnie and get them out of her life once and for all, but how far will the embittered woman go?
Series: The Hartford Manor Series
Author: Marcia Clayton
Publication Date: 18th October 2024
Publisher: Sunhillow Publishing
Pages: 334
Genre: Historical Fiction / Family Saga / Historical Romance
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: The Paris Portrait by Heidi Eljarbo #HistoricalMystery #ArtHistory #DualTimeline #CozyMystery #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @HeidiEljarbo @cathiedunn
Fabiola stumbles upon a clue that indicates a royal portrait went missing almost two hundred years ago. Is this true, or is there substance to the rumor?
Paris, France, 1973.
After an enjoyable but dusty road trip, Fabiola and her friends, Pippa and Cary, arrive in a small village on the outskirts of Paris to spend a few days with Fabiola’s brother Eivind and his family.
On their first evening there, Eivind shows Fabiola an ancient recipe book he bought at an auction. The book is filled with old writing, and he asks Fabiola to decipher the pages. After the others have gone to bed, she spends hours reading and is gripped by the last pages that have nothing to do with recipes for baked goods and stews. Certain the author was a famous portrait artist at the time of the French Revolution, Fabiola and her friends set out on a treacherous investigation, dodging murderers and thieves to learn the truth.
Versailles, France, 1789.
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun— portraitist and close friend of the extravagant queen of France, Marie Antoinette—has already painted thirty portraits of the queen. Her contemporaries compare her to the old Dutch masters, calling her one of the greatest portrait painters of her time.
But outside on the streets, Paris is becoming more perilous with every day that passes. Madame Le Brun would be a fool to think the rumors of a revolution will pass, and aristocratic life will continue as before.
Amid the turmoil, she paints one final portrait of Marie Antoinette, knowing well her association with the queen could cause her to be arrested or executed. As chaos and riots in Paris turn to violence, Madame Le Brun flees with her young daughter, hoping her royal friend and the portrait will be safe.
This is Heidi Eljarbo’s third dual timeline novel about Norwegian art historian Fabiola Bennett—a captivating spin-off from her much-loved Soli Hansen Mysteries.
Series: A Fabiola Bennett Mystery
Author: Heidi Eljarbo
Publication Date: 12th November 2024
Publisher: independently published
Pages: about 200, but it has not been formatted yet
Genre: Historical Mystery, Dual-timeline, Historical Fiction
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: The Curse of Maiden Scars by Nicolette Croft, narrated by Liz May Brice #HistoricalFiction #GothicFiction #WomensFiction #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @croft_nicolette @cathiedunn
Monday, October 14, 2024
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: The Vow By Jude Berman #TheVow #AngelicaKauffman #WomenInArt, #HistoricalFiction #ArtHistory #BlogTour #BookBlast #TheCoffeePotBookClub @cathiedunn
On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: No Good Deeds by E.J. McKenna #NoGoodDeeds #HistoricalFiction #FeministWestern #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @EJMcKennaWrites @cathiedunn
Annie Schaeffer is no stranger to violence. Born of an outlaw father, she was sold to a traveling show at the age of six, now finally escapi...
-
It is with the greatest of pleasure that I welcome author, David Fitz-Gerald , once again, onto the Whispering Bookworm. After a devastat...
-
It is with the greatest of pleasure that I welcome author, David Fitz-Gerald , onto the Whispering Bookworm. Embark on a harrowing trek a...
-
It's 1968 in Whisper Haven, and 8-year-old Carl Pozzi’s world is about to change. For eight-year-old Carl Pozzi, 1968 begins like an...