Wren Lockhart, apprentice to master illusionist Harry Houdini, uses life on a vaudeville stage to escape the pain of her past. She continues her career of illusion after her mentor’s death, intent on burying her true identity. But when a rival performer’s act goes tragically wrong, the newly formed ...
In turn-of-the-century America, a young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confines of a quiet life on the family farm. With little more than her wit and a cigar box of treasures, Mable steps away from all she knows, seeking the limitless marvels of the Chicago World’s Fair. There, a c...
The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron is a beautiful story of two strong women in the enticing environment of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The story starts off slow, and the ending of the book is seeped in melodrama much like the action in a Big Top. In between though is a story that immerses me ...
#THERINGMASTER'SWIFE AVAILABLE 6/7/16 EXCELLENT, ENTERTAINING & EXCITABLE 5 STARS! @KCambronAuthor @ThomasNelson What is it about the circus that congers up so many dreams and thoughts of excitement? If you've ever read a book about circus life, you would know it's tough, hard work, dirty and ...
Full review on my blog. I am a big fan of historical fiction. I utterly enjoy reading stories that take you back in time to real places and historical events. There’s something magical about romancing past lives. It feels like all the suffering and horrors of the past can be rectified or somehow h...
I've never debated a book so much as this. How to review and how many stars? I went back and forth. There are two stories here, one in the present, the other in the past and both intertwine. Sera's story begins in present-day Manhattan. Sera is a gallery owner searching for a painting she fell in l...
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. In exchange, I offer this, my fair and honest review. For the third or fourth time over the past weeks, I found myself turning to a read relating to WWII. I'm not sure what has compelled me to turn to taking another look at an era I studied fairly int...
This is my third time writing this review, but I think I’ve got it. My struggle is this: I love the historical fiction and the story of the Auschwitz girl; I’m not such a fan of the modern portion of story with overly convenient circumstances and borderline insta-love. Overall, I would recommend thi...
70 years after a painting of a woman prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau goes missing, a man who could lose everything by finding the original owner, joins an art gallery owner in the hunt. Read my review of this different kind of Holocaust story here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/07/15/beauty-out-of-...
Young Adele is a prodigy in her country of Austria in the late 30's early 40's. She has a talent when it comes to playing the violin, so much so that as a teenager she occasionally is invited to play with the Vienna Philharmonic.It is during her time with the Philharmonic that she meets Vladimir, t...
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