About the Book
Book: The Shopkeeper’s WidowAuthor: Izzy James
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release Date: August 21, 2020
Delany Fleet, a widowed former indentured servant living in the colonial port of Norfolk, Virginia, dreams of having an estate of her own where she will never have to compromise her freedom.
When the only man she ever loved shows up with a load of smuggled firearms, Delany is forced to leave her home and her livelihood to protect her family and property from Lord Dunmore’s raids and the conniving plots of a man who claims to be her friend.
Now, with her destiny forever altered, Delany must find a new way to happiness. Can reconnecting with her husband’s family and a former love be the path that God has for her?
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The setting for "The Shopkeeper’s Widow" by Izzy James is the years of rebellion in colonial Virginia. It delves into women's rights, slavery, treason, and other major issues of the day. This book is a fast paced book and the ending was quite shocking to me, well part of it was and the other was expected.
I recommend this book if you want a short read and one that has a little danger in it's pages and is based on History and is a romance. I enjoyed this story because it was all of the above.
I received a contemporary copy by the author and Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.
About the Author
Izzy James grew up surrounded by history and story in coastal Virginia. She still lives there with her fabulous husband in a house brimming with books.
More from Izzy
Hello! My name is Izzy James. My new book is The Shopkeeper’s Widow. It’s about freedom and second chances. I learned quite a bit of history while researching and writing this book. Did you know that the first showers began to appear in the early 1760’s? I gave Delany one of them in Shopkeeper’sjust for fun. It is not likely she would have had a shower at that time, but it is fiction and as such I thought it would be a fun detail to add. We do know that some people did rig up for themselves a semblance of a daily shower by using a bucket full of water suspended above them.Blog Stops
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 29
Inklings and notions, August 30
Texas Book-aholic, August 31
For Him and My Family, September 1
lakesidelivingsite, September 1
Locks, Hooks and Books, September 2
Artistic Nobody, September 3 (Guest Review from Joni Truex)
deb’s Book Review, September 3
Connie’s History Classroom, September 4
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions, September 5
Jeanette’s Thoughts, September 5
Ashley’s Bookshelf, September 6
Connect in Fiction, September 7
Batya’s Bits, September 8
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, September 9
The Book Chic Blog, September 9
Adventures of a Travelers Wife, September 10
Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, September 10
HookMeInABook, September 11
Books I’ve Read, September 11
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Izzy is giving away the grand prize package of a a book, a can of tea and an Ingenuitea teapot!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
Good morning, Debbie!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting me and The Shopkeeper's Widow :-)
Wonderful review, Debbie! Sounds like a must read. Thank you for participating in the tour.
ReplyDeleteHey Caryl, I hope you like it.
ReplyDeleteI like historical fiction and this sounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteI find I like historical fiction the best too. What do you like best about historical fiction?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, this sounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like it, Julie :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dora :-)
ReplyDeleteThis book looks good.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Virginia! I hope you like it :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting story! I like historical fiction and this has a great synopsis. Vivian Furbay jtandviv (at) q (dot) com
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