Australia Burns (Show Australia Some Love #1)
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Stories in this collection are contributed by authors who care about Australia and the relief...
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Dawn's Light (Restoration, #4)
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As the electronic pulses that caused the power outage finally come to an end, thirteen-year-old Beth...
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Robots vs. Fairies
Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe
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A unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic...
Amish Cooking Class : The Celebration
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Lyle and Heidi Troyer have taken in a brother and sister, who were orphaned when their parents were...
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Big Breasts and Wide Hips
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In a country where men dominate, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title...
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Dragon Kin (Once and Future Hearts Book 2)
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Will she become the cursed king’s fifth dead wife? In Lesser Britain, drought grips the land,...
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Primordial Threat
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The year is 2066 and the world is oblivious to the threat it faces. The fate of humanity lies on...
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Traitor in the Ice in Books
May 27, 2026
These Daniel Pursglove books are on my list of “Series I didn’t want to read and now I’m addicted to”, and they all seem to be historical fiction mysteries. Because, y’know, I don’t like mysteries either.
So! Daniel Pursglove is a spy in the early 1600’s and here he is, embroiled in the religious goings-on of the Montagues - a family who are rumoured to shelter Catholics. King James isn’t happy.
There are loads of secrets, spooky occurrences, a murder or two and plenty of suspense. It seems very historically accurate to me: it’s winter, and everything is cold, dark and difficult to live in!
This is a series I’ll be continuing with, there are another two books so far, so that should illustrate how good they are. He’s a very likeable main character, and he’s clearly being pressurised into being a spy.
Recommended!
A Little Trickerie
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Born a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never had a roof of her own. Her mother has taught her that if...
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Daughter of the Mists in Books
Nov 23, 2025
I’ve read and really enjoyed a couple of Barbara Erskine novels, and Daughter of the Mists is very much in that style.
Hanna has dreamt of a girl, a slave, since she was a teenager, and when she returns to Norfolk these dreams become much more vivid. I really enjoyed how the narrative seemed to slip naturally from one time to the other. I wasn’t left wondering what was going on, or where I was in time. I found the Roman/ Iceni timeline fascinating, and there were some uncomfortable descriptions of what life was like under the Roman rule. It was also good to see that the Iceni’s had a much more liberated view of the role of women than the Romans did!
This is an ideal book for those who enjoy historical fiction, romance and a bit of time slippage!