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Book Review: Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb – Novel PASTimes
December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue the tradition of her late father’s Christmas Day radio broadcast. But even traditions must evolve with the times, and the queen faces a postwar Britain hungry for change. Amazon Affiliate link…
A Chat With Daviana Spalding from Seeking Simon by Susan Sloan (Book #4 in Rescued Hearts of the Civil War) – Novel PASTimes
In the summer of 1865, Southern families are struggling to pick up their lives after the war. . . . Novel PASTimes: Tell us about yourself, Daviana. Daviana: My full name is Athdara Daviana Spalding, which is a mouthful, so my family and friends just call me Dottie. I’m twenty, and I live on a…
A Conversation with Tabitha Gage from A Calculated Betrothal by Denise Weimer – Novel PASTimes
Today we’re sitting down with Tabitha Gage, the heroine of A Calculated Betrothal, in her cabin just south of Georgia’s Altamaha River. It’s 1776. Tabitha, more than a decade has passed since we met you in your twin sister’s story, Temperance Scott, of A Conflicted Betrothal. Your sister got into some trouble as a fledgling…
A Chat With Julia Collins from Julia’s Joy by Susan G. Mathis – Novel PASTimes
Welcome Julia Collins. Why don’t you tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Brockville, Canada. My father was a businessman from a wealthy family. My mother, Myrtle, was from a middle-class family. They died when I was fourteen, and my grandmother recently died, too. Now my life is very scary and uncertain. Tell me…
A Chat with Arthur from Sleeping in the Sun by Joanne Howard – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link Helps to Support the Blog When two visitors arrive to the boarding house in India where an American boy is coming of age during the British Raj, truths unravel, disrupting his life and challenging the family’s sense of home. A unique historical angle ideal for fans of The Poisonwood Bible and The Inheritance of Loss.In…
Meet Lydia Gallagher of Beyond Shattered Dreams by Cynthia Roemer – Novel PASTimes
After months in a Confederate prison camp, Private Will Everett boards the Sultana eager to return home and leave behind the horrors of war. One day into the voyage, the overcrowded steamboat explodes, rendering Will injured and unable to recall his identity. With only a pocket watch and the name Will E. etched inside to guide him,…
Meet Gunther Schneider from Michelle Shocklee’s All We Thought We Knew – Novel PASTimes
During the turbulent days of World War II, thousands of foreigners were interned in the United States. Men, women, and even children with ties to Japan, Italy, and Germany were sent to detention camps all across the country. In Michelle Shocklee’s new novel All We Thought We Knew, readers meet Gunther Schneider, a German medical…
Book Review: Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link Used Helps to Support this Blog This touching story begins in 1938 with a teenage girl named Rosie in California who becomes an orphan. Taken in my her parents' employer, she falls victim to the man of the house and gets pregnant. But Rosie has a secret that made her different, and…
An Interview with Naomi Wolff from A Wolff in the Family by Francine Falk-Allen – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link used supports the blog. Interviewer: We’re here today with Naomi Wolff, whose exciting western American life was full of twists and turns, especially during the Depression. Naomi, what would you like us to know about yourself? Naomi: Omigosh. My life exciting? I hardly think so! I just did whatever had to be…
Meet Adelaide from Lynn Austin’s Waiting for Christmas – Novel PASTimes
In this hope-filled Gilded Age Christmas novella from bestselling author Lynn Austin, the year is 1901 and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York’s Fifth Avenue. For the first time in her privileged life, Adelaide Forsythe won’t be swept up in it. She couldn’t be happier about the prospect of…
Meet Raymond from Matthew Donald’s Teslamancer – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes, Raymond Calvert! We appreciate your interest. Thanks, happy to be here! I must admit, the technology present here astounds me. When I was a kid in the early 1900s I never imagined such incredible devices as I’ve seen these last few years. I was introduced to the Teslanauts in 1922, and…
A Chat with Ellie Lou from Jodie Wolfe’s Convincing Lou – Novel PASTimes
How hard can it be to round up one delinquent groom? Ellie Lou Williams will do just about anything to save her ranch, even going undercover as a man to round up a fella who is late to his own wedding. The reward will more than cover the money she owes the bank and solve…
Book Review: The Reluctant Mail-Order Bride by Greta Picklesimer – Novel PASTimes
Greta Picklesimer’s The Rejected Mail-Order Bride is a sweet and wholesome romance with a strong Gospel message. When Harl Adams comes to the rescue of Rose Harrison after she is rejected and left at the train station, and subsequently falls on the ice, it sets into motion certain unexpected consequences. Farmer Harl still suffers from post war…
