The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers by Kerri Turner

But this time it was she who broke away, lowering her head to hide the tears. Lacing his fingers together at the small of her back, he pulled her toward him in the embrace she knew so well. The story of two people caught in the middle with everything to lose Valentina Yershova’s position in the Romanov’s Imperial Russian Ballet is the only thing that keeps her from the clutches of poverty. In 2017 I signed with literary agent Haylee Nash of The Nash Agency. The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers Kerri Turner Petrograd, 1914.

He turned to face his wife and slipped his arms through hers. Kerri Turner The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers, my debut novel, is being released by HQ Fiction in January 2019.A second historical fiction novel, The Daughter of Victory Lights, is scheduled for release in early 2020. He bent to fasten the final knot on his woven cord carry-basket, hoisting it onto his shoulder. Joseph released her as suddenly as he had grabbed hold of her, breaking abruptly into her thoughts of the past. Though a widow for all intents and purposes, she would remain chained– agunah – to her husband for the rest of her life. She could remarry only if her husband reappeared to divorce her, or if his death could be proven beyond all doubt. …Such a woman, her husband’s whereabouts unknown, was doomed to disgrace, robbed of her future. If our enemies among our own people are the only ones to have survived, I will not last out the day I am discovered, and no one will care whether our community ever finds out what happened to me. I do not know if there is anyone left in Jerusalem to help me fulfill the mission Elazar has entrusted to me. Miriam locked his eyes with her own, willing him to let her go so she could unroll the parchment for one last time… “When I leave the fortress, I will never return. His own hands, warm in spite of the chill of the ebbing night, remained cupped tightly around hers. The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers is a compelling and beautifully written read, and I’m really looking forward to reading more by Kerri Turner. The flame of the single clay lamp in its niche was tiny, but it cast a monstrous shadow against the plastered stone wall, mimicking Joseph’s every move as he placed the scroll into the shaking hands of his wife.

The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers by Kerri Turner