Tayvie’s Story (A Sparrow Alone #3) Author: Mim Eichmann Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: 2024 Pages: 355 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Chicago, IL – December 1923 Terrified, racing from an irate shopkeeper who has accused her of stealing, her comatose mother sprawled in a dark hallway, four-year-old Tayvie Jackson falls asleep while hiding in a car. Hours later, Tayvie, who understands almost no English, awakens many miles from a home she barely knew. Forced to live with deceitful relatives during the Depression in the Jim Crow south, Tayvie and her adopted mother later escape, hoping to build on young Tayvie’s fledgling career as a jazz singer. In 1938, Tayvie innocently signs a six-month contract to appear at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. Almost immediately, distorted allegations erupt surrounding her inv...
Eaglets: Book Three of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy #7) by G. Lawrence: A Book Review
Eaglets: Book Three of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy #7) Author: G. Lawrence Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: G. Lawrence Book Release Date: 2024 Pages: 297 Source: Borrowed Synopsis: 1168, Poitou. The Queen of England and Duchess of Aquitaine, Eleanor, has returned to her homeland to rule her people and raise her son, Lord Richard, to follow her on her ducal throne, but whilst Eleanor offers power to one son, her husband Henry II, King of England, denies it to their eldest. As rebellion and revolt threaten the realms of the King, as tensions between Church and Crown reach a climax most bloody, Eleanor must make a fateful decision... whether to uphold her King and husband, or stand for her sons? Through political upheaval, murder, revolt and imprisonment Eleanor will suffer, forging a path to emerge from darkness into the light...