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

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

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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Book Blast/Spotlight: MK McClintock’s British Agent Series

Please follow M.K. McClintock’s Book Blast for her British Agent Series, from April 13-17, and enter to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Book One: Alaina Claiborne

01_Alaina ClaibornePublication Date: January 8th, 2013
Trappers Peak Publishing
ISBN: 978-0615742502

Series: British Agent Novels, Book One
Genre: Historical Romantic Mystery

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?How far would you go to avenge your family and save the one you love?

In nineteenth-century England, Alaina Claiborne had a loving family, a cherished friend, and devoted servants. She spent her days riding across the grassy hills of the English countryside, joyful and at peace.

Then tragedy strikes and her world is forever changed. Searching for those responsible is her only focus . . . until she meets Tristan.

?Tristan Sheffield, a man of many talents, searches out those who don’t want to be found. His past is filled with secrets and deeds he would rather leave deeply buried. However, when his life unexpectedly entwines with Alaina’s, he soon discovers they share more than a mutual desire to catch a murderer.

On their hunt for a man driven by greed, Tristan and Alaina find that love is the greatest weapon against evil, and they’ll stop at nothing to survive.

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Review: The Masque of a Murderer (Lucy Campion Mysteries #3) by Susanna Calkins

Lucy Campion hasn’t seen her friend Sarah for years when she suddenly returns from abroad after her brother, Adam, was injured.

Sarah has been in the Americas spreading the word of the Friends. In England and the new world, the Quakers are not a welcome group.

Sarah’s family has all but disowned her, but now that she’s returned, her family hopes her frivolous foray into the Friends, is at an end.

Shortly after returning home, Sarah receives word that a past love interest, Jacob, has had been hit by a cart and will likely not survive. Jacob has also turned to the Friends in recent years and was completely shunned by his wealthy family.

Now married and living a humble Friend lifestyle, Jacob sends word for Sarah to come bid him farewell.

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Review: Scent of the Soul by Julie Doherty

In a time when marriages were made to secure alliances and power, a king has little choice in matters of the heart.

In the twelfth century Scotland, King Somerled must marry in order to further his hard won power and secure new alliances. Falling in love in a luxury he cannot afford.

When a rival king, Fergus, arrives on Somerled’s shores with the mysterious Breagha as a hostage, Somerled doesn’t hesitate to allow Fergus rights to her.

But then Somerled lays eyes on the beautiful and enchanting Breagha and realizes why Fergus would deceive him and try to keep Breagha for himself.

Breagha has a unique gift….the gift of scent. Her powers put her in high demand, there are dark forces after her as well and falling in love with King Somerled is not how Breagha planned on escaping them!

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