Book Title: Margery and Me

Series: N/A

Author Name: Maryka Biaggio

Publication Date: April 21, 2026

Publisher: Regal House Publishing

Pages: 292

Genre: Historical Fiction

Any Triggers: N/A

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Book Title and Author Name:

Margery and Me

by Maryka Biaggio

Audiobook narrated by Mark Sanderlin

Blurb:

In the 1920s, Margery Crandon captivated both Boston society and psychic researchers with her astonishing seances. At her gatherings, her deceased brother Walter regularly appeared, entertaining the circle with his witty and cheeky remarks. Margery’s abilities earned her the admiration of luminaries, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats. But one man stood in opposition: Harry Houdini, the legendary magician, who was determined to expose her as a fraud.

Margery and Me tells the true story of the medium who mystified scientists, challenged skeptics, and sparked a sensation across America and Europe. As Houdini and Margery clashed in a battle of wits and wills, the question remained: Could the master illusionist unmask her, or would her extraordinary powers be enough to convert even the most resolute of doubters?

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Author Bio:

Maryka Biaggio is a psychology professor-turned-novelist who brings forgotten lives back into the light. Specializing in historical fiction inspired by real people, she crafts emotionally resonant narratives anchored in careful research.

Her debut novel, Parlor Games (Doubleday, 2013), launched a distinguished career that includes Gun Girl and the Tall Guy and Margery and Me. Her work has earned numerous accolades, including the Willamette Writers Award, Oregon Writers Colony Award, Historical Novel Society Review Editors’ Choice, La Belle Lettre Award, and a Publishers Weekly pick.

Biaggio is celebrated for illuminating overlooked historical figures with psychological depth and narrative grace.

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Website: https://marykabiaggio.com

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Marti Ross and her best friends couldn’t believe their luck when they scored tickets to the hottest concert of the summer. They talked of nothing else. What should have been the best night of their lives changed their futures and their friendship forever. Twelve years later, a family tragedy occurs that brings Marti home. It was time to find out what happened that fateful night of the concert. The truth had to come out, and Marti had nothing left to lose.

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

5.0 out of 5 stars A different take

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2026

Format: Kindle

This book was a different take on murder mystery and romance mixed with friendships, sorrow, loss, love, happiness, and joy. One page can have two of those emotions on the same page.

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A deeply personal poetry collection about love, loss, healing, and the journey of the soul.

Memories from another Lifetime is a deeply personal and emotionally powerful collection of poems written across four decades — from the voice of a young girl discovering pain, love, and identity, to the voice of a woman who has lived, loved, lost, and healed.

Written first in the 1980s and rediscovered decades later, the poems in this series are an intimate record of a life lived intensely, a heart that felt deeply, and a soul that never stopped searching for meaning.

Twin Flames is the final book in the series Memories from another Lifetime,culminating a poetic journey of four decades.

As in the previous volumes, the poems in Twin Flames were born from trauma, shaped by longing, touched by spirituality, and, ultimately, transformed by acceptance and inner growth. They explore themes of unrequited love, desire, betrayal, healing, and the journey of the soul from darkness to light.

This is not just a poetry book. It is a journey of pain, love, healing, and spiritual awakening.

If you are searching for poetry that is honest, emotional, and spiritual, this book will speak to you.

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep and resonate

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2026

Format: Kindle

The poems in this book are deep, dark, some less so, but all resonate. Love is not always what it should, or could be. Broken souls can come together in a nurturing and healing manner. With love, comes sorrow. Not all were meant to be together for all time. Yet love remained through tears and heartache, love endured. Love is the key.

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Some people will do anything to avoid serving jail time – even faking a pregnancy. But what if the ploy backfires?

When a convicted thief is sentenced to prison, she throws her court-appointed attorney under the bus with a lie so outrageous the judge declares a mistrial and temporarily remands her into the attorney’s custody.

Gabriel Ahearn volunteers as a defense attorney for clients with financial hardships, but little does he know he’s about to be reunited with the worst offender he’s ever fallen into lust with, during an unforgettable one-nighter months before.

“Certainly God wouldn’t be that cruel,” Gabriel mutters as his former lover Angela enters the courtroom.

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

 Fun romance

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2026

Format: Kindle

This was a funny short romance read that would make any woman swoon in a few places. Ricci writes humor into every book and this one is no exception. Thank you for a lighthearted short read.

