Book Blurb Fiction can be fatal… Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city. SCANDAL But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with…

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The Engravers’s Secret by Lisa Medved – Bookliterati Book Reviews

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Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb This is the story of three women – one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for…

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Cold Grace by Meredith Miller – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Winter closes in on a valley in northern New England where history is about to repeat itself. The Allen family farm is nearly empty. Only Eddie, the youngest son, remains, living with hi…

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The Swell by Kat Gordon – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb IN PLACES OF DARKNESS, WOMEN WILL RISE . . . Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters – Freyja and Gudrun – rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a ship…

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To Save The Man by John Sayles – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb In September of 1890, the academic year begins at the Carlisle School, a military-style boarding school for Indians in Pennsylvania, founded and run by Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt…

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The Golem and the Djinn by Helene Wrecker – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again. But these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this wor…

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City of Silk by Glennis Virgo – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Bologna, 1575. A talented seamstress A powerful merchant A fierce battle of wills Elena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession b…

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The Map of Bones (Joubert Family Chronicles Book 4) by Kate Mosse – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. When the violent Cape wind blows from the south-east, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through the deserted valley. Su…

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The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with gla…

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Medici Heist by Caitlin Schneiderhan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder and betrayal. Sharp-witted conwoman Rosa Cellini arrives in the city the same day that the Medici Pope, Leo X, returns…

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Costanza by Rachel Blackmore – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Rome, 1636: In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin… Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife – until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini,…

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The Lost Lover (St Kilda Book 3) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Young Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she catches the eye of visiting adventurer and wealthy businessman James Calla…

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The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J. West – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb The only sin is betrayal… It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London’s hidden back…

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The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket.It is the end of the nineteenth century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is n…

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The Bedlam Cadaver (A Hunt & Hook Novel) by Robert J Lloyd – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb In late 17th Century London rich young women are being kidnapped, then murdered. Harry Hunt, formerly of the Royal Society but now a rich gentleman, is falsely accused. To clear his name…

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The Brothers by Robert Derry – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb “When I entered the city, I entered it with an undaunted spirit, determined that no labour should make me shrink, no danger nor even persecution deter me from my pursuit.” Thomas Clarkso…

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Sparks of Bright Matter by Leanne O’Donnell – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb In 18th century London, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A lot of knowledge is deadly. When ambitious apprentice chemist and secret alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring f…

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The Maiden of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Florence, 1584. Rumours are spreading about the virility of a prince marrying into the powerful Medici family. Orphan Giulia is chosen to put an end to the gossip. In return she will kee…

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The Romanov Brides by Clare McHugh – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb They were granddaughters of Queen Victoria and two of the most beautiful princesses in Europe. Princesses Alix and Ella were destined to wed well and wisely. But while their grandmother …

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Clairemont by by Lesley McDowell – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb A massive volcanic eruption has caused the worst storms that Europe has seen in decades, yet Percy and Mary Shelley have chosen to visit the infamous Lord Byron at his villa on Lake Gene…

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The Women by Kristin Hannah no – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book BlurbIt would be the journey of a lifetime . . . ‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. …

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The Quest (Egyptian Series Book 4) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Renowned magus Taita is now over a hundred years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt…

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Code Name Butterfly by Embassie Susberry – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything. Mistake…

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Warlock by Wilbur Smith (Egyptian Series Book 3) – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb A RULER DRIVEN BY GREED THE FUTURE OF EGYPT AT STAKE ONLY ONE MAN HAS THE POWER TO RESTORE BALANCE In his long life, Taita has gone from slave to warlock, and now his wisdom and abilitie…

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The Royal Windsor Secret by Christine Wells – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Cleo Davenport has heard the whispers: the murmured conversations that end abruptly the second she walks into a room. Told she was an orphan, she knows the rumor—that her father is none …

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Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice by Mellany Ambrose – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Summer, 1814. Thomas Hammond is an apothecary surgeon in a village near London whose dreams of a grand medical career were ruined by a shameful secret. He longs to see his apprentice, hi…

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The Seventh Scroll (The Egyptian Series Book 2) by Wilbur Smith. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb AN ANCIENT SCROLL A 4,000 YEAR OLD LEGACY A BATTLE FOR THE TRUTH It is 4,000 years since the battle for the Egyptian Kingdom, and Duraid and Royan al Simma have just uncovered the tomb o…

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The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge Book 5) by Ken Follett – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb 1792 Revolution is in the air A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent r…

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The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles Book 3) by Kate Mosse. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain – Louise Reydon-Joubert – and her courageous crew h…

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The Stolen Hours (The Wild Isle Series Book 2) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb It’s the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear he can’t support her past the coming winter. On…

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The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book BlurbAfter a shocking discovery, Grace Woods leaves her vast Australian sheep station and travels to tumultuous post-war Paris in order to find her true identity. While working as a mannequin …

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The Water Child by Mathew West – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Portugal, 1754. Cecilia Lamb knew being a sea captain’s wife would mean a life of waiting and watching the horizon for her husband’s ship. But John has been gone longer than any voyage s…

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River God (The Egyptian Series Book 1) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb IN THE LAND OF GOLD WHERE THE WEAK PHARAOH RULES A NEW CIVILISATION WILL BE BORN Taita is a humble slave; an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering, as well as the keeper of imp…

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The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb A girl known only as Red, the daughter of a Cornish fortune-teller, travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient method: the Square of Sevens. When her f…

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The Fascination by Essie Fox – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn’t grown a single inch since she was five. Coerced into promoting their father’s quack …

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Ritual of Fire (Cesar Aldo Book 3) by D.V Bishop – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a rich merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main piazza. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God…

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Atlanta by Jennifer Saint – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blub When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother be…

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Homecoming by Kate Morton – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. …

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Battle Song by Ian Ross – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb ‘There is a fury in England that none shall suppress – and when it breaks forth it will shake the throne’ 1264 Storm clouds are gathering as Simon de Montfort and the b…

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Dangerous by Essie Fox – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Engravers’s Secret by Lisa Medved – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Cold Grace by Meredith Miller – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Swell by Kat Gordon – Bookliterati Book Reviews

To Save The Man by John Sayles – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Golem and the Djinn by Helene Wrecker – Bookliterati Book Reviews

City of Silk by Glennis Virgo – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Map of Bones (Joubert Family Chronicles Book 4) by Kate Mosse – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Medici Heist by Caitlin Schneiderhan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Costanza by Rachel Blackmore – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Lost Lover (St Kilda Book 3) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J. West – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Bedlam Cadaver (A Hunt & Hook Novel) by Robert J Lloyd – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Brothers by Robert Derry – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Sparks of Bright Matter by Leanne O’Donnell – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Maiden of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Romanov Brides by Clare McHugh – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Clairemont by by Lesley McDowell – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Women by Kristin Hannah no – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Quest (Egyptian Series Book 4) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Code Name Butterfly by Embassie Susberry – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Warlock by Wilbur Smith (Egyptian Series Book 3) – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Royal Windsor Secret by Christine Wells – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice by Mellany Ambrose – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Seventh Scroll (The Egyptian Series Book 2) by Wilbur Smith. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge Book 5) by Ken Follett – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles Book 3) by Kate Mosse. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Stolen Hours (The Wild Isle Series Book 2) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Water Child by Mathew West – Bookliterati Book Reviews

River God (The Egyptian Series Book 1) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Fascination by Essie Fox – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Ritual of Fire (Cesar Aldo Book 3) by D.V Bishop – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Atlanta by Jennifer Saint – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Homecoming by Kate Morton – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Battle Song by Ian Ross – Bookliterati Book Reviews

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