Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan #HistoricalFiction @CKeeganFiction #Novella

Posted in Book Review, Historical Fiction, Novella by Cathy

Author: Claire Keegan

Published: October 2021 by Faber & Faber

Category: Historical Fiction, Irish Fiction, Novella

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It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him – and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, was born in 1946 of a young single mother who worked as a domestic for Mrs Wilson, a wealthy Protestant widow. Bill’s mother’s family wanted nothing to do with her but Mrs Wilson, a kind woman, let them both continue living with her and took young Bill under her wing when his mother died.

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25Nov2021

#PublicationDayPush ~ Snow-Kissed Proposals by @JenniAuthor and @ElisabethHobbes #FestiveShorts #HistoricalRomance @rararesources

Posted in Book Review, Festive, Historical Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Victorian by Cathy

Welcome to the publication day push for Snow-Kissed Proposals, courtesy of Rachel’s Random Resources.

My Thoughts

The Christmas Runaway

The Christmas Runaway finds Fiona MacKay lost in the Scottish Highlands, soaked through by the relentless drizzle and wearing uncomfortable new ankle boots. She had acted impulsively, running away from what she considered an unbearable suituation at home, deciding to visit her friend Mhairi in the hopes of making her father see sense. Her maid, Emily, and luggage were waiting at the train station, and now here was this unkempt stranger offering to take her to her destination. She should have listened to Emily and stayed the night in Aberdeen but she’d been too stubborn.

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9Nov2021

#BlogTour #Extract ~ Love and Lavender: A Mayfield Family Romance (Book 4) by @JosiSKilpack #HistoricalRomance #AustenprosePR @ShadowMountn #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted in Blog Tour, Extract, Historical Fiction, Romance by Cathy

I’m delighted to be sharing an extract today from Love and Lavender, a Regency romance, for my stop on the blog tour.

Love and Lavender Blog Tour Graphic

First here’s what the book is about…

Title: Love and Lavender: A Mayfield Family Romance (Book 4)

Series: Proper Romance

Author: Josi S. Kilpack

Genre: Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Inspirational Fiction

Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing (November 2, 2021)

Length: (320) pages

Format: Trade paperback, eBook, & audiobook

Tour Dates: November 1-28, 2021 Continue reading →

4Nov2021

#BookTour Spotlight Feature ~ Every Word Unsaid by #KimberlyDuffy #HistoricalFiction @Bethany_House #AustenprosePR

Posted in Blog Tour, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Spotlight by Cathy

Title: Every Word Unsaid: A Novel

Author: Kimberly Duffy

Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Inspirational Fiction

Publisher: Bethany House (November 2, 2021)

Length: (368) pages

Format: Trade paperback, eBook, & audiobook

Tour Dates: November 1-14, 2021 Continue reading →

1Nov2021

#BookTour Spotlight Feature ~ The London House by @Katherine_Reay #HistoricalFiction #AustenprosePR @HarperCollins @harpermusebooks

Posted in Blog Tour, Historical Fiction, Spotlight, Women’s Fiction by Cathy

The London House: A Novel

Author: Katherine Reay

Genre: Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction

Publisher: Harper Muse (November 2, 2021)

Length: (368) pages

Format: Trade paperback, eBook, & audiobook

Tour Dates: November 1-28, 2021 Continue reading →

7Oct2021

#ThrowbackThursday ~ Taming the Highlander (Scottish Relic Trilogy #2) by May McGoldrick #HistoricalFiction #Fantasy

Posted in Book Review, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Throwback Thursday by Cathy

Taming the Highlander is the second book in a trilogy I enjoyed listening to a few years ago.

My Thoughts

Fifty years previously four small pieces of a stone relic, the Wheel of Lugh, were brought to Scotland. Each fragment held a special gift but together, the four pieces would hold a terrible power if they were to fall into the wrong hands. The bearers of the tablets had sworn an oath, to travel to the farthest reaches of Scotland to keep the pieces of the relic separate.

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14Sep2021

Desire & Deceit (The Victorian Detectives Book 9) by Carol Hedges ~ #BookReview for #RBRT @carolJhedges #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted in Book Review, Crime, Historical Fiction, Murder/Mystery, Victorian by Cathy

Author: Carol Hedges

Published: July 2021 by Little G Books

Category: Historical Crime Fiction, Victorian, Book Review

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It is 1868, and the body of a young man has gone missing from the police mortuary at Scotland Yard, an event that has never happened before. Who was the mysterious corpse, and why was he spirited away in the night? These are the questions baffling Detective Inspector Stride and Detective Sergeant Cully as they set out to uncover the truth.

London during 1868 is experiencing the hottest summer on record, wilting under the relentless heat and resulting odours. Detective Inspector Leo Stride, feeling the lack of his daily caffeine from the usual coffee stalls holders who have forsaken London for the much cooler countryside, is summoned along with his colleague DS Jack Cully to the morgue. There was a problem. A body had gone missing.

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9Sep2021

#MiniBlogBlitz #GuestPost from M W Arnold @Mick859 #HistoricalFiction @rararesources

Posted in Guest Post, Historical Fiction, WWII by Cathy

I’m delighted to welcome M W Arnold with a guest post for my slot on the 5 Day Mini Blog Blitz organised by Rachel’s Random Resources.

Hi Cathy and thank you very much for letting me on to your ‘Between the Lines’ Blog. I’m so happy you’re part of the blog tour for ‘Wild Blue Yonder’, the second book in my ‘Broken Wings’ series.

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7Sep2021

A Double Life: The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries Book 5 by J. New #VintageCrime #CosyMystery #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted in Book Review, Cosy Mystery, Crime, Historical Fiction by Cathy

Author: J. New

Published: July 2020 by Phantom Press

Category: Historical Fiction, Vintage Cosy Mystery, Book Review

Autumn, 1936. Ella Bridges, Scotland Yard’s only female consultant is shocked to find a baby abandoned in Kensington Palace Gardens. With no adult in sight and a deadly storm brewing she has no choice but to take him home. The child is swiftly reunited with his parents and Ella believes that’s the end of the matter, but the next day a body is found under the Serpentine Bridge.