What Are You Reading Wednesday?

 I can't believe that tomorrow is June 1st! Where is this year going?

One thing I am excited about, however, is all the new books that are coming out. There are so many good ones!

I'm currently reading, Along a Breton Shore by Arlem Hawks. It's so well-researched and the history is woven in seamlessly. I've loved learning more about the French Revolution and how it affected everyone from peasants to royalty. Things were just getting good with Maxence and Armelle when I had to go and do mom stuff, so I can't wait to get back to it!

Here's the back copy:

A soldier and a young woman, on opposite sides of the revolution, must run for their lives across a war-torn France in this gripping novel of friendship, love, and survival.

France, 1794

Maxence Étienne, a soldier for the République, believes fiercely in the revolution that is bringing liberty to France. But even though the monarchy has fallen and Maxence is part of a great cause, he is still searching for a place to belong.

Armelle Bernard is a young woman from Breton whose father was sentenced to death for hiding counterrevolutionaries. She decides to confront the priest who betrayed her father, and as the conflict escalates, she herself is ordered to be executed―an order to be carried out by Maxence.

Maxence has seen his share of violence and bloodshed, but he also carries a tragic secret and can’t bring himself to carry out his assignment. In allowing Armelle to escape, he is forced to combat a fellow soldier, who dies in the struggle.

Though Armelle and Maxence are strangers and on opposite sides of the revolution, they find themselves united as fugitives of the new republic. Now they must find a way to trust each other as they search for a path to peace, and to freedom.

What are you reading this week?