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A Touching Book You Won’t Want To Overlook WHAT IT’S ABOUT Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid’s Tale—during World War II. In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it’s 1939, Adolf Hitler is Chancellor, and Allina’sRead More →

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A Captivating Story ABOUT THE BOOK As German bombs fall over London in 1940, working-class parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make an impossible choice: they decide to send their eleven-year-old daughter, Beatrix, to America. There, she’ll live with another family for the duration of the war, where they hope she’ll stay safe. Scared and angry, feeling lonely and displaced, Bea arrives in Boston to meet the Gregorys. Mr. and Mrs. G, and their sons WilliamRead More →

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A Book About Books And The People Who Read Them ABOUT THE BOOK In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attendRead More →

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Excerpt & Giveaway WHERE DAVID THREW STONES by Elyse Hoffman Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Don’t miss the giveaway below.   About the Book Title: WHERE DAVID THREW STONES Author: Elyse Hoffman Pub. Date: September 27, 2022 Publisher: Project 613 Publishing Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 453 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle “Welcome to the Brennenbach of Midnight! The Curse Hours have begun.” West Germany, 1968 When ten-year-old David Saidel’s parents are murdered, he is sent to live with his grandfather in the anti-SemiticRead More →

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A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALs ABOUT THE BOOK Publisher ‏ : ‎ Diversion Books Author : Andrew Dubbins Publication Date : August 23, 2022 Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages With echoes of Unbroken; the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged camaraderie of Band of Brothers, this is the World War II story of 95-year-old veteran George Morgan and the elite Underwater Demolition Teams, precursor of the Navy SEALs—whoRead More →

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Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Genre:  Historical Fiction Length: 404 Publisher: Revell Release Date: February 1, 2022 Description When the Nazis march toward Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. The Germans make it difficult for her to keep Green Leaf Books afloat. And she must keep the store open if she is to continue aiding the resistance by passing secret messages between the pages of her books. Widower Paul AubreyRead More →

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From the Series Heroines of WWII Description Shirley Davenport is as much a patriot as her four brothers. She, too, wants to aid her country in the war efforts, but opportunities for women are limited. When her best friend Joan informs her that the Coast Guard has opened a new branch for single women, they both enlist in the SPARs, ready to help protect the home front. Training is rigorous, and Shirley is disappointed thatRead More →

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Book Blitz Excerpt and Giveaway A Moment After DarkJanet Raye StevensPublication date: December 7th 2021Genres: Historical, Paranormal, Suspense She sees the future with a touch. A powerful gift in a time of war.The enemy wants her. The Allies need her. Addie Brandt is cursed. When she touches someone, or an object that belongs to them, she sees their future, and it’s rarely good. Mocked and teased her whole life, Addie hides from the world inRead More →

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A WWII Novel Of Courage And Conviction Description A WWII novel of courage and conviction, based on the true experience of the men who fought fires as conscientious objectors and the women who fought prejudice to serve in the Women’s Army Corps. Since the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gordon Hooper and his buddy Jack Armitage have stuck to their values as conscientious objectors. Much to their families’ and country’s chagrin, they volunteer as smokejumpers ratherRead More →

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Book Tour Review, Guest Post, and Giveaway     Join us for this tour from Mar 8 to April 2, 2021! Book Details Book Title: It Happened in Tuscany by Gail MenciniCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+), 408 pagesGenre:  Mainstream Fiction, Historical FictionPublisher:  Capriole GroupRelease date:  Feb 18 2020Content Rating: PG-13. The novel includes violence in war scenes and non-explicit sex scenes, but not f-words, religious profanities, or crude terms  Book Description From the multiple-award-winning author ofRead More →

Book by Meryl Ain

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Join us for this tour from July 14 to Aug 10, 2020! Book Details: Book Title:  The Takeaway Men by Meryl AinCategory:  Adult fiction 18 yrs +,  264 pagesGenre:  Historical FictionPublisher:  SparkpressRelease date:   August 4, 2020Content Rating:  PG-13 + M because there are references to extra-marital affairs. There is no explicit sex in the book. Book Description: With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronkaand Johanna Lubinski and their parentsRead More →

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Historical Fiction At Its Best Description Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the international bestselling author of the “epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale” (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker’s Wife. Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyesRead More →

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Characters You’ll Immediately Bond With About the Book “Promise me you’ll never come back here, Peyton. It’s too much–it’s just way too much.”Peyton Cabot’s fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from World War II a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of hisRead More →

Book by Karen Robards

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Summer Reads Blog Tour Historical Fiction Prepare yourself for some great books this summer. So far I’ve read Red Sky Over Hawaii, The Black Swan of Paris, and in a short while I hope to finish my third book, The Woman before Wallis. Book Summary for The Black Swan of Paris For fans of The Alice Network and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a thrilling standalone by New York Times bestselling author Karen RobardsRead More →