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  • Book Blast and Giveaway: 1066: What Fates Impose by E.K. Holloway

    April 24, 2014 / Comments Off on Book Blast and Giveaway: 1066: What Fates Impose by E.K. Holloway

    Publication Date: March 4, 2013 Matador Publishing King William then utters the following words to the room: ‘I appoint no one as my heir to the Crown of England, but leave it to the disposal of the Eternal Creator, whose I am and who orders all things. For I did not attain that high honour by hereditary right, but wrested it from the perjured King Harold in a desperate bloody battle.’ England is in crisis. King Edward has no heir and promises never to produce one. There are no obvious successors available to replace him, but quite a few claimants are eager to take the crown. While power struggles break…

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  • Review: Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman

    April 17, 2014 / 1 Comment

    Hugo Delegate sits in jail for a series of murders he may or may not of committed. He is passionately in love with Bronwyn, the young wild girl who was raised by wolves. Hugo is from a wealthy family, and after leaving Harvard he joins his family on a railroad trip to the western United States. It is here that he meets Bronwyn and his family agrees to adopt her. Upon returning to the East Coast, the Delegate family takes it upon themselves to educate her and present her to high society. Surprisingly, Bronwyn takes well to her new life, but she does have her own set of motives. Bronwyn…

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  • Review: The Secret Woman by Victoria Holt

    April 16, 2014 / 4 Comments

    Anna Brett was born abroad in India but was sent to live in England with her spinster aunt, Charlotte, where she would be educated. Anna’s parents promise that it will be a short stay only but when tragic circumstances occur, Anna finds herself stuck in England indefinitely. Anna’s Aunt Charlotte is we well known antiques dealer in the busy port town of Langmouth. There the wealthy Crediton family runs the town. They live in a ‘fake castle’ on the hill and the family is the talk of the town. When Anna and her aunt visit the castle to purchase some antiques, Anna meets the dashing Captain Redvers “Red” Stretton. Though she…

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  • Review: The Venetian Bargain by Marina Fiorato

    April 15, 2014 / Comments Off on Review: The Venetian Bargain by Marina Fiorato

    When young Feyra wakes up late for her morning doctor ’rounds’ in the Sheikh’s harem she doesn’t realize that her tardiness will have dire consequences. As a female doctor to the Sheikh’s mother, Feyra is responsible for her health at all costs. When she arrives in the Sheikh’s mother’s chambers she finds her delirious and raving. As suddenly as she has taken ill, she is perfectly fine with little recollection of the terrifying delirium that over took her not moments before. Feyra immediately suspects a poison and quickly deduces which poison. Sadly there is no antidote for the poison and the Sheikh’s mother dies but not before revealing a tragic secret…

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  • Review: Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt

    April 9, 2014 / 13 Comments

    On the storm coastline of Cornwall lies Mount Mellyn, a magnificent old family home. The Mount is home to the TreMellyn family, Connan and his daughter Alvean. Connan is recently widowed and looking for a governess for Alvean, who seems to go through governess’ at an alarming rate. Martha Leigh has agreed to take the governess post at the house, and she is dreading it. Having had her season she has not obtained what every Victorian woman dreams of–a husband. So after a couple of unsuccessful seasons her only option is to find a position. When she arrives at Mount Mellyn the house is imposing, dark, and basically all around creepy! When…

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  • Review: The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte by Ruth Hull Chatlien

    April 8, 2014 / 3 Comments

    If you have managed to make it through fifth grade world history, you probably have heard the name Bonaparte at least once. Most of us associate the Bonaparte name with the infamously small emperor with a big name: Napoleon Bonaparte. But what of Napoleon’s younger brother? Is his a name one you can recall with certainty? Unlikely. Jerome Bonaparte was supposed to make a diplomatic marriage according to Napoleon. But when the ambitious Elizabeth “Betsy ” Patterson puts her mind to something, little can dissuade her. Betsy was a prominent member of Baltimore society with ambitions and designs of her own. She dreamed that she would marry a man who would whisk…

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  • Announcement: Winner The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston

    April 2, 2014 / Comments Off on Announcement: Winner The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston

    And the winner of The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston is…. Lisa (likes on Facebook) 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: Bhalla Strand by Sarah Maine

    March 28, 2014 / 4 Comments

    On the scarcely populated islands of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands, lies the deserted remains of a once great house–Bhalla House. Hetty is grieving the loss of her parents as well as her grandmother and is toying with taking Bhalla House, which she just inherited, and turning it into a hotel. But before she can make any decisions, she travels to the remote island looking for something, though she doesn’t quite know what. Something right perhaps? When she arrives things are worse than she imagined. Hetty thought she would find an Edwardian era mansion that needed little more than some updating. What she found was a crumbling ruin that would cost millions to…

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  • Announcement: The Chalice (The Crown #2) by Nancy Bilyeau

    March 27, 2014 / Comments Off on Announcement: The Chalice (The Crown #2) by Nancy Bilyeau

    And the winner of The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau is….. Kara (follows on Twitter @Shamstress) 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 Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston

    March 25, 2014 / 7 Comments

    In Edwardian London, change is on the horizon. War is eminent and the days of the strict Victorian caste system and societal expectations are on their way out….the modern era is upon the world. For Lilith Montgomery, this new world is not yet a reality. She is the daughter of a duke and engaged to marry Viscount Louis Harcourt, her long time childhood friend and social equal. Her father has just passed away which means society demands she be in full mourning for a year. Lilith struggles to adjust to her new life without her father but there is one thing that makes this new life particularly difficult for her…..she is…

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