MY REVIEW:
I really didn’t know what to expect with reading this book. I found it to be a good mixture of intrigue, romance, Christian fiction, and historical true crime-all wrapped into one story.

Winnifred, the daughter of a Chicago Police Inspector, sees a woman kidnapped at the local Chicago World Fair and immediately wants to investigate. However, her father and his colleagues don’t believe her because she’s known for her love of novels and is dismissed. She convinces her father to allow her to go undercover to get to know the Doctor who she suspects is the kidnapper of the woman. Together with Police office Jude, they try to uncover what’s really happening in their area.

I loved Winnifred’s character-lots of spunk and determination. There were other elements to the story besides trying to find out who the kidnapper was… Jude trying to find his brothers killer. Winnifred trying to find a husband among suitors. Both of them trying not to get killed…

Although this isn’t my usual genre of books that I read, I found it fascinating and was shocked to learn that the story was based on an actual serial killer from the late 1890s!

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book

Book: The White City

Author: Grace Hitchcock

Genre: Christian Historical/Suspense

Release Date: March, 2019

Mysterious Disappearances Taint the Chicago World’s Fair

Step into True Colors—a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime

While attending the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Winnifred Wylde believes she witnessed a woman being kidnapped. She tries to convince her father, an inspector with the Chicago police, to look into reports of mysterious disappearances around the White City. Inspector Wylde tries to dismiss her claims as exaggeration of an overactive imagination, but he eventually concedes to letting her go undercover as secretary to the man in question—if she takes her pistol for protection and Jude Thorpe, a policeman, for bodyguard.

Will she be able to expose H. H. Holmes’s illicit activity, or will Winnifred become his next victim?

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About the Author

Grace Hitchcock is the author of three novellas in The Second Chance Brides, The Southern Belle Brides, and the Thimbles and Threads collections with Barbour Publishing. The White City is her debut novel and releases March 2019 with Barbour Publishing. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in History. Grace lives in southern Louisiana with her husband, Dakota, and son. Visit Grace online at GraceHitchcock.com.

Guest Post from Grace

True Colors—Fiction Based on Strange, But True, American Crime Stories

True, riveting stories of American criminal activity are explored through 6 unique stories of historical romantic suspense in the exciting new True Colors series.

In book one, The White City, Winnifred Wylde believes she witnessed a woman being kidnapped while attending the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. She tries to convince her father, an inspector with the Chicago police, to look into reports of mysterious disappearances around the White City. Inspector Wylde tries to dismiss her claims as exaggeration of an overactive imagination, but he eventually concedes to letting her go undercover as secretary to the man in question—if she takes her pistol for protection and Jude Thorpe, a detective, for bodyguard.

Will she be able to expose H. H. Holmes’s illicit activity, or will Winnifred become his next victim?

The Real Criminal Behind the Story

While Winnifred Wylde is a fictional character, Doctor H. H. Holmes was very real and became infamously known as America’s first serial killer. Learn more about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Grace is giving away a grand prize of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of The White City!!

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Welcome to the Blog Blitz & Giveaway for the Beauty In Flight series by Robin Patchen, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Beauty in Hiding (book #2)
Author: Robin Patchen
Publisher: JDO Publishing
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Harper’s second chance at life will become a second stint in prison if anyone connects her to those two dead men.
Nutfield, New Hampshire, is as good a place as any to hide from the murderer Harper left behind in Maryland. All she has to do is lie low and make enough money to keep herself and Red alive until she can figure out who her enemies are.
Jack Rossi is mystified by his beautiful new tenant and her confused grandfather. Something’s not right, but the love he sees between them and the care she takes of the old man convinces Jack they’re trustworthy. As drawn as he is to Harper, she’s his tenant, so she’s off limits.
Derrick, Harper’s ex-boyfriend and Red’s grandson, needs to find his grandfather and get his hands on the old man’s money before Derrick ends up with a bullet in the skull. And when he gets his hands on Harper, she’ll be sorry for what she’s put him through.
Harper and Jack grow closer, but so do her enemies. If the truth comes out, she may lose her freedom—or her life.

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BOOKS IN THIS SERIES

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Aside from her family and her Savior, Robin Patchen has two loves—writing and traveling. If she could combine them, she’d spend a lot of time sitting in front of her laptop at sidewalk cafes and ski lodges and beachside burger joints. She’d visit every place in the entire world—twice, if possible—and craft stories and tell people about her Savior. Alas, time is too short and money is too scarce for Patchen to traipse all over the globe, even if her husband and kids wanted to go with her. So she stays in Oklahoma, shares the Good News when she can, and writes to illustrate the unending grace of God through the power and magic of story.

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Justice Mission (True Blue K-9 Unit) by Lynette Eason

This book is the start to the True Blue k-9 unit series and it’s off to an amazing start! I can’t not wait until more books are released in this Harlequin Suspense series!

I loved this story and all the characters. Readers are introduced early on to the entire Jameson family when Sophie’s boss, Chief Jameson goes missing. Non-stop action, drama, heartbreak, and some romance throughout this clean suspense story. I was on the edge of my seat and read the book in one night because I didn’t want to stop reading.

I have read and loved all of Lynette Eason books and I can’t wait to read more books by other authors in this new series featuring canine heros. I enjoyed reading about the k-9 dog protection element of the story and the training and interesting things the police dogs can do.

I purchased my own copy of this book for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
Caught in a killer’s sights…

Introducing the True Blue K-9 Unit series

After K-9 unit administrative assistant Sophie Walters spots a suspicious stranger lurking at the K-9 graduation, the man kidnaps her—and she barely escapes. With Sophie’s boss missing and someone determined to silence her, NYPD officer Luke Hathaway vows he and his K-9 partner will guard her. But he must keep an emotional distance to ensure this mission ends in justice…not cold-blooded murder.

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