Betrayal, treachery, and courage against the odds BOOK INFORMATION Book Title: The Shadow Network Series: Secret Agent Series (but can be read as a stand-alone) Author: Deborah Swift Publication Date: 13th February 2024 Publisher: HQ Digital Page Length: 376 Genre: Historical Fiction / WW2 BLURB One woman must sacrifice everything to uncover the truth in […]
For starters – a golf course in Palm Springs? Count me in! Mr. Kraft and I get to Palm Springs at least once a year, and our son and his partner join us from L.A. (where we absolutely refuse to drive any longer). We’ve taken in the marvelous Judy Show at the Purple Room, gone […]
Book Information Book Title: The King’s Command: For God or Country Author: Rosemary Hayes Publication Date: July 3rd, 2023 Publisher: Sharpe Books Page Length: 415 Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Lidie Brunier has everything; looks, wealth, health and a charming suitor, but there are dark clouds on the horizon. Lidie and her family are committed […]
RECENT RELEASE Book Title: The Earl’s Awakening Author: Joy Lynn Fielding Publisher: Extasy Books Cover Artist: Martine Jardin Release Date: September 8, 2023 Genre: Regency M/M romance Tropes: Rake/bad boy romance Themes: Learning to live, self-discovery. Heat Rating: 5 flames Length: 55 000 words/ 198 pages It is a standalone story and does not end […]
I downloaded the first book in this series because I have Scottish/Celtic roots in my ancestry, and I’m always curious to know what my ancestors’ life was like. I was vaguely aware that Rome had attempted conquest of much of what is now Scotland but then had withdrawn to Hadrian’s Wall by the time they […]
When you read historical fiction that’s anchored in real events, do you ever wonder where your own ancestors were at that point in time, what their role was, what they were doing? My husband and I each have UK and European ancestors, and we’ve been able to follow some of their lines back farther than […]
Both my husband and I have French Huguenot ancestors. Each of our mothers carried the original immigrant’s Huguenot surname, though anglicized. Not long after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, his mother’s ancestor emigrated from Normandy, France, to the Northern Neck of Virginia. He arrived sometime between 1687 and 1693. It is thought […]
Code Girls, by Liza Mundy, is the third book in my current series of book reviews featuring the role of women in the WWII Allied victory. The first two books – The Atomic City Girls, and Daughters of the Night Sky – are historical fiction based very closely on actual events and characters. Code Girls […]
I was a very young teenager when my mother took me to see the documentary movie Mein Kampf. I’ve never been able to erase those visuals, black and white photographs of concentration camp victims. That was my mother’s point: We must never forget. Perhaps for that reason, though I choose to read a lot of […]
If you’ve hit my blog today, it goes without saying that you’re an avid reader, too. Welcome! My husband and I write together as Adriana Kraft, and you can browse our website and links to learn more about what we write. When you read, do you typically stick to a single genre? Widely different genres? […]