Book Review: Ropewalk; Rebellion. Love. Survival (The Ropewalk Series, Book 1) by H D Coulter #HistoricalFiction #Ropewalk #BlogTour #CoffeePotBookClub @coulter_hd @maryanneyarde

 

The Book Bandit's Library and The Coffee Pot Book Club Presents: 

Ropewalk; Rebellion. Love. Survival

(The Ropewalk Series, Book 1)

By H D Coulter

Publication Date: 23rd November 2020. Publisher: Independently Published. Page Length: 243 Pages. Genre: Historical Fiction

The North of England, 1831. 

The working class are gathering. Rebellion is stirring, and the people are divided. 

Beatrice Lightfoot, a young woman fighting her own personal rebellion, is looking for an opportunity to change her luck. When she gains the attention of the enigmatic Captain Hanley, he offers her a tantalising deal to attend the May Day dance. She accepts, unaware of the true price of her own free will. 

Her subsequent entanglement with Joshua Mason, the son of a local merchant, draws all three into a destructive and dangerous relationship, which threatens to drag Beatrice, and all she knows into darkness. 

Now, Beatrice must choose between rebellion, love and survival before all is lost, and the Northern uprising changes her world forever. 

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review
Ropewalk; Rebellion. Love. Survival
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There are some books that you say that you can’t put down, just for the sake of a review, and there are others that you honestly could not unglue from your hands. This book falls into the latter category.

The perfect gentleman, the perfect man, Joshua belongs with Bea, but he is upper class and she is not. He is such a wonderful person that I just wanted to push him and Bea together and let them be together while I warded off everyone who was trying to keep them apart!

Besides the obvious romance and longing, there is intense drama, the life-threatening kind that saw me sat on the edge of my seat.

The author has written the story brilliantly and I am so glad I was given the opportunity to read it.

You can find it over on Amazon UK and  Amazon US

H D Coulter

Hayley was born and raised in the lake district and across Cumbria. From a young age, Hayley loved learning about history, visiting castles and discovering local stories from the past. Hayley and her partner lived in Ulverston for three years and spent her weekends walking along the Ropewalk and down by the old harbour. She became inspired by the spirit of the area and stories that had taken place along the historic streets.

As a teacher, Hayley had loved the art of storytelling by studying drama and theatre. The power of the written word, how it can transport the reader to another world or even another time in history. But it wasn't until living in Ulverston did she discover a story worth telling. From that point, the characters became alive and she fell in love with the story.

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Book Review: The Test of Gold (Hearts of Gold, Book 1) by Renee Yancy @YancyRenee @maryanneyarde

 

The Test of Gold
(Hearts of Gold, Book 1)
By Renee Yancy

Publication Date: 15 March 2021. Publisher: Vinspire Publishing. Page Length: 335 pages. Genre: Historical Romance

Raised in the shadow of a mother who defied convention, but won’t allow her own daughter the right to make the same choices, heiress Evangeline Lindenmayer has been groomed since childhood to marry into the British aristocracy. 

When Lindy challenges her mother’s long-laid plans by falling in love with a poor seminary student, the explosion is bigger than the Brooklyn Bridge fireworks on Independence Day.

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review
The Test of Gold 
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I haven't read a historical romance in quite a while, but this novel really piqued my interest. It is set in America (for the most part) in the late 19th Century and tells the story of one woman's ambition to rise to the very top of the social ladder, and another's desire to escape social convention and obligations and marry the man she loves.

Evangeline, like the servants, and I think, also her father, lives in fear of her mother's wrath. Her mother controls every aspect of Evangeline's life. Evangeline's only escape is by reading books. And it is this love for reading which meant she crossed-paths with Jack. At first, these unlikely pair become friends, but it isn't long before like turns to love. But there are many obstacles in the way. Evangeline must find the strength to disobey her mother and turn her back on the life she has been accustomed to if she wants to marry the man she loves.

I thought this book was fabulous from beginning to end.

I highly recommend this novel.

You can find it on Amazon UK, Amazon Us and Barnes & Noble

Renee Yancy is a history and archaeology nut who writes the kind of historical fiction she loves to read – stories filled with historical detail that immerse you in another place and time. When she isn't writing historical fiction or traveling to see the places her characters have lived, she can be found in the wilds of Kentucky with her husband and two rescue mutts named Ellie and Charlie. 

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Book Review: A Sword Among Ravens (The Long-Hair Saga) By Cynthia Ripley Miller

 

A Sword Among Ravens
(The Long-Hair Saga)
By Cynthia Ripley Miller

Publication Date: 9th December 2020

Publisher: BookLocker

Page Length: 267 Pages

Genre: Romantic Historical Mystery

In a grave, on the edge of a Roman battlefield, an ancient sword has been discovered. Legend claims it belonged to King David of Israel and carries a curse—those who wield it will tragically die—but not the chosen.   

AD 455. Arria Felix and her husband, Garic the Frank, have safely delivered a sacred relic to Emperor Marcian in Constantinople. But now, Arria and Garic will accept a new mission. The emperor has asked them to carry the sword of King David of Israel to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem where Arria will dedicate it in her murdered father’s memory.

As Arria and Garic travel into the heart of the Holy Land, they face many challenges and dangers. Their young daughter is missing then found in the company of a strange and suspicious old monk. A brutal killer stalks their path. And a band of cold-blooded thieves is determined to steal the sword for their own gains. But when Arria confronts the question of where the sword should truly rest—old friendships, loyalties, and her duty are put to the test like never before. At every turn, Arria and Garic find themselves caught in a treacherous mission wrapped in mystery, murder, and A Sword Among Ravens.

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review

A Sword Among Ravens

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This book was so good. I simply could not turn away from it. A cursed sword of King David and a woman who is determined to take the sword to a place of safety  was enough in itself to catch my attention. I always love reading about strong women in a world that was historically dominated by men.  And Arria is certainly strong, and remains strong despite what life throws her way.

This book was a real pleasure to read and I will certainly be looking into reading the rest of the series as I would love to know how this story began.

You can find this book over on Amazon UK • Amazon US • Amazon CA • Amazon AU • Barnes and Noble • Kobo

Cynthia Ripley Miller is a first generation Italian-American writer with a love for history, languages, and books. She has lived in Europe and traveled world-wide, holds two degrees, and taught history and English. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthology Summer Tapestry, at Orchard Press Mysteries.com, and The Scriptor. She is a Chanticleer International Chatelaine Award finalist with awards from Circle of Books-Rings of Honor and The Coffee Pot Book Club. She has reviewed for UNRV Roman History, and blogs at Historical Happenings and Oddities: A Distant Focus and on her website, www.cynthiaripleymiller.com

Cynthia is the author of On the Edge of Sunrise, The Quest for the Crown of Thorns, and A Sword Among Ravens, books 1-3 in her Long-Hair Saga series set in Late Ancient Rome, France, and Jerusalem. Cynthia lives outside of Chicago with her family, along with a cute but bossy cat. 

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