Tag: Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2015

  • REVIEW of Lady Maybe, by Julie Klassen

    REVIEW of Lady Maybe, by Julie Klassen

    Loosely based on the story of Jane Eyre, Lady Maybe follows the romantic adventures of a servant mistakenly assumed to be her dead mistress. Per Julie Klassen’s usual, the plot is filled with mysteries embedded in the past, handsome suitors vying for the heroine’s attention, interesting secondary characters, and guilt and redemption. When scrolling through the…

  • REVIEW of Mist of Midnight, by Sandra Byrd

    REVIEW of Mist of Midnight, by Sandra Byrd

    I first fell in love with Sandra Byrd’s novels with her ladies-in-waiting books set during the Tudor Era. I was thrilled to learn that she would be releasing a novel of romantic suspense set during the Victorian Era, and now having read it, I must say that Mist of Midnight did not disappoint. Rebecca Ravenshaw returns to England after her…

  • REVIEW of The Secret Keeper, by Sandra Byrd

    REVIEW of The Secret Keeper, by Sandra Byrd

    The Secret Keeper is the second of Sandra Byrd’s Tudor era books. While the first book, To Die For, provides a refreshing take on Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, The Secret Keeper follows the story of Henry VIII’s  last wife, Kateryn Parr. Juliana St. John is a young lady gifted with prophecy, and the book…

  • REVIEW of The Secret of Pembrooke Park, by Julie Klassen

    REVIEW of The Secret of Pembrooke Park, by Julie Klassen

    I read my first Julie Klassen regency a little less than two years ago, and since then, I’ve completed every book in her canon. I love how she is able to write “inspirational” fiction by incorporating Christian themes with clever storytelling. I love how well-drawn her antagonists and secondary characters are, and I think this…