History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

Nell: Marshal of Bodie (The Nell Doherty Mysteries #1) Author: John Edward Mullen Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Western  Publisher: Murders in Time Press Release Date: 2022 Pages: 300 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In the winter of 1892, the once-vibrant gold-mining town of Bodie, California is in serious decline.        Nell Doherty, an 18-year-old young woman with a wooden leg, dreams of leaving and becoming a Pinkerton detective.       When a tragic shooting presents her with an opportunity to prove she has the skills needed to work for the Pinkertons, Bodie’s justice of the peace deputizes Nell — over the loud objections of the majority of the town’s residents.      Can she prove them all wrong?       Nell digs in and investigates the shooting, with the help of Rags, her half-Irish, half-Chinese be...

  Book Details: Book Title :   The Pryce of Conceit - An Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery  by Kari Bove e Category : Adult Fiction (18 +), 270  Genre : Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery Publisher :  Bosque Publishing Release date:    May 23, 2023 Source:  This book was given to by iRead Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Content Rating :  G -  Book has no bad language, sex, or violence on the page Book Description:      Someone’s trying to frame this ambitious theater performer for murder. Can she get back to her adoring public and escape the noose?      1885. Arabella Pryce is struggling with heartbreak. And with her recently deceased husband’s will demanding she leave her celebrity behind and refurbish her namesake hotel in Colorado, the distressed actress is forced to board a westbound train. But she’s barely arrived at the haunted, broken-down lodge when the town beauty shows up de...

A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache Author: Jenni L. Walsh Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing Release Date: 2021 Pages: 320 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Born Simone Jules, reinvented as Eleanor Dumont, and largely remembered as Madame Moustache, A Betting Woman is a historical novel inspired by the tumultuous life, times, and loves of America's first professional croupier of modern-day blackjack, bringing to life an intrepid and entrepreneurial real-life woman who lived on her own terms.      When her whole family dies in a fire, young Simone Jules flees her grief and travels west to reinvent herself in burgeoning San Francisco. Down to her last dollar and facing some unsavory options, Simone quick-wits her way to a gambling table where she begins to deal vingt-et-un - modern-day blackjack. Word travels fast among of this French-speaking, card-playing novelty, and she begins to buil...

Caroline: Little House, Revisited Author: Sarah Miller Genre: Historical Fiction, Western Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: September 19, 2017 Pages: 384 Source: This book was given to me by TLC Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In this novel authorized by Little House Heritage Trust, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before--Caroline Ingalls, "Ma" in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House books.      In the frigid days of February, 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and the warm bosom of her family, for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory. Packing what they can carry in their wagon, Caroline, her husband Charles, and their little girls, Mary and Laura, head west to settle in a beautiful...

Never Done Author: Ginger Dehlinger Genre: Historical Fiction, Western Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Release Date: April 21, 2017 Pages: 290 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Clara, ​14, and Geneva, ​16, are close friends until Geneva secretly marries Clara’s widowed father. Feeling betrayed by her pa and a girl she idolizes, Clara wants nothing to do with her new young stepmother. Geneva retaliates, beginning a clash of wills that lasts from 1884 to the flu epidemic of 1918.      Years go by without them speaking to one another. Geneva, bolder of the two, lives a life of ease in elegant homes with piped water and domestic help. She shops for the latest in women’s fashions and plays pinochle with lady friends.      For spite, Clara marries a handsome cowboy Geneva fancies, but ends up living in a freezing cold cabin and a house infested with bugs. She takes in ironing and feeds miners to ...