The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus follows poor widow Isabel newly arrived back in her home village of Helford in Cornwall three years after the death of her husband at the Battle of Trafalgar. Isabel is no stranger to the sea--her late husband was a midshipman, her adopted father was an admiral, and most intriguingly,… Continue reading Review: The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus
Daughter of Strangers by Maybelle Wallis rounds of the trilogy which began with Heart of Cruelty and was followed by The Piano Player. The third book in the Doughty trilogy, Daughter of Strangers relegates William and Jane to the background and focuses instead on William's colleague from Dublin, now in New York with the Doughtys,… Continue reading Review: Daughter of Strangers by Maybelle Wallis
Fire Sword & Sea by Vanessa Riley follows 17th century pirate Jacquotte Delahaye, who may or may not have been a real person or an amalgam of people (women disguised as men, operating as buccaneers during that period. The daughter of a French man and "Guinea" (Haitian) woman, Jacquotte's childhood and early young adult life… Continue reading Review: Fire Sword & Sea by Vanessa Riley
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