It's May Day!
📚📚And Historia's Queens (and Kings) of the May, with books published this month, are:
Lizzie Lane, Emma Cowing, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Catherine Hanley, David Gilman, Carolyn O'Brien, Sara Sheridan, Chris Lloyd, Helen Parusel, Lucy Waverley...
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What historical books by HWA members are being published this year?
Find out in our brand-new list, featuring summaries of almost 100 books, fiction and non-fiction.
Spanning Ancient Greece and Rome to post-war Britain, they're all at historiamag.com/historical-b…
📚✨Book Giveaway Alert!📚✨
Who would like to win a brand new, finished copy of The Show Woman by @emmacowing
A special thanks to the publishers at @HodderBooks for allowing me to run this giveaway!
Ways to enter…
1️⃣Follow me - @secret_bookblog
2️⃣RT this post
3️⃣Subscribe to my website - thesecretbookreview.co.uk
🏆 The winner will be announced on the 30th November 2025.
Open internationally! 🌏
Good luck!🍀
#EmmaCowing#TheShowWoman#HodderBooks
ALT Hand holds "The Show Woman" book by Emma Cowing with red striped cover. Blurred bookshelf background.
For a limited time The Show Woman is just 99p on Kindle! If you fancy a beach read this holiday season that combines the fun of the fair with romance, family secrets and those long summer days when the light never truly fades from the sky, click here 🎪 amazon.co.uk/SHOW-WOMAN-beau…
Today I’m talking to @emmacowing about her historical novel The Show Woman, which was inspired by her incredible family history and she wrote it in just 7 weeks @HodderBooks
🎧 bit.ly/COADNemmac
Captivated by #ShowWoman 💝 Debut novel beautifully written by @emmacowing Page-turning and breathtaking, this story is dark and at times devastating - but above all else it’s about the power of love 💕 Congratulations Emma!
The Show Woman by @emmacowing, OUT NOW!
'Through Emma’s writing, you can feel that she’s put so much heart into all of her characters, to the point where they jump from the page. With themes of identity, empowerment, friendship and freedom, you’ll be transfixed...'
#TheShowWoman
'As well as being often enchanting, and presenting a vanished world and way of life, this is also a novel that tells a compelling and well-devised, often surprising story'. Absolutely blown away by this fantastic review in The Scotsman by Allan Massie.
📕📕BOOK REVIEW📕📕
The Show Woman by Emma Cowing
Published 1st May
Full review ➡️ shorturl.at/BTcFm
“A beautifully written story of female strength in the face of adversity. I loved it.”
@emmacowing@HodderFiction
A fantastic debut which is evocative & beautifully written with inspiring female characters, I really enjoyed #TheShowWoman by @emmacowing
Out next Thursday! 🩷🎪
Thank you so much @HodderFiction@HodderBooks for my ARC 🩷
I've shared my review for the brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing over on IG today
"It really was everything I hoped it would be. I greedily gulped it down in a day & felt sad to leave the ladies behind when I closed the book."
Out May 1st and link to full review in bio 🎪