Book Review: Maria by Michelle Moran – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link Used to Support the Blog Maria von Trapp, a novel? Yes, please! Add to that it's written by a highly skilled novelist and this is a must-read this summer. I was excited to receive an advanced copy of this novel from the publisher. This is my unbiased opinion. I admit, I knew…
A Chat with Libby Montonna from Libby’s Lighthouse by Susan G. Mathis – Novel PASTimes
Welcome Elizabeth Montonna—I mean Libby. Why don’t you tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Tibbetts Point Lighthouse with my lighthouse keeper father and mother, and my two brothers. At least that’s who I thought they were until my dying mother revealed a shocking secret. Now my life is confusing and scary.…
A Chat with Joanna Vaughn Richter from Into the Starlight by Amanda Cabot – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Into the Starlight by Amanda Cabot (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing 3) Amazon Affiliate Link Used Will Benefit the Blog July 16, 2024; ISBN 9780800740665; Ebook ISBN 9781493445493 Her career as a concert pianist at an end, Joanna Vaughn comes home to Sweetwater Crossing, widowed and…
Meet Nelly from Tim Piper’s The Yellowstone Campaign – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Linked Used Helps Support This Blog Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us something about where you live: Thank you for inviting me. I was born on a farm near Bloomington, Illinois, but we moved to town when Papa took a job at the carriage shop. I…
A Chat with Adia Kensington from Nicole M. Miller’s Until Our Time Comes – Novel PASTimes
Until Our Time Comes by Nicole M. MillerJuly 2, 2024; ISBN 9780800744700; Ebook ISBN 9781493445578; $18.99; Paper The German invasion of Poland derails Adia Kensington's plans to learn from the greatest breeders of Arabian horses in the world, but brings a British spy to her aid. Amidst the Blitzkrieg and a tense occupation, the two clash…
Meet Melody from Tracie Peterson’s For a Choice Considered – Novel PASTimes
A Choice Considered by Tracie Peterson (The Heart of Cheyenne #2) July 2, 2024; ISBN 9780764241086; Ebook ISBN 9781493446575 Amazon Affiliate Link Used Will Benefit the Blog Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us something about where you live. My name is Melody Doyle, and I live in 1867 Cheyenne,…
A Chat With James Cooper from Scandals and Mercies by Kathleen Rouser – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes, James Cooper! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us something about where you live: Right now, I live in Stone Creek, a small backwater town. I mean, would you believe my boss at the paper wants me to report on a fox getting into a chicken coop? He’d probably…
Interview with Lena Condotti from House of Honor by Margaret Ann Philbrick – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link Used Helps Support This Blog “Lena Condotti, thanks for stopping by Novel PastTimes today! Were going to get right into it, tell us what first attracted you to Orazio Bordoni?” “Without a doubt his boyish, messy look. I’d like to say it was his artistic skill since we met in the studio,…
A Chat with Eyes-Like-Sky from Texas Forsaken by Sherry Shindelar – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes, Eyes-Like-Sky! We are pleased you stopped by today. Is there anything special about your name? I love my Comanche name, Eyes-Like-Sky. It is who I am. I once had another name, Maggie Logan. I don’t know who that person is anymore. Yet the people at the fort, especially the ladies who…
Introducing Eleanor from With Each Tomorrow by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Thank you for having me! I’m looking forward to meeting your readers. Tell us something about where you live. Well, I grew up in New York City, in a lovely little brownstone with my parents. But after my mother died when I was 14,…
Review: Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate – Novel PASTimes
Release Date: June 4, 2024. Affiliate link used to support NovelPastimes. This book is amazing on so many levels. First, it sheds light on some history that I wasn't aware of. The author's note about this is not to be missed. Second, the story drew me in from the beginning, rooting for a child who…
Meet Miriam from Jarm Del Boccio’s The Heart Changer – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Is there anything special about your name? Why do you think you were given that name? My parents gave me the name Miriam or Maryam in Hebrew. It means “beloved, but also rebellious and bitter.” I was the beloved first child, and although I…
Introducing Sheriff Ty Dawson from Baron Birtcher’s Ty Dawson Series – Novel PASTimes
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: My name is Tyler Dawson, but most folks call me Ty. I reside in a small town in southeastern Oregon. Town by the name of Meridian. A couple years ago, my neighbors pressed me into service to act as their Sheriff, since the man who…
Meet Mira Covington from The Song of Sourwood by Ann H. Gabhart – Novel PASTimes
