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Blog Tour: Alice and the Assasin by R. J. Koreto

Alice and the Assassin by R.J. Koreto on Tour April 1-30, 2018 Synopsis:      In 1902 New York, Alice Roosevelt, the bright, passionate, and wildly unconventional daughter of newly sworn-in President Theodore Roosevelt, is placed under the supervision of Secret Service Agent Joseph St. Clair, ex-cowboy and veteran of the Rough Riders. St. Clair quickly learns that half his job is helping Alice roll cigarettes and escorting her to bookies, but matters grow even more difficult when Alice takes it upon herself to investigate a recent political killing–the assassination of former president William McKinley.      Concerned for her father's safety, Alice seeks explanations for the many unanswered questions about the avowed anarchist responsible for McKinley's death. In her quest, Alice drags St. Clair from grim Bowery bars to the elegant parlors of New York's ruling class, from the haunts of the Chinese secret societies to the magnificent new ...

Blog Tour: Tracing Shadows (Scout #1) by Alex Liddel

TRACING SHADOWS (Scout #1) Author: Alex Lidell Pub. Date: April 8, 2018 Publisher: Alex Lidell Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 312 Find it: Amazon , Goodreads      To protect the throne, seventeen-year-old spy Kali must play a male guardsman trainee by day and royal lady by night.      Orphaned and trained on a spymaster’s remote estate, Kali is a scout who works alone in the shadows. But when a terror group threatens the Dansil throne, the king forces Kali to accept a mission at the palace or forfeit her sister’s life.      Suddenly thrust into the light, Kali must infiltrate high society as the royal Lady Lianna while penetrating the servant ranks as Kal, a male guardsman trainee. It doesn’t help that Trace, the harsh and enigmatic captain of the king’s guard, is soon assigned as both Lady Lianna’s palace escort and Kal’s commanding officer.      As Kali edges closer to the truth behind the violent group’s id...

Blog Tour: Lady Helena Investigates by Jane Steen

Lady Helena Investigates by Jane Steen Publication Date: March 14, 2018 Aspidistra Press eBook; 359 Pages ASIN: B079SMGC7S Series: Scott-De Quincy Mysteries, Book One Genre: Historical Mystery Synopsis: A reluctant lady sleuth finds she’s investigating her own family.      Step into Lady Helena Whitcombe’s world with the first novel in a series that will blend family saga and mystery-driven action with a slow-burn romance in seven unputdownable investigations.      1881, Sussex. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincy’s marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe, three years before, gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helena’s first love. After all, shouldn’t the preoccupations of a wife and hostess be sufficient to fulfill any aristocratic female’s dreams? Such a shame their union wasn’t blessed by children . . . but Lady Helena is content with her quiet country life until Sir Justin is found dead in th...

Empress Wu: Rise by Jeff Hortman and Andrew Knighton: A Book Review

Empress Wu: Rise Author: Jeff Hortman, Andrew Knighton Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Peachill Release Date: February 11, 2018 Pages: 206 Source: Publicist in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: In a world of choreographed behavior. A trap of etiquette and standardized rules. In the palace of the most powerful kingdom on Earth. In the midst of this web of constraint and rigid authority, one woman triumphed over centuries of ritual. One Machiavellian courtesan rose above the rules and became the most powerful ruler in the world.       My Review: This novel chronicles Empress Wu’s rise to becoming the queen consort to Emperor Gaozong. As a young girl, Wu meets a fortune teller that says her destiny is to be a king. Even though this seems like an impossible future, Wu still dreams one day of ruling China. Years later, she is given an opportunity to become the concubine to Emperor Taizong. The position of concubine seems to Wu a life of luxury at the pa...

The Orphan of Florence by Jeanne Kalogridis: A Book Review

The Orphan of Florence Author: Jeanne Kalogridis Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Release Date: 2017 Pages: 336 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: In this irresistible historical novel set in the turbulent world of the Medicis, a young woman finds herself driven from pick-pocketing to espionage when she meets a mysterious man.      Giulia has been an orphan all her life. Raised in Florence's famous Ospedale degli Innocenti, her probing questions and insubordinate behavior made her an unwelcome presence, and at the age of fifteen, she was given an awful choice: become a nun, or be married off to a man she didn't love. She chose neither, and after refusing an elderly suitor, Giulia escaped onto the streets of Florence.      Now, after spending two years as a successful pickpocket, an old man catches her about to make off with his purse, and rather than having her ca...