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Another Soul Saved

By John Anthony Miller

Publication Date: April 1, 2026
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 415
Genre: Historical Fiction

Any Triggers: Holocaust storyline; Nazi characters

Blurb:

Vienna, 1941

Monika Graf, the wife of a wealthy Austrian military commander, steals two Jewish girls from the Nazis—a crime often punishable by death. With soldiers in rapid pursuit, a homeless Jew named Janik, a mysterious man who lurks in the shadows, helps her escape.

Unable to have children of her own, she finds a new purpose in life—rescuing Jewish children from the horrendous Nazi regime. She asks the Swiss for help, trading military secrets she gleans from her husband for the lives of Jewish children. With Janik’s continued support, she also enlists Father Christoff, a priest at St. Stephen’s Cathedral coping with unexpected emotions and doubting his commitment to God. Monika quickly forms bonds that can’t be broken, feelings exposed she never knew existed.

Relentlessly pursued by Gestapo Captain Gustav Kramer, Monika combats continuing risk to her clandestine operation. When her husband, a rabid Nazi, returns from the battlefield severely wounded, she gets caught in a cage that she can’t crawl out of.

Wrought with danger, riddled with romance, Another Soul Saved shows humanity at both its best and worst in a classic struggle of good versus evil.

Twitter / X Handle: @authorjamiller @maryanneyarde
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Hashtags: #BlogTour #HistoricalFiction #WWIIFiction #HolocaustFiction #WomenInHistory #YardeBookPromotions

Tour Schedule Page:

https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-tour-another-soul-saved-by-john.html

Buy Link:

Universal Buy Link:

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This book is available on #KindleUnlimited

Author Bio:

John Anthony Miller writes all things historical—thrillers, mysteries, and romance. He sets his novels in exotic locations spanning all eras of space and time, with complex characters forced to face inner conflicts—fighting demons both real and imagined. He’s published twenty novels and ghostwritten several others, including Another Soul Saved. He lives in southern New Jersey.

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Preston grew up and thought his childhood magical adventures were all make believe. He moved on and became a pilot. Following a posting to Seoul, he’s reunited with his childhood friend, Liam. Magic interacting with science causes a whirlwind of events which transport them across the galaxy. Once you’ve been ‘Touched by Magic,’ nothing is ever quite the same.

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2026

Format: Kindle

This book is a totally sci-fi books with additional elements of a magic thrown it. The book is appropriate for ages 17 and up due to strong scenes. The story is Star Trek like with the terminology, with added terminology included. AI is used throughout the story and Oracle is the strongest. More than one race exists and one saucer is hiding in a crater on the dark side of the moon. A huge fighter class spaceship hides in an asteroid belt. The story is a nice blend of sci-fi and fantasy.

Book Title: Fool

Series: n/a

Author Name: Mary Lawrence

Publication Date: April 14, 2026

Publisher: Red Puddle Print

Pages: 322

Genre: Historical fiction/mystery

Any Triggers: no

Twitter Handle: @cathiedunn

Instagram Handles: @marylawrence.author @thecoffeepotbookclub

Hashtags: #foolthebook #TudorFiction #HistoricalFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour

Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-tour-fool-by-mary-lawrence.html

Book Title and Author Name:

Fool

Mary Lawrence

Blurb:

Betrayal. Power. Perception. The most dangerous mind at court belongs to a fool. 

From the author of The Alchemist’s Daughter comes a dark tale of ambition and survival.

“One of the most vibrant characters I’ve encountered in years.“–Goodreads Ecostell

Kronos is a fool–mocked for his dwarfism, prized for his juggling, and underestimated by everyone who matters. But in a court ruled by paranoia and whispers, invisibility is its own kind of power.

When Kronos overhears a secret that could destroy Queen Katherine Howard, he becomes a liability the crown cannot afford. Silenced, mutilated, and left for dead, he survives–barely.

Rescued by an ambitious apothecary, Kronos soon realizes he has not escaped danger–he has merely changed masters. His secret is worth a fortune…and powerful men are willing to kill to control it.

But Kronos has spent his life being overlooked and he’s ready to use that to his advantage.

As rival factions circle and scheme, Kronos sets a plan in motion–one that could topple the mighty, rewrite his fate, and force his foes to reconsider which of them is truly…the fool.

Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Philippa Gregory

Snippet 2:

All stories have a beginning—as do all lives. Once upon a time begins with a mother’s final push thrusting a child into the world. A world indifferent to yet another mewling mouth seeking to find its place among a multitude of others just as needy and just as expectant. There with its scowling face, clenched eyes and fists, the necessity to breathe air instead of fluid. Live—and a story unfolds.

