Books
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Release Day Book Blast: FEEL by Karen-Anne Stewart
Publication Date: December 15, 2014 Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance The one whose emotions I can’t feel is the one who makes me feel the most. I was a sensitive, at least that’s what I was told by the boy who saved me from the overwhelming emotions that consumed my soul, the boy who saved me from myself when my gift became stronger. Through the years, he was my redemption, my reason to take my next breath…then, he was gone. Jensen always told me I was strong, but I didn’t believe him until I was forced to be strong on my own, and I kept breathing without him. I’ve taken…
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Review: Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress (The Matchmaker Trilogy #3) by Theresa Romain
Augusta Meredith is creating scandal all over the place. She has not only suffered and embarrassing and tragic love affair but she is also not mourning the death of her parents as society would expect. She has fled to Bath where she assumes an identity to find herself a lover. While in Bath, she runs into Joss Everett who recognizes her, but he promises to keep her secret if she keeps his. Joss is in Bath trying to locate a blackmailer for his cousin, who also happens to be his employer. Though Augusta propositions him to be her lover, Joss respectfully declines as he has his own agenda. But the two decide…
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Review: An Affair Downstairs (Thornbrook Park #2) by Sherri Browning
Though not a baron himself, Logan Winthrop, is from a wealthy family. But he has a colored past. It’s rumored that he killed a man and now lives in shame as an estate manager at Thornbrook Park. Things are more or less tolerable for Logan…that is until the feisty Lady Alice Emerson sets her sights on him. Lady Alice has zero interest in marriage but her sister, The Countess of Aberford, intends to make an advantageous match for Alice one way or another. Alice has a bucket list of sorts….travel and most importantly, have a lover. Nothing major or long term, she just wants to make love once so she can…
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Review: Die I Will Not (John Chase Mystery #3) by S.K. Rizzolo
British mysteries are some of my favorite books to read….especially those set in either the Victorian or Regency eras. Who doesn’t love a good murder by gaslight novel? The John Chase series intrigued me. I often gravitate toward British mysteries/detective novels with female protagonists, so a series that boasted a male detective grabbed me. Penelope Wolfe has married the wrong man. She tried to break away from her father and in her attempt at ‘independence’ she has found herself very unhappily married. Jeremy is basically gambling himself into the ground.
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Announcement: Winner THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
And the winner of the giveaway for THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd is….. April W (commented on post) 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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Announcement: Winner THERE ONCE LIVED A MOTHER WHO LOVED HER CHILDREN by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
And the winner of the giveaway for There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children… by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya is….. Carl S (commented on post) 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: The Sharp Hook of Love by Sherry Jones
For her entire life, Heloise has known what her future would hold. She has been preparing to become an abbess. All her education, grooming, and introductions have been carefully planned for her to ascend to that position. She has long accepted that she will likely never know love or a life outside the service of God and she is ok with that, until she meets Pierre Abelard. Pierre is the headmaster at the Notre Dame Cloister School. He has had many intelligent pupils and is well known in many academic circles as simply ‘the best’ and he is equally as notorious in those circles when it comes to women. Heloise’s uncle manages to…
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Pink For All Seasons: Flower Symbolism in The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
Many of you die hard ‘Pink Carnation‘ fans will undoubtedly notice that flowers play a huge role in the books and are meant to convey some symbolism and foreshadowing in the series and books. Each character embodies the title flower in some way or another. For me, one of my favorite Pink heroines was Mary Alsworthy from The Seduction of the Crimson Rose. The rose is not only beautiful and alluring but thorny and at times dangerous to an inexperienced handler. It’s a classic flower long associated with beauty and love. It’s chic, regal, and alluring, while at the same time the thorns remind us of suffering and sacrifice.
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Giveaway: THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
Have you had a chance to read one of the hottest books released this year? THE INVENTION OF WINGS was on Goodreads recently as a finalist in the Best Historic Fiction category for 2014. I also reviewed it earlier this year and loved it. It’s a fantastic tale of two sisters. If you are looking for a little treat for yourself this holiday season, or perhaps want to give this as a gift please spread the word! Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE INVENTION OF WINGS for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. Giveaway runs 12/2/14 to 12/8/14 Winners will be announced…
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Review: The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman #1) by Paullina Simons
In Leningrad, life is about to change in a big way. Seventeen year old Tatiana, has known nothing but long summers full of ice cream and day dreams. But all that changes when the declaration of war is announced. Germany has invaded Russian and they march toward Leningrad. Tatiana’s parents send her to the store to buy all the food she can. On her way to the store, Tatiana stops for an ice cream when she spots a soldier staring at her from across the street. The soldier, Alexander, gets on the same bus as Tatiana and rides with her all over the city, and then eventually back home. When she returns home,…