The Mistress of the Dark. 30 something reader of romantic fiction, YA, Paranormal and any other book that might strike my fancy. Lover of music and photography and travel even if it is only in my local area.

Step inside and steal some moments in another place, another time. Welcome to my world! Of old roads and dead men. An old medieval road, no less. Whenever dear hubby wants to go off on some sort of excursion, he always dangles the carrot of history before my nose. Being a predictable sort, I always bite. After this unsettling experience, we continued along the o.

Young moderate Parliamentarian John Swynfen falls out with the extremists and is imprisoned, beaten and tortured. His wife Anne must manage their large estates in his place, confronted by prejudice, starvation and imminent danger. This is a story of keeping faith in the face of terror, anguish and despair. It is the year 1586. England is awash with traitors, plotting to assassinate the Queen and bring about a foreign invasion. The young physician Christoval Alvarez, a refuge.

Historical Fiction Sep 2018 and beyond. Sunday, March 18, 2018. The Librarian Life-March So Far. This month has been extremely busy for me at work which has meant not so much on the reading front. I am still slowly progressing through A Dance With Dragons and hope to finish it soon. What has kept me so busy? To make this happen.

Elysium, twenty-something year old Finnish girl. Reads mostly historical books and some fantasy, YA. All books are bought by me unless otherwise stated. Subscribe to Blog via Email. For the Winner by Emily Hauser. Sunday, February 11th 2018. For the Winner by Emily Hauser. Some three thousand years ago, in a time before history, the warriors of Greece journeyed to the ends of the earth in the greatest expedition the world had ever seen. One woman fought alongside them.

I am currently entranced by the people, places and events of the 12th century, and am in the midst of writing Book III of. A tale of the knights who served King Richard the Lionheart. Stay a while, browse a bit. You will find information on this series as well as on my.

A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Haus. A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Haus. I am working on ideas before it is actually open. with a blog that is more playground and forum than anything. MENTAL ATROPHY IS BAD- USE YOUR BRAIN DAILY. May the force be with you. Buen Camino! Thursday, March 15, 2018. Licensed photo DO NOT COPY.

Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford. Thank you for my review e-copy! From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Is the one who is actually the prize. The half-Chinese orphan is astounded to learn he will be raffled off a healthy boy to a good home. Fifty years later, in the shadow of.

Monday, May 15, 2017. Under the Approaching Dark by Anna Belfrage. Matador eBook and Paperback; 424 Pages. Under the Approaching Dark is the third book in the series, and it really brings all of the action and drama together for the reader. A solid FIVE out of FIVE stars from me.

Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Sunday, June 18, 2017. It is a tedious task, and when faced with a tedious task, my every instinct is to entertain myself by keeping it light. However, one cannot get too silly in a website if one wants to be taken seriously. And then she wrote her debut novel, and it turned out to be set in 1216.