Stories build incrementally, then become full with the passage of time. Is it not true of lives? Threads of days become months, become years, which are woven into a tapestry. Mayhap the tale might be pleasing. The tale might be simple, an ease of prediction satisfying, but hardly revolutionary. Then, there are tapestries and lives that dazzle. Their threads shimmer and are appreciated by those who know how to see.

Which tale is this? That is for you to decide.

Praise for Fool:

“Vividly written and grounded in scrupulous research, Fool captures both the dark comedy and lethal danger of Henry VIII’s court.”

~ Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Crown and The Blue

“A masterclass in immersive storytelling.”

~ Tony Riches, author of the best-selling Tudor Trilogy

“A thoughtful and unsparing Tudor novel that reframes the court jester not as comic ornament but as a precarious witness to power.”

~ Megan Parker for IndieReader

Buy Links:

Author’s Universal Buy Link: https://www.marylawrencebooks.com/linktree

Amazon Universal link: https://books2read.com/u/479KQ8

Author Bio:

Mary Lawrence is the author of the Bianca Goddard mysteries, a 5-book series that takes place in the slums of Tudor London featuring the daughter of an infamous alchemist. Suspense Magazine named The Alchemist’s Daughter and The Alchemist of Lost Souls best historical mysteries of 2015 and 2017.

Her writing has been published in several journals, including The Daily Beast. When she is not writing, she tends a small berry farm in Maine with her husband and creates artisanal jams for sale at market.

Author Links:

Website: https://www.marylawrencebooks.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marylawrence.author/

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/84420.Mary_Lawrence

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From Amazon:

Claire Stone needs to reinvent herself after a painful divorce. She moves to NYC from L.A. and is ready for some good luck and a fresh start. On her way to a job interview (wearing lucky duck underwear – a gift from her best friend), a clumsy oaf barrels into her, sending her to the concrete. Claire’s world takes an even bigger tumble when she discovers the handsome klutz who scuffed her up turns out to be her new boss.

Engaged twice. Dumped twice. Kasen Isaak has had his fill of green-eyed women, yet his father insists he hire Claire – a nail-biting, claustrophobic with the greenest eyes he’s ever seen.

Follow the chaos of their raw beginning, incredibly chaotic and amazing middle, and tumultuous and spectacular lucky ending!

My Review:

Mary Schmidt

4.0 out of 5 stars Short read

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2026

Format: Kindle

This is a short romance read perfect for light weekend reading. The novel is sweetly romantic with flawed characters who come to love despite any perceived flaw. You can’t stop love.

Book Title: The Last Fatal Hour

Series: N/a

Author Name: Jan Matthews

Publication Date: April 7, 2026

Publisher: Coffee and Ink Press

Pages: 310

Genre: historical mystery

Any Triggers: no

Twitter Handles: @coffeeandink2 @cathiedunn @marylschmidt @authormichael57

Instagram Handles: @coffeeandink197 @thecoffeepotbookclub @mschmidtphotography

Hashtags: #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub

Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-tour-the-last-fatal-hour-by-jan-matthews.html

Book Title and Author Name:

The Last Fatal Hour

Jan Matthews

Blurb:

A budding socialite haunted by war steps into the Brooklyn Heights world of whispers, seances, and murder.

For Leona Gladney, former woman soldier of the Union Army, life goes on despite the echoes of the battlefield in her heart. Now a suffragist and budding socialite in Brooklyn Heights, she yearns for a literary life and family. But her husband’s business partner embezzles their money and disappears.

The society matrons of Brooklyn Heights turn a gimlet eye on Leona after the suspicious death of a wealthy friend. Leona will do anything to find justice for her friend and clear her own name, but she finds only secrets, seances and murder.

Logline: A budding socialite haunted by war steps into the Brooklyn Heights world of whispers, seances, and murder.

Buy Link:

Universal Paperback Buy Link: https://books2read.com/u/bzl71L

Author Bio:

Jan Matthews is an American expat living in the sunshine in Portugal. She is (finally) retired from HIM and writes historical mysteries from the Middle Ages to World War I.

When not writing or drinking coffee and wine in nearby cafes, she knits and crochets for charity and reviews books on her blog.

Author Links:

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Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jan-Matthews/author/B0GHG14JQ2

Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/67724380.Jan_Matthews