Review: The Laws of Murder (Charles Lenox #8) by Charles Finch

Charles Lenox has just given up his Parliament seat to pursue his dream….running his own full time detective agency.

He has high hopes for this new agency. It’s essentially the first of its kind and with all the assistance he has provided to Scotland Yard over the years, surely the referrals will come.

Lenox and his colleagues have let a building and are currently taking new clients, things are looking promising. But while the others are bringing in steady business….Lenox is not.

What happened to all the potential referrals from the Yard and his friends within the agency?

Well,  it appears someone is trying to sabotage Lenox’s new agency. One day the great mystery is answered–Inspector Jenkins, Lenox’s long time friend, is quoted in the paper denouncing the agency, Lenox is crushed and business comes to a grinding halt.

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Review: Gracelin O’Malley (Gracelin O’Malley #1) by Ann Moore

In Ireland, poverty is dominating the country throughout the 19th century. It’s a time of British rule and the Irish people need to make some concessions in order to survive to famine.

Gracelin (Grace) is forced to put aside what dreams she had for herself and marry an English lord, Bram, to save her family from ruin.

Though her brother encourages her to hold out and wait for love, Grace proceeds with the marriage.

Initially the marriage seems like it will workout. Bram seems tender and gentle but after a time his true colors begin to shine though and their marriage rapidly becomes one of promise, to nothing short of a nightmare.

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Special Feature: First Impressions Book Club Kit

In a few short weeks 11/21/14, I will be posting my review of FIRST IMPRESSIONS by Charlie Lovett. If you are a fan of Jane Austen….which let’s face it, that’s pretty much everyone, then you will probably enjoy this book.

I haven’t even read it yet and I already love it! I had the pleasure of reviewing one of Lovett’s other books, THE BOOKMAN’S TALE, earlier this year and loved both the story and his writing style! So when this came up to review, I jumped on it!

In eager anticipation of reading this novel, I am thrilled to share this wonderful book club kit with you!

This book club kit has it all…..recipes, a Q & A with the author, as well as a Jane Austen reading list. This is a fantastic way to engage the upcoming novel! Please share it with your book clubs and friends! And be sure to watc hfor my review in a few short weeks!

Here is the direct link for the book club kit: http://images.penguingroup.com/Viking/FirstImpressions_BCK.pdf 

Review: Music for My Soul by Lauren Linwood

Madeleine Bouchard is on the run. She flees from her abusive husband in the dead of night. She hopes to make it to London and board a ship to France that will take her back to her family.

She plans on putting as many miles between her and her husband as she can while it’s still dark when fate intervenes.

Lord Garrett Montayne and his friend are also on the road to London in the wee hours of the morning when they see a woman walking alone.

When they ride up on her, she goes into survival mode.When asked who she is, she can’t use her name as these men could be friends of her husbands.

Instead she gives a name feared throughout the land–Lady Montayne. Garrett is completely taken aback by her declaration having never seen her before but he agrees to play along and he and his friend escort her to London.

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Spotlight Feature/Giveaway: What a Lady Needs for Christmas by Grace Burrows

The holidays are just around the corner and what does every woman wish for at Christmas? A little love and plaid perhaps? Well in Grace Burrow’s holiday romance, What a Lady Needs for Christmas, fulfills that wish!

I am spotlighting this wonderful holiday romance for my readers and this spotlight also includes a fantastic holiday giveaway for an iPad mini! Be sure to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of this post!

If you are wondering that to expect under this pretty present here is a summary from Goodreads:

To escape a scandal, Lady Joan Flynn flees her family’s estate in the Scottish Highlands. She needs a husband by Christmas, or the holidays will ring in nothing but ruin.

Practical, ambitious mill owner Dante Hartwell offers to marry Joan, because a wellborn wife is his best chance of gaining access to aristocratic investors.

As Christmas—and trouble—draw nearer, Dante and Joan’s marriage of convenience blossoms into unexpected intimacy, for true love often hides beneath the most unassuming holiday wrapping…

I have included an except here to tease you with…..

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