Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann – 400 pages Book Blurb: Rebel Daughter is Esther’s story. An aristocratic young woman, she comes of age during the Jewish revolt against Rome. Esther dreams of so much more than the marriage her parents have arranged to a...
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel – 429 pagesARC from Lake Union – Amazon Publishing and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of...
The Last Checkmate by Gabriella Saab – 384 pages Book Blurb: Maria Florkowska is many things: daughter, avid chess player, and, as a member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a young woman brave beyond her years. Captured by the Gestapo, she...
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel – 356 pages ARC from Netgalley and Gallery Books for an honest review Book Blurb: Book Blurb: After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young...
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer – 416 pages ARC provided from Mira for an honest review Book Blurb: Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from...
The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff – 336 pages ARC from Park Row and the author for an honest review. Book Blurb: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate...