With a Book in Our Hands

Eighteen reviewers telling you the good, the bad, and the ugly

With a Book in Our Hands

Eighteen reviewers telling you the good, the bad, and the ugly

Author: Kate

February 3, 2022

The Next Ship Home

Ellis Island, 1902. Francesca arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life than the one she left in Italy. That same day, aspiring linguist Alma reports to her first day of work at the immigrant processing center. Ellis, though, is not the refuge it first appears thanks to President Roosevelt’s attempts to deter crime. Francesca and Alma will have to rely on each other to escape its corruption and claim the American dreams they were promised.

January 26, 2022

Her Hidden Genius

Her Hidden Genius Marie Benedict Publication Date: January 25, 2022 by Sourcebooks Landmark Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rosalind Franklin has always been an outsider―brilliant, but different. Whether working at the laboratory she adored in Paris or toiling at a university in London, she feels closest to the science, those unchanging laws of […]

January 17, 2022

The German Wife

Germany, 1939: Annaliese is a doctor’s wife, living in an elegant grey stone house with ivy creeping over the balcony. But when her husband is ordered to work at the Dachau labour camp, her ordinary life is turned upside down by the horrors of war. And Annaliese finds herself in grave danger when she dares to fight for love and freedom…

December 28, 2021

The Last Cuentista

The Last Cuentista Donna Barba Higuera Publication Date: October 12, 2021 by Levine Querido Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Rating: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra’s world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only […]

December 21, 2021

The Magnolia Palace

Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City’s most impressive Gilded Age mansions.

December 7, 2021

The Secret of Chantilly

From the streets of Paris to the château of Valençay, from the congress of Vienna to the dazzling ballrooms of France’s richest man, Carême recounts adventures colored with spice, humor and tenderness, but always rich with France’s history, its heritage, and its great culinary art.

December 3, 2021

The Lady and Her Quill

The Lady and Her Quill (The Ladies of Sommer by the Sea #1) Ruth A. Casie Publication date: November 16, 2021 by DragonBlade Publishing Genre: Historical Romance Rating: 3 stars ⭐⭐⭐ Her mind kept telling her to stop loving him, but her heart couldn’t let him go. Renowned author Lady Alicia Hartley has lost her […]

November 30, 2021

The Postmistress of Paris

The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London revisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novel—a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage—about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe.

November 23, 2021

City of Time and Magic

City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet. She must choose from three treasures that sing to her; a beautiful writing slope, a mourning brooch of heartbreaking detail, and a gorgeous gem-set hat pin. All call her, but the wrong one could take her on a mission other than that which she must address first, and the stakes could not be higher. While her earlier mission to Regency England had been a success, the journey home resulted in Liam being taken from her, spirited away to another time and place. Xanthe must follow the treasure that will take her to him if he is not to be lost forever.

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