Grace by Helen Steadman

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Grace by Helen Steadman

I’m thrilled to be spotlighting Grace by Helen Steadman today, a novel about the true story of Grace Darling, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter who saved nine shipwrecked people in 1838. I’ve included the book description below.

Book Description

A young woman answers a cry across the water and loses herself in the echo.

Longstone Lighthouse, 1838.

Grace Darling wakens to the howl of wind screaming over stone and the sight of a ship smashed against the rocks. No stranger to the fury of the sea, she braves the raging waters, risking her life to save nine survivors.

Her valour captures the nation’s heart, and in the aftermath of her daring rescue, she is hailed as a heroine. Painted, praised and relentlessly pursued, Grace is swept out from the shadows of solitude and into the limelight. But fame brings its own tempest, and the lighthouse keeper’s daughter soon finds herself eclipsed by her own legend.

Grace is a haunting portrait of a modest young woman consumed by the voracious gaze of Victorian Britain.

Buy Links:

Universal Buy Link: https://mybook.to/GraceDarling

Print: https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/grace

Author Bio

Helen Steadman Author

Helen Steadman mostly writes biographical historical fiction (think herbs, healing, witch trials, swords, shipwrecks and lighthouses) set in the north east of England.

So far, she’s written the Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy (Widdershins, Sunwise and Solstice), The Running Wolf (about the Shotley Bridge swordmakers) and Grace (about Grace Darling, the Northumbrian lighthouse keeper’s daughter).

And then – because why not – there’s God of Fire set on Mount Olympus, which is absolutely nowhere near the north east of England.

Author Links:

Website: https://helensteadman.com/

Twitter / X: https://x.com/AuthorStea60177

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567893132867

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helensteadmanauthor/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Helen-Steadman/author/B076P4VRJD

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2297484

Rachel Elwiss Joyce

Rachel Elwiss Joyce, Author of Historical Fiction.

Exploring power, loyalty, and love in turbulent medieval England.

Rachel came to novel writing later in life, but she has always been passionate about history, storytelling, and the forgotten voices of women. She writes meticulously researched, immersive historical fiction that brings overlooked heroines into the light.

She started inventing tales about medieval women living in castles when she was just six years old—and never stopped. But when she discovered the extraordinary story of Nicola de la Haye, the first female sheriff, who defended Lincoln Castle from a French invasion and became known as ‘the woman who saved England’, Rachel knew she had found a heroine worth telling the world about.

Lady of Lincoln is her debut novel, the first book in her Nicola de la Haye Series, with sequels to follow.

https://rachelelwissjoyce.com
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