Books
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Review: The Oracle (The Sarah Weston Chronicles #3) by D. J. Niko
Sarah Weston’s latest adventures and archaeological pursuits have taken her to Greece where she is working with her American colleague (and sometimes romantic interest) Daniel Madigan, cataloging artifacts from a near by dig. In Delphi, there is a cult of neo-pagans who have painstakingly recreated ancient rituals to glorify the god Apollo and deliver oracles to seekers from around the world. When some antiquities are stolen from a museum in Thebes, Sarah Daniel are drawn into a dark plot….someone is using the Delphian oracle as a smoke screen for an information exchange, which could result in devastating consequences. Sarah and Daniel are in a race against time and their own personal demons…
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Review: Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch
After burning through the first book of the Wayward Pines series, I immediately picked up the second book and started reading. The first book ended with some stunning revelations about what exactly the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho really was. Ethan Burke was finally coming to terms with his position in Wayward Pines and finally beginning to understand what exactly was at stake should he continue to fight conformity. But then suddenly there is a murder in Wayward Pines…..the first one….well the first one that wasn’t orchestrated or planned anyway.
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Review: Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
Not many network TV shows catch my eye, I’m typically an HBO girl when it comes to ‘my shows’ but something about Wayward Pines on Fox caught my eye and after the first episode I was hooked. What kind of weirdness is this? It wasn’t until the third episode that I noticed it was based on a book series, so like a good bookaholic I raced out and bought the first book to start reading immediately! Secret Service agent, Ethan Burke, was sent to Wayward Pines to find two missing agents but Ethan and his partner were hit by a truck. When Ethan wakes up in Wayward Pines hospital it’s pretty…
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Review: Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome #1) by Kate Quinn
Thea has known nothing but pain for most of her life. Sold as a slave from Judea, the young Jewish girl now lives in Rome and works in the house of a cruel mistress, Lepida. Lepida’s father is in charge of coordinating the gladiator games in Rome and often Lepida and Thea follow him to watch the carnage of the fighting pits. While watching a fight, the crowd is captivated by a fighter known only as the Barbarian. Women throw themselves at him and yet he refuses them. When Lepida sends Thea with a note to the Barbarian, Thea and the fearsome fighter begin a tedious friendship which gradually turns…
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Spotlight Feature: Essie’s Roses by Michelle Muriel
Publication Date: March 23, 2015 Publisher: Little Cabin Books LLC Formats: eBook, Hardcover ISBN-10: 0990938301 Pages: 346 Genre: Historical Fiction READ AN EXCERPT. Growing up in the Deep South during the years leading to the Civil War, two young girls find freedom on a hillside overlooking Westland, an Alabama plantation. Essie Mae, an intuitive, intelligent slave girl, and Evie Winthrop, the sheltered, imaginative dreamer and planter’s daughter, strike up a secret friendship that thrives amidst the shadows of abuse. Told from the viewpoint of four women: Katherine Winthrop, kind mistress and unexpected heiress to her father’s small, cotton plantation; Delly, her sassy and beloved house slave; Essie Mae,…
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Review: The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness
Diana and her vampire husband, Matthew, have returned from the 16th century and their home coming wasn’t necessarily the most joyous experience. After dealing with the loss of a close companion and friend, Diana and Matthew must face what the future holds and acquire the elusive book, Ashmole 782, also known as The Book of Life before it falls into the wrong hands. What they don’t expect is that one of Matthew’s homicidal vampire children,Benjamin, stands between them and the book. If Matthew and Diana hope to defeat Benjamin they must rely on their comrades and some past enemies to do it. They must stop Benjamin at all costs and sometimes…
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Cover Reveal: UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN by Renee Collins
For fans of Susanna Kearsley comes a time-slip romance where love, murder, and mystery make for a swoon-worthy read. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN is The Time Traveler’s Wife for teens, and meets 1920s glamour that’s perfect for fans of The Great Gatsby and Bright Young Things . UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN Summary They exist in two different centuries, but their love defies time. Cassandra is a headstrong teenager craving drama and adventure, so the last thing she wants is to spend her summer marooned with her mother and new stepfather in a snooty Massachusetts shore town. But when a dreamy stranger named Lawrence shows up on their private beach claiming it’s his…
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Cover Reveal: The Oracle (The Sarah Weston Chronicles #3) by D.J. Niko
Publication Date: November 10, 2015 Medallion Press Paperback; 456p ISBN-13: 978-1605426273 Series: The Sarah Weston Chronicles, Book Three Genre: Historical/Archeological Adventure In Delphi, the mountain city deemed by the Greek gods to be the center of the Earth, a cult of neo-pagans re-create with painstaking authenticity ancient rituals to glorify the god Apollo and deliver oracles to seekers from around the world. When antiquities are stolen from a museum in nearby Thebes, British archaeologist Sarah Weston and her American partner, Daniel Madigan, are drawn into a plot that goes beyond harmless role-playing: someone’s using the Delphian oracle as a smoke screen for an information exchange, with devastating consequences for the…
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Review: Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness
The last time we saw Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont, they were time traveling back to the 16th century in search of a witch who could help Diana control her powers. As a historian, Diana is actually pretty excited about being a time traveler, but less excited when she arrives and discovers that she isn’t quite crazy about 16th century vampire Matthew. Matthew has been a collector of secrets his whole life. Having lives secrets and lies so long, he is not accustomed to sharing things with his wife, though he loves her unconditionally. Both Matthew and Diana think that once they arrive in Elizabethan England, they will quickly find a…
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Spotlight Feature: The Outer Banks House & Return to the Outer Banks House by Diann Ducharme
About The Outer Banks House Publication Date: June 8, 2010 Crown Publishing Formats: Ebook, Paperback, Hardcover Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance As the wounds of the Civil War are just beginning to heal, one fateful summer would forever alter the course of a young girl’s life. In 1868, on the barren shores of post-war Outer Banks North Carolina, the once wealthy Sinclair family moves for the summer to one of the first cottages on the ocean side of the resort village of Nags Head. Seventeen-year-old Abigail is beautiful, book-smart, but sheltered by her plantation life and hemmed-in by her emotionally distant family. To make good use of time, she is encouraged by…