March 2013 young adult book releases: Historical Fiction

Title: A Touch of Scarlet (Unbound #2)Author: Eve Marie MontRelease date: March 26, 2013Format:  PaperbackLength: 319 pagesPublisher:  K-TeenEmma Townsend is newly optimistic for her return back to Lockwood Prep, even though her boyfriend Gray is leaving for Coast Guard training.  While she’s been gone, everything has changed. Michelle, roommate and friend, is remote.  Soon, Emma’s long-distance relationship is straining under pressure.  Emma wonders if she’s cracking too.  She starts having dreams about Hester Prynne.  She finds herself taking long walkers in the woods.  Her life begins to echo The Scarlet Letter, but she’s not convinced she can forge a new future without breaking her own heart.Purchase here.Title:  Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands of Bronze and Gold #1)Author:  Jane NickersonRelease date: March 12, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  352 pagesPublisher:  Random House Children’s BooksSophia Petheram’s father dies and she receives an unexpected letter.  It’s an invitation from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather.  She has no money and no other options, so she accepts and leaves her childhood home behind.  Sophia has longed for a comfortable life, and finds herself falling in love with manor.  But she begins to piece together the past, she catches whispers from his former wives - all with hair like hers.  She realizes that she’s trapped in de Cressac’s intoxicating world.Purchase here.Title: Smuggler’s KissAuthor: Marie-Louise JensenRelease date: March 7, 2013Format: PaperbackLength:  304 pagesPublisher: Oxford University PressSmugglers are rascals, at least, that’s what Isabelle has been told.  But she’s rescued from drowning at sea by a smuggling ship.  She becomes confused, seeing them in a new light.  Besides, outwitting the king’s men gives her a rush, especially when she fights side by side with one particular smuggler.View the list »
Title: Heart of Glass (Cross My Heart #2)Author:  Sasha GouldRelease date: March 12, 2013Format:  PaperbackLength: 240 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books UKIn 1585 Venice, Laura della Scala solved her sister’s murder after joining the powerful society of women, Segreta.  Laura is now engaged for love, Roberto, and has never been happier.  On her first mission for Segreta, she finds Roberto with a woman’s body in his room.  The woman was Roberto’s sister, and Roberto is accused of murder.  If he is not sentenced to death, the Ottoman Empire will attack Venice.  Desperate to save both her city and fiance, she digs deeper.  The more she learns, the more she trusts the Turkish prince, Halim.  But soon, she uncovers a conspiracy that involves almost everyone she knows.Purchase here.

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These books are being released in March 2013. These new young adult releases are Historical Fiction. For other new releases, please see the links at the bottom of the article. Stay tuned for more March releases. Alternatively, more March releases can be found on the goodreads.com list.

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  • Title: Heart of Glass (Cross My Heart #2)Author:  Sasha GouldRelease date: March 12, 2013Format:  PaperbackLength: 240 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books UKIn 1585 Venice, Laura della Scala solved her sister’s murder after joining the powerful society of women, Segreta.  Laura is now engaged for love, Roberto, and has never been happier.  On her first mission for Segreta, she finds Roberto with a woman’s body in his room.  The woman was Roberto’s sister, and Roberto is accused of murder.  If he is not sentenced to death, the Ottoman Empire will attack Venice.  Desperate to save both her city and fiance, she digs deeper.  The more she learns, the more she trusts the Turkish prince, Halim.  But soon, she uncovers a conspiracy that involves almost everyone she knows.Purchase here.
  • Title: Smuggler’s KissAuthor: Marie-Louise JensenRelease date: March 7, 2013Format: PaperbackLength:  304 pagesPublisher: Oxford University PressSmugglers are rascals, at least, that’s what Isabelle has been told.  But she’s rescued from drowning at sea by a smuggling ship.  She becomes confused, seeing them in a new light.  Besides, outwitting the king’s men gives her a rush, especially when she fights side by side with one particular smuggler.
  • Title:  Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands of Bronze and Gold #1)Author:  Jane NickersonRelease date: March 12, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  352 pagesPublisher:  Random House Children’s BooksSophia Petheram’s father dies and she receives an unexpected letter.  It’s an invitation from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather.  She has no money and no other options, so she accepts and leaves her childhood home behind.  Sophia has longed for a comfortable life, and finds herself falling in love with manor.  But she begins to piece together the past, she catches whispers from his former wives - all with hair like hers.  She realizes that she’s trapped in de Cressac’s intoxicating world.Purchase here.
  • Title: A Touch of Scarlet (Unbound #2)Author: Eve Marie MontRelease date: March 26, 2013Format:  PaperbackLength: 319 pagesPublisher:  K-TeenEmma Townsend is newly optimistic for her return back to Lockwood Prep, even though her boyfriend Gray is leaving for Coast Guard training.  While she’s been gone, everything has changed. Michelle, roommate and friend, is remote.  Soon, Emma’s long-distance relationship is straining under pressure.  Emma wonders if she’s cracking too.  She starts having dreams about Hester Prynne.  She finds herself taking long walkers in the woods.  Her life begins to echo The Scarlet Letter, but she’s not convinced she can forge a new future without breaking her own heart.Purchase here.
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