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Review: The India Fan by Victoria Holt
Blackmail. Murder. Scandal. Lies. Deceit. Romance. Adventure. This book has it all! Growing up, I loved Victoria Holt but sadly I haven’t read her in a number of years…..nor have I read many of her novels. But she is the queen of a genre that calls to me–the gothic romance genre. When I saw The India Fan on Amazon, I knew it was time to it up this talented authoress again and see if she could still seduce me with her tales of suspense. Drusilla Delany is the rectors daughter and has always grown up in the shadow of Framling House and the Framling family. Fabian Framling has always been…
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Announcement: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift
And the winner of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift is….. Rosanne L (tweeted about the giveaway) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to HFVBTand the publisher for making this giveaway possible! Be sure to check out the other tour stops for more giveaways and author interviews as well as reviews!
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Giveaway: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift
Get ready for some swash-buckling adventure in this thrilling and vivid historic novel! Take a ride through the splendid Spanish sun and back to London with an action packed historic novel! Thanks to Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour and the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift for your enjoyment! Giveaway runs 11/13/13 to 11/20/13 Winners will be announced 11/21/13. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void.…
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Review: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift
In 1609, Elspet Leviston plans on doing something most women wouldn’t dream of–she hopes to take over her father’s lace business. In an age where most women only care about finding husbands and having children, Elspet wants nothing more than the learn the trade. Since her father doesn’t have a male heir the odd of her taking over are pretty good–until a mysterious cousin shows up and starts helping her father with the lace business. Zachary Deane has basically come from nothing. His mother was a prostitute and with three children. They had little money to support themselves but she had high hopes for Zachary. She told him if anything happened…
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Review: Bellman and Black: A Ghost Story by Diane Setterfield
As a child, William Bellman makes one tragic mistake that will haunt him all his life. Though it doesn’t seem like a big deal, William soon finds out what a big deal it was. William is showing off for a few of his friends. He has perfected his slingshot and to impress his friends he claims he can hit a rook (of the raven family) with absolute precision. When he kills the bird with that fateful shot, he has no idea it will be the mistake that alters his life and the lives of those present that day forever and those that William cares for most. The Bellman family has…
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Special Feature: Upcoming Holiday Reading Michele Gorman’s Christmas Carol
I always try and post about new upcoming cover reveals, author chats, and other literary related events and I know a lot of you are out there looking for new for your holiday reading lists! So I thought this sounded like a cheeky book to add to your holiday reading! Michele Gorman’s Christmas Carol is coming down the chimney on October 24th! Gorman is also the author of the hilarious chick lit series, Single in the City. This latest novella is a wickedly funny re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Here is a summary of the novella: One winter wedding, two happy couples, three ex-boyfriends… And a very uncomfortable weekend. Carol hates Christmas. Being…
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Review: Banquet of Lies by Michelle Diener
In Sweden one fateful night, the life of a young English woman changes forever. Giselle Barrington witnesses the murder of her father, a spy for the British crown. While in Sweden, Giselle’s (Gigi) father procures a dangerous document that if discovered could mean a political nightmare for England, France, Sweden, and Russia! It’s for this document he is killed for. He gave the document to Gigi to keep safe shortly before he will killed. After witnessing the murder Gigi knows three things–she must take the document safely back to England and second, the person who killed her father was also British which means there is a traitor in her father’s circle, and…
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Review: Havisham by Ronald Frame
What is it about Catherine Havisham that you remember the most from the classic Great Expectations? Is it all the clocks stuck on a specific time? The old decaying wedding dress? Whatever it is about Miss Havisham, she haunts not only the novel but our memory long after reading Great Expectations. Do you find yourself wondering what her life might have been like prior to being jilted at the alter? What might her back story have been? I know I thought about this the entire time I was reading Great Expectations. In Ronald Frame’s novel, Havisham, we get a chance to see what Catherine Havisham’s life was like before she…
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Review: The Arrow Chest by Robert Parry
Ghostly hauntings, forbidden love, high society, the occult….what could be more thrilling? The Arrow Chest is a haunting Gothic tale of love set in the Victorian era with a distinct Tudor element. Painter Amos Roselli has been in love with his childhood friend and muse, Daphne for years. Daphne has modeled for a number of Roselli’s paintings for years, but when the rich industrialist Lord Oliver Ramsey of Bowlend commissions Roselli for a portrait he discovers the course of Roselli’s inspiration–the strikingly beautiful Daphne. Ramsey pursues Daphne with vigor and vengeance, ultimately winner her hand. A marriage to Ramsey is ideal for Daphne. He is rich and can offer her a…
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Announcement: Winner What Maisie Knew by Henry James
And the winner of What Maisie Knew by Henry James is….. Ty W(follows on Twitter). The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to Viking/Penguin for making this giveaway possible! If you haven’t gone out to watch the film yet, do. This isn’t one that you want to miss! A modern retelling of a classic featuring the sexy and talented Alexander Skarsgård? I’m in!