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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
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The Stamford Slaying by Andrew McAuley
The Stamford Slaying
By Andrew McAuley
Publication Date: 25th March 2022
Publisher: Yorkie-Montague
Page Length: 245 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Devon, AD 1402. Wool merchant Robert Wood is not well-liked. He is boastful, gruff, and takes offence as easily as he gives it, but he adores his pious younger wife and constantly seeks social advancement to please her. Robert attempts to bribe the notorio Read more of this blog post »
By Andrew McAuley
Publication Date: 25th March 2022
Publisher: Yorkie-Montague
Page Length: 245 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Devon, AD 1402. Wool merchant Robert Wood is not well-liked. He is boastful, gruff, and takes offence as easily as he gives it, but he adores his pious younger wife and constantly seeks social advancement to please her. Robert attempts to bribe the notorio Read more of this blog post »
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"I went into Quetzalcoatl: Time Stones Book II feeling fairly confident. I knew Jessie, Kes, Tip and Abe. I had a vague but serviceable understanding of the Time Stones. I assumed the gang would regroup, dust themselves off after the chaos of Book I, "
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"Quetzalcoatl: Time Stones Book II opens the story outward, moving beyond the more contained journey of the first book and placing the characters in a world that feels larger, older and far more unpredictable. What stands out most in this instalment i"
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"Quetzalcoatl: Time Stones Book II was easy to settle into, and it didn’t take long to feel pulled back into the story. The book quickly reconnects you with the characters and the world they’re moving through, and before long the journey starts to wid"
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"Quetzalcoatl: Time Stones Book II feels like a natural continuation of the first book, but it also takes the story into deeper and more uncertain territory. The sense that history itself is shifting is still present, yet here it feels closer to the c"
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Life has never been particularly easy for Leona Gladney, but she has always managed to fight on and push through any difficulties thrown her way. This time, though, she might have met her match against things outside of her control. Leona had planned ...more |
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| Some novels recount history; others restore it, lifting it from the margins and placing it firmly where it belongs. “Beneath the Swamp’s Shadow” by Kelvin Ray Oxendine does precisely that. It is not simply a story about the past; it is about the livi ...more | |
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| Grief has a way of reshaping a household, and within the imposing walls of Grantley Manor, it breeds something far darker than sorrow. With the death of Sir Edgar Grantley, the fragile balance that once existed between duty, resentment, and quiet end ...more | |
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When I opened "The Scandinavian War Bride" by Désirée Ohrbeck, I expected a historically grounded exploration of women’s lives shaped by war, loss, and displacement, informed by the author’s personal connection to the material. Inspired by letters wr ...more |
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“It is dangerous to become attached to a du Lac. He will break your heart, and you will not recover.”
― The Du Lac Chronicles
― The Du Lac Chronicles
“Always stay true to yourself. Write with how you feel and are most comfortable with, not what the trends dictate.”
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