Paperback Stories

Let's wrap up #BlastFromthePast celebration with a curated list of the best historical fiction you can read. Find a happy reading spot, take a glass of iced-tea and snuggle up with a good book. Here's our #bookrecommendations!

Small-town lies. Big-time twists... What's a jaded bartender to do when her imprisoned brother begs her to delve into their father's old murder conviction? How about peel back the lies, upend the fairy tales, and roil the populace of Lavitte-a sweet apple of a town with a wormy, festering core? That's what Allison Fennimore chooses. Despite her infamous surname and people's wilted memories, Allison sinks her teeth in and refuses to let go. She can practically taste the bitterness of that long-ago, twisted night when two teenagers-linked to her father by bad luck and a few strands of rope-wound up dead. Ignoring the aggrieved local atmosphere, Allison stirs the pot, but every exposed lie makes the truth more elusive. Soon, a key source of information dies under questionable circumstances, and the dark edges of resentment coil around Allison like a slowly tightening noose. As revelations get ugly, she may wish she'd never ventured toward the forbidden fruit of truth.

Looking for books to read but not finding one that matches you taste? Maybe you'll find one here. My book preferences are mostly fantasy fiction and may lack variety but there are many under rated books from which you can find your next read!!

Penelope Bennett is used to living in her twin sister Heather's shadow. Heather has always been the beautiful and admired one while Penelope has always been looked over. Heather has had a constant cycle of boyfriends ever since the girls father left when they were in fifth grade. However, Penelope has never had a boyfriend. She's never even been kissed. The girls are about to start their junior year in high school. Also starting his junior year is Levi, Penelope's best friend. Plus, the girls' mysterious new neighbor, Elijah, appears at school on the first day with a devilish smile and a reckless attitude. Will this year finally be the year that Penelope breaks out of Heather's shadow? Will Penelope finally kiss a boy? Maybe even fall in love? And could the love of her life be someone much closer than she expected?

Winter remembers the massacre like it was yesterday. She and Holly had almost made it that night, and they should have known something was going to happen. All of nature had foretold of something horrible. The trees and bushes had cowered in fear. The clouds had blocked out the sun, and even the moon and its bright, showy stars hid themselves away, yet no one cared to notice the signs before the attack started. Winter's best friend had died that night, along with the rest of the village, including Winter. Although she survived, she will never be the same. Published book Highest rankings: #159 in winter #100 in snow

Rifleman Arthur Cadoc, guerrillero, rogue and hero, and now going by the moniker of El Tirador - the marksman, rides with Spanish Colonel Rai Herrero's irregulars, who have joined Wellington's allied army to fight in the Pyrenean campaign. It is the winter of 1813 and the French are being pushed back from their mountainous border defences and into southern France. The long and bitter war looks soon to end because Napoleon is rumoured to have suffered a spectacular defeat in the north against the Prussians, Austrians and Russians. However, Marshal Soult's French army will fight Wellington's men every step of the way, and so Cadoc has one last campaign to battle before he can hang up his prized rifle for good. Facing pitched battles, deadly raids, and the rescue of a comrade behind enemy lines, an old enemy returns and suddenly Cadoc finds that the war truly is far from over.

A fine book of "must read" poems. For from romance and heartache was poetry born.

The story revolves around an innocent girl who has a pure heart and who tries to solve the mysteries behind the disappearance of her father. In order to solve the mystery she unlocks many hidden secrets which were buried from ages. The more she gets closure to the case the more she understands the reality of life. She is accompanied by some of her trustworthy fellas who helped her to find the truth behind the disappearance of her father. Many adventurous events took place which made her stammer at first then slowly she regained consciousness and acted as a fearless character. She gained the strength to unveil the untold stories. She met many interesting characters during her journey and learned unique things to find her missing father.

When Maisy Thorn arrives at Everett Academy, she has no idea what to expect in rural New England where magic and science are nearly the same thing. But when she decides to go on an adventure, the adventure comes to her. This hazy autumn story is quietly dark and romantic. Written in a notebook with a fountain pen, the story about Everett Academy might mysteriously come to life.

you never liked english teachers. you suppose they meant to make you capable of flight, decorated in words like feathers, but instead you just feel like cardboard.

This story was beautifully written. I love books written in this Era and Melanie captures the feel of that time by immersing us deep in the culture. She weaves a tender tale of how childhood friends face heartbreak, compassion, and love that transcends years to bring them together forever. - First Amazon review. A Friendship’s Love Filled with the dreams of youth, and surrounded by the love of her family and friends, Payton Martin’s world was simple. When someone closest to her is cruelly betrayed and unjustly sent away, life afterwards proves never to be the same for everyone involved, beginning a series of events beyond her control. Somehow, through the years that follow, Payton manages to deal with the heartache of loss and rejection, all while balancing her new situation, and becoming her own woman. Finally settled into a life that she could only once imagine, Payton is content; especially when the promise of love is presented by someone she admires and trusts. Nothing ever goes to plan, though. Once again she is faced with surviving circumstances, and choices others make on her behalf. This time, they ultimately take her across the ocean, to settle in a harsh new land.