Reading
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Review: The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul
I read one of Gill Paul’s novels last year and loved it. I was so excited to see that she was writing a novel about the Romanov family that was coming out in August. Rather than pick up one of her other novels, I decided to hold off and wait for this one to come out. The Romanov tragedy is fascinating to me. It’s one of the greatest tragedies in modern history, but while I am fascinated by it, I haven’t actually read a lot about the family and the history or politics of the time. This was one of the big reasons I was looking forward to this one.…
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Review: Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution by by Kate Quinn, Sophie Perinot, Laura Kamoie, Stephanie Dray, E. Knight, Heather Webb, Allison Pataki
Epic was the first thing that I thought of when I saw this book. There are six different writers in this book and that fact alone suggests that this book was going to have a huge scope. But to be honest, the amount of authors that contributed to this book, made me a little nervous. There are a number of powerhouse writers here and all of them independently successful and excellent authors, but how would their varying styles work together and mesh into one novel? That was my biggest hold out on this one. I know that many of these same authors have collaborated together to write multiple other works—but…
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Review: The Lying Room by Nicci French
I have only read one of Nicci French’s books and that was the 5th book in her popular Frida Klein series. It was about three years ago when I first read that book and I recall feeling like I was missing out on a lot of the behind the scenes friendships and connections by picking up the series midway through. Which is why I didn’t continue the series after that book. She has written a few other standalone books though and I was excited to see this one come across my desk for review since it was one of her first standalone novels in quite a while! By picking up…
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Review: The Girl in the Castle (Deverill Chronicles #1) by Santa Montefiore (Audible Edition)
I read one of Santa Montefiore’s standalone novels recently and I couldn’t get enough of it. I loved Secrets of the Lighthouse and I was desperate to get my hands on another one of her novels. I logged on to Audible and immediately downloaded this book, as the Deverill Chronicles had been highly recommended and is probably one of her most well known books. Most of Montefiore’s novels are standalone but this book is the first in a series that spans 4 books so I knew it would be more epic in nature just based on the scope of this series and time periods each book covers.
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Special Feature: A Lady Never Tells by Lynn Winchester
A Lady Never Tells by Lynn Winchester Publication Date: September 23, 2019 Entangled Publishing eBook, 368 pages Series: Women of Daring, Book One Genre: Historical Romance/Regency Richard Downing may be a viscount of impeccable character, but he’s bored beyond belief of dancing at balls, faking smiles, and making dull conversation. So when he stumbles upon a house maid with defiance in her striking blue eyes and a dagger hidden in her skirts…well, color him intrigued. Raised with a rather…peculiar upbringing, Lady Victoria Daring is full of secrets and surprises. As part of His Majesty’s personal homeland spy network and as a master of disguises, Vic is charged with…
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Special Feature: Christmas from the Heart by Sheila Roberts
I know that Christmas is still a few months off, but I am starting to see tantalizing new Christmas romance novels popping up all over the place and I just couldn’t resist sharing a few of my most anticipated winter reading! And this one ranks right up there with one of my eager to read holiday romances! Sheila Roberts is a prolific writer and her bread and butter seems to be her holiday romances. I have only read one of her books but I thought it was a fun escape, but it was a beach time read. So it’s with great anticipation that I read her latest holiday read, Christmas…
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Review: Campusland by Scott Johnston
My sister works at Harvard as one of their librarians so any time I see a book about an ivy league college, I find myself drawn to it. The summary of this book promised to include all the things that I find captivating about ivy league schools…..elitism and rich people problems. I couldn’t pass on this one because I was too drawn to the idea of it. This is a book that I wouldn’t normally pick up in the store or really be drawn to if I’m being honest, but I liked the summary and the fact that this author is also a Yale alum. This is Scott Johnston’s first novel…
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EXCERPT: The Price of Grace (Black Ops Confidential #2) by Diana Munoz Stewart
I love romantic suspense novels and this book looks like it’s going to be quite the hot read. This author’s Black Ops Confidential series has started off strong and this second book looks like it will continue the excitement from the first book! A third book will be coming soon too! While I have not read this series, I am eager to share this wonderful excerpt with you all. After reading the excerpt, I am anxious to see how this book is! It sounds like an interesting, distracting novel that I could easily spend a weekend reading! This book is currently on book tour with TLC Book Tours and you…
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Review: Call Upon the Water by Stella Tillyard
The first thing that went through my mind when I read the summary of this book was it sounded a lot like Philippa Gregory’s latest novel, Tidelands, which I have not read but has definitely been on my radar. I picked up Tidelands from my library but I only got a couple of chapters in before I had to return it. Since then I’ve been meaning to pick it back up and continue the story but I have other books that have been rather diverting. So when this book came up for review I was eager to read it because it sounded so similar. Tillyard has written a number of novels…
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Review: The Vanished Bride (Brontë Sisters Mystery #1) by Bella Ellis
Big big big Bronte fan here! So it’s a given that I have been looking forward to this book for quite a while! But I will admit I was on the fence about it. This book is a reimagining of the Bronte sisters as lady detectives and for me it could have gone either way. I mean, the sisters wrote romances, not mysteries so I was worried that this book might come across as hokey. So basically, I had reservations. I worried that I might have a hard time imagining them as detectives but on the other I love all things Bronte and I simply couldn’t pass on the opportunity…