Kate braithwaite

historical novels

  • New book alert! The Thieftaker’s Trek by Joan Sumner

    Congratulations to author Joan Sumner on her debut historical novel The Thieftaker’s Trek!, published today by Bastei Entertainment. I first met Joan at a Historical Novel Society conference and can’t wait to read her book. It arrived on my kindle this morning! Here is the story: Revenge   Abduction   Blackmail   Murder It’s 1810. The industrial revolution…

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  • Two Journey’s Home by Kevin O’Connell

    It’s 1767. As the eagerly anticipated sequel to Beyond Derrynane begins, Eileen O’Connell avails herself of a fortuitous opportunity to travel back to Ireland. In Two Journeys Home, the O’Connells encounter old faces and new—and their lives change forever. Her vivacious personality matched only by her arresting physical presence, Eileen returns to Derrynane this time not as a…

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  • New book reviews

    With a new edition of the Historical Novel Review out, I can share the three books I reviewed this quarter, plus the feature I wrote for the print magazine. Here they are: My reviews are available from the Historical Novel Society, but in brief… Sword of Destiny by Justin Hill. This is a must-read for…

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  • Q&A with Cynthia Bond

    I recently had the opportunity to ask Cynthia Bond some questions about her novel Ruby which I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing for the Historical Novel Society. I loved the book so I had lots of questions for Cynthia and, consequently,  a hard time picking and choosing which of her responses to use…

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