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Merissa (14214 KP) created a post

Apr 21, 2026  
"Once in a generation, a woman emerges whom history can't forget." 🕯️📖

Today's spotlight shines on ANOTHER SOUL SAVED: A STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST by JOHN ANTHONY MILLER! This powerful work of historical fiction bears witness to one of history's darkest chapters, following an extraordinary woman whose courage, compassion, and will to do what is right refuse to be erased by time. 🌿✨

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Available in Kindle Unlimited 🎉

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Merissa (14214 KP) created a post

Apr 23, 2026  
"Exiled from France, forgotten by London, and immortalised by a man she barely knew." 🎭📖

An excerpt from LUCIE DUMAS by KATHERINE MEZZACAPPA is live on the blog today! This richly atmospheric work of historical and women's fiction brings to life a true story set against the fog and grandeur of Victorian London, recovering a woman history chose to overlook. ✨🌹

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Merissa (14214 KP) created a post

Jun 11, 2026  
"When her sister became the King's obsession, Elizabeth's quiet new life was dragged back into the most dangerous court in England." 🎨📖

An excerpt from THE QUEEN'S SISTER by CAROL MCGRATH is live on the blog today! This richly imagined work of Tudor historical fiction steps into the shadow of a famous portrait to recover a woman whom history chose to overlook. ✨🌹

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@CarolMcGrathAuthor1 @Cathie Dunn #HistoricalFiction #TudorFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour
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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

Jul 12, 2026  
If you enjoy Welsh mythology-inspired fiction — fairytale retellings, folklore romance, elemental fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical fiction — the full Story Hearth catalogue is available on Payhip, including a free novella via the newsletter.

For readers who want to go deeper into the lore and the worlds behind the books, the Story Hearth Discord has channels for Welsh myth and folklore, book discussions, favourite characters, and seasonal content woven through the year.

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Merissa (14214 KP) created a post

Jul 20, 2026  
"The official record remembered the delegates, not the men who served them."

📜✨ A snippet from THE VALET'S WITNESS by ROHN HEIN is live on the blog today! This thought-provoking work of historical fiction recovers the hidden stories of those who served the powerful, weaving civil liberties and social justice into the fabric of American history. 🇺🇸💫

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#TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour #HistoricalFiction #CivilLiberties #SocialJustice #AmericanHistory @rohnauthorhein @thecoffeepotbookclub @Cathie Dunn
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graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Cleopatra's Moon in Books

Feb 15, 2019  
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Cleopatra's Moon
Vicky Alvear Shecter | 2011
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<i>Cleopatra's Moon</i> tells the childhood story of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius) and the most famous Cleopatra (VII) in history. The story covers her life from ages six to sixteen, from her parents' fall from power to the capture of Cleopatra Selene and her brothers to their lives living in Rome.

Catered to the young adult market, <i>Cleopatra's Moon</i> has a lot to offer older readers as well. While there may not be as much meat on the bones as many adult historical fiction novels have, the history is plentiful and smoothly incorporated into the story. Aside from a few, minor instances, not much Cleopatra Selene said or did stood out as odd and the history seemed sound (though I am far from an expert). The author's writing style is easy to read, has a nice flow, and the descriptions are well-done; I could easily picture the surroundings, so the scenes came alive for me. She doesn't shy away from suggestive scenes, making the story feel more realistic, though nothing is described explicitly either. The author is up front about what is and is not fact in the six-page section at the end of book entitled "The Facts Within the Fiction," which gives the reader more information about the people mentioned within the book. If anyone goes into this book expecting more love story than historical fiction, they will be sadly disappointed. Any love story takes a back seat to Cleopatra Selene's struggle with both herself and her circumstances in life.

If I had one quibble with the book, it was the children's and Cleopatra Selene's voices. The children sounded a bit too mature at times, including Cleopatra Selene when young. Although in her case, it was more her voice didn't change much throughout the ten years the book covered and it was too familiar. I've come across other young adult protagonists that sounded very similar to her, both historical and contemporary, so I was hoping hers would be a bit more distinctive from the rest. Still, it's a very small thing and I did like Cleo Selene; she wasn't passive, but she wasn't aggressive either, she fell somewhere in between the two, which worked well for the book.

After all has been said, <i>Cleopatra's Moon</i> does what any (good) historical fiction novel should aspire to, it made me want to know more about the time, people, and places.