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 […]
Historical Fiction author Nancy Northcott is my blog guest today, here with an excerpt from the final volume in her trilogy, The Boar King’s Honor. BOOK INFORMATION Book Title: The King’s Champion Series: The Boar King’s Honor Trilogy Author: Nancy Northcott Publication Date: May 1, 2023 Publisher: Falstaff Books Page Length: 378 Genre: Historical fantasy […]
RELEASE BLITZ Book Title: Farewell, My Boy Author: Garrick Jones Publisher: Moshpit Publications Cover Artist: Garrick Jones Release Date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Adventure Spy Thriller Themes: Strengthening bonds, the love of a child, men at war Heat Rating: 1 flame Length: 120 000 words/ 372 pages It can be read as a standalone. It is Book […]
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 […]
This review is the second book in my three review series (so far!) on women who won the war – women without whose contribution we could so easily have lost. Daughters of the Night Sky, by Aimee K. Runyan Goodreads Review The Atomic City Girls, by Janet Beard Goodreads Review Code Girls, by Liza Mundy […]
Apparently I’m a sucker for good WWII books – particularly if they feature more heroism than gore, if they’re true, and most especially, if they highlight the amazing women whose efforts and support were so crucial for the Allied victory. The more I read, the more it becomes clear we could not have won the […]
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? […]
To help celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Month, which was in May, and Pride Month, which is June, this month we’re exploring the life of Margaret Chung. She was not only the first American-Born Chinese female doctor, but also established a program which paved the way for women in the military. Fun fact: The biography of […]