History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the FRACTURED PATH by J.C. Cervantes Blog Tour hosted by  Rockstar Book Tours . Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!   About The Book: FRACTURED PATH (The Mirror #3) Author:  J.C. Cervantes Pub. Date:  July 19, 2022 Publisher:  Disney-Hyperion Formats:  Hardcover, eBook, audiobook Pages:  384 Find it:   Goodreads ,  Amazon , B&N ,  TBD , Bookshop.org Can dreams come true when you're living with a family curse? 1965—San Francisco, California     The 1960s are bursting with music and movement and love in San Francisco, perfect for a budding artist like Blake. Unfortunately, the art world is not welcoming to people of her gender or her multi-racial heritage, making it tough to land an internship that could put her on the map. That, plus the fact that Blake’s family has been notoriously riddled with bad luck, makes her feel like she can’t catch a break...

The Crimson Thread by Kate Forsyth Publication Date: July 5, 2022 Blackstone Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction Synopsis:  In Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation, finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies.      May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks, and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day battle, Alenka, a young Greek woman, saves the lives of two Australian soldiers.      Jack and Teddy are childhood friends who joined up together to see the world. Both men fall in love with Alenka. They are forced to retreat with the tattered remains of the Allied forces over the towering White Mountains. Both are among the seven thousand Allied soldiers left behind in the ...

Surviving Savannah Author: Patti Callahan Genre: Historical Fiction, Contemporary Women’s Fiction Publisher: Berkley Release Date: 2021 Pages: 431 Source: My State Public Library  Synopsis: It was called "The Titanic of the South." The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah's elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten--until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told in this breathtaking novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis .      When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking.       Everly's researc...