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Join The Grand Adventure With “Falls The Shadow”

Can you believe that we are staring the last few days of 2018 down already? This year has flown by in the blink of an eye. There have been some fabulous journeys this year with the books that we have read, and the adventures are truly just beginning! There are so many outings just waiting for us to discover. Get ready for some new adventures, new discoveries, and so many wonderful things!

For our first read in 2019, we are going to dive into one fabulous book! Sharon Kay Penman knows how to weave a story that draws you in, and refuses to let you go! Falls the Shadow is just waiting for you to open the cover! This will appeal to men and women both! There is something for everyone! Don’t delay, head over to the library and get your copy today! If you have not read the first book, you might want to grab that one too! These all stand alone as novels, but her series is fabulous and lend so much to each other. The first book in the Welsh Princes series is Here Be Dragons, which we read back in 2017.

Excerpt from Goodreads.com:

“This is Simon de Montfort’s story—and the story of King Henry III, as weak and changeable as Montfort was brash and unbending. It is a saga of two opposing wills that would later clash in a storm of violence and betrayal, a story straight from the pages of history that brings the world of the thirteenth century completely, provocatively, and magnificently alive. Above all, this is a story of conflict and treachery, of human frailty and broken legends, a tale of pageantry and grandeur that is as unforgettable as it is real….”

Join us for this amazing read, and don’t forget to join us for the book club live on January 28th at 8 pm EST!

Falls the Shadow

Rebecca