History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

Cage of Deceit (Reign of Secrets Book 1) Author:  Jennifer Anne Davis Genre: YA, Fantasy Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing Release Date: August 25, 2015 Pages: 303 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Allyssa appears to be the ideal princess of Emperion--she's beautiful, elegant, and refined. She spends her days locked in a suffocating cage, otherwise known as royal court. But at night, Allyssa uses her secret persona--that of a vigilante--to hunt down criminals and help her people firsthand.      Unfortunately, her nightly escapades will have to wait because the citizens of Emperion may need saving from something much bigger than common criminals. War is encroaching on their country and in order to protect her people, Allyssa may have to sacrifice her heart. Forced to entertain an alliance through marriage with a handsome prince from a neighboring kingdom, she finds herself feeling even more stifled than before. To make

Lost In The Shadows Author: Sydney Bristow Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery and Suspense, Thriller Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: 2015 Pages: 286 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Imagine a time when love was not only discouraged, but also considered irrelevant. When women had no legal rights. When the only way for women to secure a bright future was by taking “the dark leap” into marriage. Sound far-fetched? Welcome to Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War.       Grace Galloway always regretted never finding time to meet prospective suitors. She was too busy caring for her siblings. Until she meets a wealthy politician who makes her realize that romance is truly worth fighting for. But then someone plunders her financial assets, leaving her family bankrupt. And when the lone suspect turns up dead, the authorities target Grace for the crime. Now she is forced to prove her innocence while in pursuit of the true thief.       

Cursed by Christina Bauer (Beholder, #1) Published by: Ink Monster LLC Publication date: March 29th 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Synopsis: Although Elea’s the most powerful necromancer in history, she’s spent most of her nineteen years imprisoned in the Midnight Cloisters. Enchanted manacles keep her unique brand of soul magick in check. While the guards and initiates seem contented to torment her, the Cloister’s Mother Superior is obsessed with finding a safe way to destroy Elea, both body and soul.     Escape seems impossible until a handsome hunter named Asher offers to help. Elea takes a chance and soon develops feelings for the mysterious stranger. However, Asher may not be who he claims. Then again, Elea may not be, either… Pre-orders are now live at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , iBooks , and Kobo . AUTHOR BIO: Christina graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School with BA's in English as well as Television, Radio, and Film Produc

Finding Gabriel Author: Rachel L. Demeter Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Momentum Release Date: August 27, 2015 Pages: 415 Source:  This book was given to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Colonel Gabriel de Laurent departed for the war intending to die.      After a decade of bloodstained battlegrounds while fighting in Napoleon's army, Gabriel returns to the streets of Paris a shattered and haunted soul. Plagued by inner demons, he swallows the barrel of his flintlock pistol and pulls the trigger.       But fate has a different plan.      Ariah Larochelle is a survivor. Orphaned at twelve and victim to a devastating crime, she has learned to keep her back to walls and to trust no one. But when she finds a gravely injured soldier washed up on the River Seine, she's moved by compassion. In spite of her reservations, she rescues him from the icy water and brings him into her home.      Now scarred inside and out, Gabriel discove

The Queen’s Caprice Author: Marjorie Bowen Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Endeavour Press Release Date: 2015 Pages: 288 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: There have been few more controversial figures in British history than Mary Queen of Scots.       In this thrilling novel she is bought vividly back to life.       She is a woman shrouded in secrecy and surrounded by violence who has learnt to use her desirability to intoxicate her subjects into carrying out her will.       Yet despite this natural authority she cannot escape the domineering men who not only sway the court but the opinion of the people.       Lord Moray, her bastard half-brother, adores her more than his familial position should allow and vows not to let her into another man’s clutches.       Which compels her to marry the handsome but naïve Henry Stewart in act of rebellion.  But her husband’s disappointing nature drives her into the arms of the shrewd Ita

Sacrifice: Book One of y Ddraig (The Dragons of Brython) by Gwendolyn Beynon   Release Date: June 5, 2015  Publisher:Dark Pages Publishing  GENRE: Historical/Fantasy/Romance Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour in exchange for an honest review.       READ AN EXCERPT . Synopsis: 528 A.D. Cymru (Wales) Melangell is a ‘Lifebringer’, a dragon-maiden learning to protect one of the land’s most ancient mysteries, y Ddraig. She expects to pass her years as have a score of teachers before her—sequestered, safeguarding an egg that barely moves from year to year, never using the deadly and secret skills she has been taught. But the King’s relentless pursuit of this most holy relic throws her into the middle of war and though she is not yet adept Melangell must enter captivity with the egg to defend the sleeping dragonling within. Her abductor is Cai ap Cynyr—fierce warrior, loyal brother and sword-arm to the high Chieftain, Artwr. He

The Viper and the Urchin by  Ce line Jeanjean Release Date: July 27th 2015 Summary from Goodreads: Being Damsport's most elegant assassin is hard work. There's tailoring to consider, devilish poisons to concoct, secret identities to maintain... But most importantly, Longinus has to keep his fear of blood hidden or his reputation will be ruined. So, when a scrawny urchin girl threatens to expose his phobia unless he teaches her swordsmanship, he has no choice but to comply. It doesn't take long for Rory to realise that her new trainer has more eccentricities than she has fleas. But she'll put up with anything, no matter how frustrating, to become a swordswoman like her childhood hero. What she's not prepared for is a copycat assassin who seeks to replace Longinus, and who hires Rory's old partner in crime to do away with her, as well. Rory and Longinus must set their differences aside and try to work together if they're to stop the copycat. But

A Want of Kindness: A Novel of Queen Anne Author: Joanne Limburg Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Atlantic Books Release Date: July 2, 2015 Pages: 448 Source: This book was given to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Every time I see the King and the Queen, I am reminded of what it is I have done, and then I am afraid, I am beyond all expression afraid.      The wicked, bawdy Restoration court is no place for a child princess. Ten-year-old Anne cuts an odd figure: a sickly child, she is drawn towards improper pursuits. Cards, sweetmeats, scandal and gossip with her Ladies of the Bedchamber figure large in her life. But as King Charles's niece, Anne is also a political pawn, who will be forced to play her part in the troubled Stuart dynasty.      As Anne grows to maturity, she is transformed from overlooked Princess to the heiress of England. Forced to overcome grief for her lost children, the political manoeuvrings of her sister and her c

Naked: A Novel of Lady Godiva by Eliza Redgold Publication Date: July 14, 2015  Publisher: St. Martin's Press  Formats: Ebook, Paperback  Pages: 320  Genre: Historical Fiction               Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:  We know her name. We know of her naked ride. We don't know her true story. We all know the legend of Lady Godiva, who famously rode naked through the streets of Coventry, covered only by her long, flowing hair. So the story goes, she begged her husband Lord Leofric of Mercia to lift a high tax on her people, who would starve if forced to pay. Lord Leofric demanded a forfeit: that Godiva ride naked on horseback through the town. There are various endings to Godiva's ride, that all the people of Coventry closed their doors and refused to look upon their liege lady (except for 'peeping Tom') and that her husband, in remorse, lifted the tax. Naked

The Memory Painter Author: Gwendolyn Womack Genre: Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense, Thriller Publisher: Picador Release Date: 2015 Pages: 336 Source: My State Public Library Synopsis: What if there was a drug that could help you remember past lives?      What if the lives you remembered could lead you to your one true love?      What if you learned that, for thousands of years, a deadly enemy had conspired to keep the two of you apart?      Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: Every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan awakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills...like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life, he has wondered if his dreams are recollections, if he is re-experiencing other people's lives.      Linz Jacobs is a brilliant neurogeneticist, absorbed i