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Special Feature: Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen

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Today Jane Rosen’s latest novel, Eliza Starts a Rumor, is out in the world and I couldn’t be more thrilled to share a bit about this exciting new summer read!

Rosen has written a couple of well received books that have gathered quite the fan base of women’s fiction fans! I think the one most would recognize is, Nine Women, One Dress. I have seen that one quite a bit at different book stores and this new book is already gaining a buzz.

This book is going to be a hit with women readers this summer so keep reading to check out all the details and where you can snag yourself a copy! Continue reading “Special Feature: Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen” →

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Review: A Royal Affair (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #2) by Allison Montclair

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After reading the first book in this new historical mystery series last year at about this same time, I was eager to read the next installment and see how well the next mystery satisfied.

I remembered really enjoying the relationship between the two main characters, Iris and Gwen. I thought they were funny and paired well together so I was eager to see how that translated in this latest mystery.

The other thing that I thought sounded so much fun was this book was that this time the mystery was to include members of the royal family. Continue reading “Review: A Royal Affair (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #2) by Allison Montclair” →

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Review: The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Royal Spyness #6) by Rhys Bowen

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Over the last year or so, I have been making a big effort to go back and catch up on some long running historical mystery series that I have loved but haven’t read all the books.

The Royal Spyness books are at the top of that list. I read a few of the later books and then went back and read a few of the first books in the series but then I kind of stalled on the series and moved on to something else.

I meant to pick this one up at Christmas time as this one is obviously set around the holidays, but I didn’t and then I just forgot about it. I needed a pallet cleansing book lately though and I thought this was the ticket to clearing my head after some heavy reading. Continue reading “Review: The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Royal Spyness #6) by Rhys Bowen” →

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Review: The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper

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Let’s just start by pointing out the obvious here—-this cover is gorgeous! And then I read the summary and couldn’t wait to dive in! A cursed gemstone set in WWI, sign me up is exactly what I said! Ok if I am being honest, I stopped reading the summary after ‘cursed opal’ because I was already sold on this book!

I haven’t read anything else by Tea Cooper but I know that she has written a ton of books, many of which sound interesting and fun so I felt confident giving this one a shot.

Especially given that this book promised romance, mystery, and intrigue. All the things I love in historical fiction. Not to mention I couldn’t stop staring at the cover of this book! Continue reading “Review: The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper” →

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Review: Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #16) by Laurie R. King

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I absolutely adore the Russell and Holmes books! Sadly I have only read a couple of them but this is a series that I knew I would love the second I cracked open the first book a few years ago.

But as you can see this is a very long standing series and while I only read a couple of the books in the series, it’s a series that I know I would pick up again when I needed something guaranteed to be enjoyable.

When I was approached to read this book I debated about passing, simply because I knew there were a number of books I would need to read to get caught up on the series, but I also really loved the sound of this mystery and I ultimately caved and couldn’t wait to get reacquainted with some of my favorite characters. Continue reading “Review: Riviera Gold (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #16) by Laurie R. King” →