A NEW FATHERLAND: PEACE TREATIES & SHATTERED HOPES – Book 2 By Natalie Bright & Manuela Schneider. Genre: Historical Fiction/Immigrant Fiction. Peace Treaties and Shattered Hope is the gripping sequel to German Freedom under the Texas Sky, a powerful work of historical fiction set in 19th-century Texas. Blending authentic pioneer history, German immigration, and the true story of the only unbroken peace treaty between settlers and a Native American tribe, this novel delivers high-stakes drama, rich historical detail, and unforgettable characters in the untamed American West. Learn more.
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Tamanrasset (Crossroads of the Nomad) – By Edward Parr – Goddess Fish Promotions. GENRE: Historical Fiction. TAMANRASSET is historical fiction set on the edge of the Sahara as the ancient world begins to fade and great empires collide. Blending the sweep of classic adventure with the horror of a great historical calamities, Edward Parr’s TAMANRASSET is a saga about the crossroads where nomads meet. Read excerpt, guest post and enter giveaway.
Boy With Wings By Mark Mustian – Silver Dagger Book Tours. Genre: Historical Fiction, Magical Realism. What does it mean to be different? Following Johnny’s journey through love, betrayal, heartbreak, and several
murders, Boy With Wings is a story of the sacrifices and freedom inherent in making one’s own special way-and of love and the miracles that give our lives meaning. Read excerpt, guest post and enter giveaway.
Dangerous Latitudes By Jack Woodville London – Presented By Lone Star Literary Life. Genre: Historical Fiction. From the author of the French Letters trilogy comes a sweeping historical adventure full of unforgettable Texas legends! Laced with exuberant, Texas-sized historical figures such as Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Jack Hays, Dangerous Latitudes is a quest across a war-torn frontier that becomes a race to save two hundred captured Texans who the Mexican army has marked for death. Read about it.
The Two Terrors of Tulelake By WM Gunn – Presented By Lone Star Literary Life. Genres: Historical Fiction / Science Fiction / Thriller. The Two Terrors of Tulelake, is a story based upon historical facts that many Americans today are unaware of. Read about the book and enter giveaway.
Even Higher Than Everest – The Dramatized Story of the First Flight Over the Himalayas By George Almond – Pump Up Your Book. Genre: Historical Fiction/Adventure Fiction/Biographical Fiction. EVEN HIGHER THAN EVEREST is a vastly entertaining, fact-based, yet dramatized story of a London cockney heiress who, in the 1930s, sent a small fleet of double winger biplanes on a daring and remarkably dangerous mission to fly over Mt. Everest and film the world’s highest and most famous mountain peak. Read Excerpt, Guest Post and watch Book Trailer.
The Best General in the Civil War By Conrad Bibens – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genre: Historical Fiction. United States and his opposition to slavery, Thomas faced distrust and delayed promotions from Union leaders like Lincoln and Grant. Disowned by his family and resented in the South, Thomas nonetheless achieved pivotal victories, earning the titles “Rock of Chickamauga” and “Sledge of Nashville.”
The Nine Lives of Tito d’Amelia By Ettore Farrattini Pojani – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genre: Italian Literature and Historical Fiction. In this highly imaginative novel, the author mixes fictional lives with non-fictional information about historical figures as well as the Farrattini family and the town of Amelia. Readers are left wondering about details, such as what is fiction and what is fact. The last chapter will evoke surprise, though a clue that the surprise is coming is contained in the very first chapter. Originally published in Italy in 2022, this first English-language translation is published by Bayou City Press in Houston, Texas, and includes additional drawings, maps, lists of characters, a listing of foreign words and special terms, and notes on sources. Enter Giveaway.
The Golden Manuscripts by Evy Journey – Pump Up Your Book Tour. Genre: Historical Fiction/Women’s Fiction/Mystery. This cross-genre literary tale of self-discovery, art mystery, travel, and love is based on the actual theft by an American soldier of illuminated manuscripts during World War II. Read excerpt, guest post and enter giveaway.
