Books
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Review: At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
Maddie has not idea that New Years Eve 1942 is going to be a day where everything in her life changes The belle os the ball and Philadelphia society is married to Ellis and lives a life of shelter and privilege. While there is a war raging across the pond, Maddie and her husband Ellis aren’t really that in touch with it. Ellis and his best friend Hank should be enlisting in the war like all the other men their age but they both have medical conditions and aren’t allowed to join. Ellis’s father is beyond ashamed of his son’s inability to enlist and reminds Ellis of it on a…
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Book Blast: THE OWEN ARCHER SERIES by Candace Robb
The summer is heating up with the re-issue of Candace Robb’s Owen Archer historical crime series! Nine of the ten books were just released in eBook format, with all new, beautiful covers, and is now available to download for your eReader! At only $2.99 per eBook, it’s a FAB deal on a great series! THE APOTHECARY ROSE (BOOK ONE)
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Review: Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) by Leigh Bardugo
Ravka has fallen and now the Darkling rules and the people look to Alina, the Sun Summoner for liberation. Alina has taken refuge in the tunnels below the city where the Apparat and his zealots treat her like a saint. But deep below the ground Alina is weakened. She can’t summons her power and she continues to grow weaker. After months below ground, her loyal friends help free her and they continue on their quest to bring together the three amplifiers. Without all three amplifiers they don’t stand a chance against the Darkling. In order to gain an upper hand, Alina must learn as much about the Darklings past as she…
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Book Blast: THE ENCHANTRESS OF PARIS by Marci Jefferson
Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King’s Court by Marci Jefferson Publication Date: August 4, 2015 Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press Hardcover & eBook; 336 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction READ AN EXCERPT. Fraught with conspiracy and passion, the Sun King’s opulent court is brought to vivid life in this captivating tale about a woman whose love was more powerful than magic. The alignment of the stars at Marie Mancini’s birth warned that although she would be gifted at divination, she was destined to disgrace her family. Ignoring the dark warnings of his sister and astrologers, Cardinal Mazarin brings his niece to the French court, where the…
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Hot New Release This Week: THE DRESSMAKER by Rosalie Ham
A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture—soon to be a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth This novel is the perfect fit for the dog days of summer: Ham sets her tale of haute couture and revenge in small-town Australia, where the nosy neighbors think they know all your business and don’t like any of it one bit. Sometimes if you can’t beat the heat you have to embrace it, and this novel will have you steamed up alongside dressmaker Tilly Dunnage and the curious cast of characters that populate the town of Dungatar. After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at…
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Review: Once Upon a Crime (A Brothers Grimm Mystery #2) by P. J. Brackston
Gretel (yes, that Gretel) is a plump 35 year old woman, still living with her brother Hans and working as a private investigator. She has just received a new case….while it’s nothing glamorous, it is still a case. Gretel is charged with finding three abducted cats. Not three missing cats….three stolen kitties! Her client assures Gretel that the cats would never just run away, someone must have taken them but she has no idea why. Reluctantly Gretel accepts….she feels that her skills would be better suited for something better, but she takes the case anyway. In the mean time, the small Bavarian town of Gesternstadt is about to be rocked to its foundations by…
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Announcement: Winner ENCHANTRESS OF PARIS by Marci Jefferson
And the winner of the giveaway for ENCHANTRESS OF PARIS by Marci Jefferson is….. Diana S (Tweeted about giveaway) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2) by Leigh Bardugo
Alina and Mal have been forced into hiding across the True Sea. Alina is haunted by her memories of what happened on the Fold while Mal is eager to put as much distance between the girl he loves and the Darkling, as possible. The Darkling is now more powerful than ever and has a plan that will test the boundaries of the world as they know it unless Mal and Alina can find a way to destroy him. While she can’t be sure….Alina senses that if she brings all three amplifiers together, she will hopefully be powerful enough to defeat him. But how does one find ancient, mythical items? The Darkling…
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Special Feature: LAMP BLACK, WOLF GREY by Paula Brackston
To help celebrate the release of Paula Brackston’s latest novel LAMP BLACK, WOLF GREY I am hosting a special feature about the book. As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Brackston’s ‘witch books’ and have read almost all of them. This book isn’t exactly a ‘witch book’ but it still has the great magical and fantasy elements that Brackston is known for. I will be reviewing this book in September to welcome in fall and my favorite time of year to read about witches, magic, and mystery! Artist Laura Matthews finds her new home in the Welsh mountains to be a place so charged with tales and legends…
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Review: The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil
This book made me want to quit my job and apply at the U.S. Embassy immediately! I really enjoyed reading this one! It was a nice break from some of the books I’ve been reading lately. I thought this book was going to be much different than it was….for one I thought it was going to be set in like the 1940’s or something but it’s not….it’s actually a modern novel. I don’t read a lot of contemporary fiction but I do make exceptions when the book or premise sounds unique and different and this fit the bill. Artist Miranda is living in Mazrooq where she instructs Muslim women on painting….the…