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Review: The Residence by Andrew Pyper
Election Day was yesterday and I thought what better way to celebrate our right to vote by reading this horror novel about the White House and it’s ghosts. Regardless of who you voted for or if you are happy or sad about the outcome, this book is going to give you all the thrills and chills that politics are kind of known for and the best part is you don’t have to turn on the TV to get the thrills and chills…..open this book instead. It’s just as scary as modern politics. I was really drawn into this one because of the premise. I loved the setting and thought the…
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Special Feature: The Forgotten Sister by by Nicola Cornick
If cannot believe that I haven’t read anything by Nicola Cornick before. I have many of her books on my shelf but I haven’t read one of them yet. She is one of those authors that I keep meaning to read because so many people love her books and I hate missing out on great reads, but for some reason I get distracted by other books and just keep missing hers! Well today I am thrilled to share a little excerpt from her latest book with you guys today! I am hoping to read this one a little while later this fall, while this little excerpt might only be part…
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Special Feature and Excerpt: The Gentleman and the Thief (Proper Romance Victorian #2) by Sarah M Eden
I have been in the mood for a proper Victorian romance lately! I mean the last 4-6 weeks all I have been reading are murder mysteries and horror so a romance would be a nice little break. This romance sounds like it’s going to be charming and fun and today I have a lovely excerpt up on my blog to check out! After reading this little blurb, I can hardly wait to read this one! Sadly I couldn’t fit it in for the upcoming tour as a review, but I am going to read it all the same and will be posting a review here soon but for now be…
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Cover Reveal: Rhapsody By Mitchell James Kaplan
Rhapsody By Mitchell James Kaplan Publication Date: March 2, 2021Gallery BooksHardcover, eBook, Audiobook; 352 pages Genre: Biographical/Literary/Historical One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin. Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George’s talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George’s death from a brain tumor at the age of…
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Review: The Light at Wyndcliff (Cornwall #3) by Sarah E. Ladd
I have only read one or two books by Sarah Ladd and I have enjoyed them but this isn’t an author that I would go in search of at a bookstore—until now. This cover is what initially drew me in but the description of the book is what made me agree to reviewing it. Before this book, Sarah Ladd would have been an author that I would have picked up if I saw the book on an end cap or something or other, but after reading this one, I would gladly go in search of her novels the next time I go to a bookstore. There is something so mysterious…
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Special Feature: Reviving The Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter
Emily Carpenter has written quite a few books and has a healthy following of dedicated fans around the mystery genre. I have yet to read one of her books but this author has been on my radar for quite some time. This book might be her best yet judging from what early reviews have said and truth be told, this one sounds full of Gothic goodness and suspense that I rearranged my review schedule to fit in a review a little later on this fall! Today thought, I am sharing all the info with you guys so that you too can pick up a copy and add it to your…
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Review: The Orphan of Cemetery Hill by Hester Fox
I read Hester Fox’s debut novel a couple of years ago and I was immediately drawn her to story telling style and characters. I adored her first book and the second book was even better. So to say that I was excited for this one is an understatement. I am such a fan of her Gothic story telling and how quickly I can read her books, while they might not be as spooky as some other books I have read this Halloween season, this one was still a spooky treat for fans of Gothic novels. Also this one is set in Boston which is such a great spooky city and…
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Review: Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
This was a book that I was looking forward to all year. I was pitched it way back in March or April I think and I had it circled on my calendar for my fall reading. I don’t know that I loved the cover art but I thought the story sounded great. I don’t know much about the Russian monarchy but because I don’t know much about it, I always find books about Russian monarchs fascinating. Like many readers, whenever I think of Russian historical fiction I always think of the Romanovs but this book is not that which was just one more reason why it appealed to me—-something different.…
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Special Feature: Wolf Den Hollow by Donna Murray
This love story is based on a true story and I couldn’t be more excited about that! I love romanced but when they are based on a true story I always have a more special connection with the characters. The other things that caught my eye about this one were the setting, time period and the fact that one of the characters is Cherokee. All of these things together made it sounds like it was going to be a different sort of historical fiction and while I couldn’t fit it on my review schedule, I was thrilled to hear about it. Not only does this book sound like a different…
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Review: Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan by Deborah Reed
The cover of this book looks so calming and elegant. The second I saw this cover it put me in the mood for some high brow literature. The only problem was that I wasn’t quite in that sam mood when I picked this one up to actually start reading. When I first read the description for this one, it was back in early spring and was due to be released in the early summer but then it got pushed back to the fall and while I might have been ready for some heavy reading in the spring/summer, I was not in the mood for that in the fall. But I…