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Review: Longbourn by Jo Baker

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Reader beware…..if you love Jane Austen and are looking for something that will give you a new ‘perspective’ about the Bennet sisters, keep on looking.

Sure this novel includes the Bennet sisters and follows the traditional Pride and Prejudice story but that’s about it.

Jo Baker remakes the classic story of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the below stairs staff but yet it’s a story all its own and noting close to the Austen classic.

Sarah has been a maid at Longbourn since she was a child. She cleans the chamber pots, scrubs the laundry, polishes the floor and of course waits on the Bennet sisters.

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Review: The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone #10) by Steve Berry

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I’ve read a couple of the books in the Cotton Malone series and really really enjoyed them. Steve Berry has a special talent for merging politics, history, and conspiracy all together so well.

This time, our favorite ‘retired’ agent is recruited by his former boss to find a North Korean who has some top secret Treasury files.

Basically his novel begs the question “what if federal taxes were actually illegal”.

This case is anything but straight forward for Cotton and he finds himself globe trotting, trying to chase down leads and to recover the documents, not to mention wading through convoluted history.

The reader is treated to an array of historic facts (and some speculations), exotic locations, a new love interest for Cotton, and enough red herrings that keep the reader guessing until the end.

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Review: The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston

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On the banks of an ancient lake, Tilda Fordwells, moves into the cottage hoping to move on with her life.

Her husband, Mat, was killed suddenly in a car accident and Tilda vows to live in the home that they had bought just before his death.

It’s been a year since Mat dies, and Tilda is still struggling to move past it but hopes that moving into the house by the lake will be just what she needs.

Well things aren’t quite going as planned. Being at the lake seems to have awakened something in Tilda, animals seems to be flocking to her, the lights in her house go out, and she’s been having ‘visions’ from the past.

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Review: Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2) by Jacqueline Winspear

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Having read the first Maisie Dobbs book a couple of years ago, I wasn’t terribly intrigued and dying to read the next book.

I was a little underwhelmed with the first book, it was ok but Maisie wasn’t the same as some of my other favorite female detectives.

Well I didn’t want to write the series off all together so back then I bought the second book in the series and then just kept it in my TBR queue for a rainy day.

A 18 hour plane ride seemed like as good as any time to read the next book so I decided to pick it up.

It’s the spring of 1930 and Maisie is still struggling to ‘move on’ from her post-war depression and continue to grow her detective agency. Her side kick Billy, is continuing to struggle with post war life and Maisie herself cannot move on from the love of her life returning from war beyond damaged. The only thing that Maisie has is her work.

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Review: Scent of Triumph by Jan Moran

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I love war time romances…like with a passion! It has been a long time since I’ve read a book in one sitting…..like a LONG TIME.

This book took me by complete surprise at how compelling it was.

I was addicted from the very beginning and literally could not put it down until I finished it.

I don’t know what it is about forbidden romances that just gets me but there just is!

I was immediately struck by the raw attraction between Danielle and Jon. Danielle and her husband Max are on their way back to Poland to be united with their son and family.

Their are on board a passenger ship crewed by Jonathan Newell-Grey, on the eve of WWII when a German U-boat fires on them….sinking the ship.

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