Mira Dean is reconciled to her life as a spinster schoolteacher until preacher Gordon Covington shows up in town with an audacious marriage proposal. Following him to the mountains takes courage, but Mira will see that doors she thought closed forever may be opening after all. Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped…
Review: An Audiobook Musical: “19: The Musical” (Through the 4th Wall) from creators Jennifer Schwed and Doug Bradshaw – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link used to benefit the blog. This has to be the most unique historical fiction I've reviewed. You've all heard of the stage musical Hamilton, and probably most of you have either seen it live on stage or on TV. The musical 19 has a similar feel. Here's some info from the press…
Meet Grace Deroy from The Mapmaker’s Secret by Jennifer Mistmorgan – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Thank you for having me! It's a pleasure to be here. Tell us something about where you live? It’s a delicate situation. My family’s home in Lincolnshire, England, was requisitioned by the Air Ministry to function as a mapmaking facility. I had to clear…
Meet Nora Armstrong from Scandals and Mercies by Kathleen Rouser – Novel PASTimes
Tell us something about where you live: Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. I live in a little town called Stone Creek in southeast Michigan, where there are several lovely lakes and a mill pond. I like to walk by the pond and think sometimes. One time I ran into…
Introducing Harl Adams from The Rejected Mail-Order Bride by Greta Picklesimer – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link used to benefit blog. Purchasing through this link will not cost you more. Thank you! Name’s Harl Adams. I was born, raised and live in Harrisville, Kentucky in the southeastern part of the state. It’s pretty with rolling hills and mountains. I own and work the family apple orchard on our land.…
Meet Isabel Neumann from Seashells in my Pocket by Terri Vanguard – Novel PASTimes
Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us about where you live in Brazil. I grew up in Florianópolis, a German community in Brazil’s south. It had been like living in Germany, my father says. Hundreds of thousands of Germans settled there. My brother and I attended German schools and everyone…
A Chat with Lily from Joanna Davidson Poltiano’s The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link Used to Support the Blog Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Tell us something about where you live. I live and work in the beautiful St. Anne’s Well Gardens of Bristol. This pleasure garden, once a healing springs, is a small haven in the midst of a…
Meet Martha Jankowski from Kimberly Woodhouse’s novel Set in Stone – Novel PASTimes
When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Amazon Affiliate Link used to benefit the blog does not cost you…
If I Dream: A Book Review – Novel PASTimes
405 Pages Independently Published October 31, 2023 ISBN: 979-8864391839 Everyone should read this book. The author draws from her own knowledge of living in Dubai to create a realistic story about the complex society in Arab countries. The story is set in a fictional Muslim nation, but effectively evokes the exotic, desert setting of the…
Meet Marybeth Kruger Vogel from Tracie Peterson’s A Love Discovered – Novel PASTimes
Marybeth and Edward are compelled by their circumstances to marry as they trek west to the newly formed railroad town of Cheyenne. But life in Cheyenne is fraught with danger, and they find that they need each other more than ever. Despite the trials they face, will happiness await them in this arrangement of convenience?…
Meet Emzara from Jill Eileen Smith’s The Ark and the Dove – Novel PASTimes
Amazon affiliate link used to benefit the blog. Only Noah and his family know that God’s judgment is coming soon. He and his wife Emzara dedicate themselves to God’s command to build an ark. After years of preparing for the end of life as they know it, can they survive what lies ahead or will…
The Resolute: A Book Review – Novel PASTimes
325 Pages Ransom Press January 15, 2024 ISBN: 979-8989604616 I have enjoyed all the Legacy of the King’s Pirates books, but The Resolute is my absolute favorite. The cover enticed me immediately and captured the essence of the main character Captain Cadan Hayes, then the story snared me from the first sentence. Gabrielle literally hits…
Meet Catriona Daly from The Irish Matchmaker by Jennifer Deibel – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link used to support the blog. Welcome to Novel PASTimes! We are pleased you stopped by today. Why don’t you introduce yourself. Hi there. I’m Catríona. Catríona Daly. Tell us something about where you live. Oh, there’s not much to tell, really. I live in a small village in the west of County…
Interview and Afternoon Tea with Adelaide Stanhope from All My Secrets by Lynn Austin – Novel PASTimes
Amazon Affiliate Link Used to benefit the blog. Good afternoon, Miss Stanhope. Thank you for allowing me to interview you in your beautiful mansion. Adelaide: You’re welcome. Please, help yourself to a scone while the maid pours your tea. Do you take sugar or lemon? Just one sugar. Thank you. From what I’ve seen of your…