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Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Tabitha Lord
Book Club Profiles, Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, on Writing
In 1947, war bride Ursula arrives in Minneapolis torn between guilt over leaving loved ones behind and her desire to start a new life, and a family. But the American dream proves elusive—she is struck with po... Read More...

Book Club Questions for Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain

Tabitha Lord
Book Club Questions, Diversity, Reviews
In this absorbing sequel to The Takeaway Men, the story of Bronka and JoJo Lubinski continues, fraternal twins born in a displaced persons camp in Germany before immigrating to America who are coming of age and... Read More...

Madame Pommery: Creator of Brut Champagne – Reader’s Guide and Book Club Questions

Tabitha Lord
Book Club Questions, Reviews
Looking for a book club read? Check out Rebecca Rosenberg's newest release Madame Pommery: Creator of Brut Champagne, and use this list of book club questions to guide your conversation. Champagne,... Read More...

Brandywood Small Town Romance Series – Smart, Sexy Storytelling

Tabitha Lord
Interviews, Reviews
Fans of Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley, meet Annabelle McCormack! You may recognize her name from a previous BCB post. Annabelle is also the author of the historical fiction series Windswept, but she's ventured... Read More...

Midnight on the Marne – An Interview with Sarah Adlakha

Tabitha Lord
Interviews, Reviews
Sarah Adlakha's sophomore novel, Midnight on the Marne, is a powerful story of love and sacrifice. Set predominantly in occupied France during WWI, the novel follows the interwoven lives of a French nurse doubl... Read More...

The Hardest Book – Guest Post by Annabelle McCormack

Tabitha Lord
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I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Annabelle McCormack's debut historical fiction novel, Windswept, last year. You can check that post out HERE. So, when I heard the sequel was in the works, I couldn't... Read More...

Why I Don’t Mind the Gaps by Susanne Dunlap

Amy Wilhelm
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Historians and historical novelists have a lot in common.  We both love the chase, the research. Tracking down that nugget of information that is so telling, so revealing of the time or the character or t... Read More...

An Interview with Suzanne Moyers, Author of ’Til All These Things Be Done

Tabitha Lord
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When her beloved father mysteriously vanishes, sixteen-year-old Leola Rideout has little time to question why. With the 1918 influenza epidemic in its second year, social turmoil raging across Texas, and povert... Read More...

Writing in Another Gender from Another Time – Guest Post by Abigail Cutter

Tabitha Lord
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When I read Abigail Cutter's historical, paranormal fiction novel Long Shadows, I immediately had all the questions! How did she think up the idea of a Civil War ghost haunting his old digs while a young couple... Read More...

Until We Meet – An Interview with Camille Di Maio

Tabitha Lord
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Camille Di Maio's latest release, Until We Meet, is a  beautifully crafted WWII novel centered around three women whose lives are irrevocably impacted by war. Themes of love, loss, friendship, and the changing ... Read More...
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