Mailbox Monday #57

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page but it is now on a monthly tour. December's host is Let Them Read Books. Mailbox Monday can lead to serious conditions, such as book envy!

I got a couple of ARC's this week as well as another two preview episodes for The American Experience series.

Earlier this year I raved about Heart of Lies by M. L. Malcolm. You can read the review here if you missed it. Her new book (and sequel) Heart of Deception arrives in April, but I received the ARC this past week from HarperCollins and I couldn't be more excited! Here is the blurb:

"Leo Hoffman is a man of many contradictions. He is a Hungarian national with a French passport, a wealthy businessman with no visible means of support, and a devoted father who hasn’t seen his daughter in years. He is also a spy.

Recruited by the Allies to help lay the groundwork for their invasion of North Africa, Leo intends to do as little spying as possible; he just wants to earn his American citizenship, get to New York, and find his daughter, Maddy. But while Leo dodges death in France and Morocco, Maddy learns the truth behind her father’s mysterious past, and as she matures, this haunting knowledge compels Maddy down her own dangerous path of deception and discovery.

Spanning the years from World War II to the turbulent 1960s, this sequel to Heart of Lies tells the riveting story of a family struggling with the choices that war forces them to make, and the consequences that take a generation to unfold."

In preparation for the February event at HFBRT, I received the ARC for Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth from Penguin. Let me tell you this was a surprise when I opened up this one - each page is the size of a standar sheet of paper - so this one is HUGE! I am so excited and can't wait to read this one! Here is the blurb:

"Award-winning author Sandra Worth takes a fresh look at the mystery of Prince Richard of England, one of the two little princes who vanished in the Tower of London, and his famous love affair with Lady Catherine Gordon, princess of Scotland.

It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has thundered across Europe, setting royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocking the fledgling Tudor dynasty. Stepping finally onto English soil, Catherine arrives at the island of Saint Michael’s Mount, along with her husband and young son Dickon, their second child already on the way. With the keen support of Scotland’s King James IV, Richard—known in England as Perkin Warbeck—has come to reclaim his rightful crown from Henry Tudor. Based on a prophecy given Catherine by a seer that she would be loved by a king, she has no doubt Richard will succeed in his quest. But rather than assuming the throne she believed was their destiny, Catherine would soon be prisoner of King Henry VII, and her beloved husband would, unimaginably, be stamped as an imposter.

Nothing could shake Catherine’s belief in Richard and her loyalty to the man she loved. She became a favored lady-in-waiting to the queen, Elizabeth of York, but her dazzling beauty only brought her unwanted affections from a jealous king and enmeshed her in a terrifying royal love triangle. With her husband facing execution for treason, Catherine, alone in the glittering but deadly Tudor Court, finds the courage to spurn a cruel monarch and shape her own destiny, winning the admiration of a nation."

I also received the next two preview episodes of The American Experience series from PBS. There are going to be three new episodes in January, the schedule is as follows:

Robert E. Lee - January 3rd (preview received last week and already watched)

Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior - January 10th (I believe this is a rebroadcast)

Dinosaur Wars - January 17th (preview received this week)

Panama Canal - January 24th (preview received this week)

So that is my mailbox. Did you get anything awesome this week?

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