The Knotted Ring By Myra Hargrave McIlvain – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genres” Historical Fiction / Family Saga / Historical Romance. Susannah Mobley, expecting a baby by her lover, a slave owned by her family, submits to an arranged marriage to Hezekiah James who is headed to Texas to claim a Spanish land grant. Caught in a series of lies about the origin of a beautiful ring woven from her red hair and the circumstances of her pregnancy, Susannah embarks on the harsh trip to Texas, grieving for her lost love and determined to control her destiny.
To Rescue a Witch By Lisa A. Traugott Cover Reveal and Pre-Order Book Blitz – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genres: Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure / Fantasy. It’s 1739. An abused girl accused of witchcraft must be defended by a man married to an actual witch. To Rescue a Witch navigates themes of betrayal and redemption, in a spellbinding narrative that blends history, magic and the unyielding resilience of the human spirit. Coming March 1, 2024
The Third Dawn By Thomas J Nichols – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genre: Inspirational Religious Fiction / Historical Fiction. Nichols turns his award-winning writing career to the greatest mystery of all time in The Third Dawn: From Bethlehem to Golgotha. Read excerpt and enter Giveaway.
The Brotherhood of Pandora By David L Nichols – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genres: Historical Fiction / Nautical Fiction / Action & Adventure. To combat Napoleon’s increasing interest in the Caribbean and help pressure France to sell New Orleans to America, Vice-President Thomas Jefferson enlists the aid of friend and naval hero Captain Jacob May. He asks Captain May to wage a clandestine war against the French in the Caribbean not as part of the US Navy, but as pirates.
To accomplish this, Captain May uses the cutting-edge technology of 1799: Girardoni air rifles, Fulton’s self-propelled torpedoes, a submarine, cannons with rifling, and Pandora, a specially modified ship. Pandora’s crew also holds a secret—two women masquerading as able-bodied seamen. Captain May molds his crew into the Brotherhood of Pandora and gives Jefferson chaos in the Caribbean. Enter Giveaway.
The Gold Rose By Jodi Lea Stewart – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genres: Historical Fiction / WWII / Action & Drama / International Mystery. Since the early 1940s, THE GOLD ROSE, a secret rescue agency with Asian origins, has used unique systems to ferret out and save victims in every corner of the world. Charlotte Hunt-Basse has faced dangerous and often deadly challenges in her decade as an agent with the agency, not the least of which was the past rescues of two of her assignments, Pinkie and Babe. Read Top Twenty List, watch book trailer and enter giveaway.
Fiction About Complicated 20th Century Women By Joanne Easley – Lone Star Book Tours. multi-award-winning debut, Sweet Jane, was named the adult fiction winner at the Texas Author Project and shortlisted for the Sarton Award and Eric Hoffer Award, among others. Just One Look, Joanne’s second novel was a May 2022 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Pick. I’ll BeSeeing You, her third novel, features characters from Sweet Jane. Joanne Easley’s prize-winning short stories and poetry have appeared in several anthologies. Enter Giveaway.
Rio Hondo Three Rivers Trilogy By Preston Lewis – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genres: Western / Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure – With the embers of the Lincoln County War still burning, rancher Wes Bracken must rebuild his life amid the white-hot animosities lingering from the deadly feud. His vengeful brother-in-law vows to kill him, the county’s economic kingpin seeks revenge, and the despicable outlaw Jesse Evans, intends to murder Bracken and his young family. Two promises complicate Bracken’s survival chances: a pledge not to kill his wife’s brother and a commitment to help William H. Bonney earn a governor’s pardon for his crimes. See Preston Lewis’s Rio Hondo Scrapbook Page and Enter Giveaway.
Rowdy: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen – THE ROWDY SERIES, BOOK ONE By Chris Mullen – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genres: Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Western / Action & Adventure. Blood, bullets, and tears bring Rowdy’s world to a showdown. Fighting for what was right is his code, living life for others becomes his way, and staring danger in the face is what he must do if he can truly be Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen. Read Interview with Rowdy and Enter Giveaway.
Defiance and Redemption By Maria J. Andrade – A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds – Pump Up Your Book Tour – A coming of age story about love, scandal, sisterhood, and the courage to define your own life… Read an excerpt and 10 Things You Might Not Knot About the Author.
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