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The Romanov Heiress by Jennifer Laam Publication Date: March 20, 2023 Genre: Historical Fiction/Russian Synopsis:  Four sisters in hiding. A grand duchess in disguise. Dark family secrets revealed...an alternate future for the Romanov sisters from Jennifer Laam, author of   The Secret Daughter of the Tsar and The Lost Season of Love and Snow .      With her parents and brother missing and presumed dead, Grand Duchess Olga Romanova must keep her younger sisters safe. The Bolsheviks are determined to eliminate any remaining holdovers from the tsarist regime, hunting down the last Romanovs and putting them to death. Now living in England, the Romanov sisters remain hidden to protect their identities, even as isolation strains their relationships.      But they can’t distance themselves from the world forever.      Olga learns that a peer of the realm has accused the late Empress Alexandra of betraying Russia and her alli...

The Lost Season of Love and Snow Author: Jennifer Laam Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Release Date: January 2, 2018 Pages: 344 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The unforgettable story of Alexander Pushkin’s beautiful wife, Natalya, a woman much admired at Court, and how she became reviled as the villain of St. Petersburg.      At the beguiling age of sixteen, Natalya Goncharova is stunningly beautiful and intellectually curious. At her first public ball during the Christmas of 1828, she attracts the romantic attention of Russia’s most lauded rebel poet: Alexander Pushkin. Finding herself deeply attracted to Alexander’s intensity and joie de vivre, Natalya is swept up in a courtship and then a marriage full of passion but also destructive jealousies. When vicious court gossip leads Alexander to defend his honor as well as Natalya’s in a duel, he tragically succumbs to his injuries. Natalya finds herse...