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Spotlight Feature/Guest Post: MISTRESS FIREBRAND by Donna Thorland
I recently read this book and really liked it, be sure to check out my review here! I really want to read the others in her series! Publication Date: March 3, 2015 NAL Trade Formats: eBook, Paperback 416 Pages Series: Renegades of the American Revolution (Book 3) Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. American actress Jenny Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater with her witty comedies, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success in the capitol, she seizes the opportunity to court his patronage. But…
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Giveaway: THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston
Are you looking for something a little mystical romance set in dueling time periods complete with Celtic history? THE SILVER WITCH is for you then! Witch lit lovers, I have a special treat for you! Thanks to the publisher, this week’s bitchin’ giveaway is for: THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston! Giveaway runs 4/21/15 to 4/28/15 Winners will be announced 4/29/15. (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. Winners will be notified by email the day after the giveaway…
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Review: The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
On the banks of an ancient lake, Tilda Fordwells, moves into the cottage hoping to move on with her life. Her husband, Mat, was killed suddenly in a car accident and Tilda vows to live in the home that they had bought just before his death. It’s been a year since Mat dies, and Tilda is still struggling to move past it but hopes that moving into the house by the lake will be just what she needs. Well things aren’t quite going as planned. Being at the lake seems to have awakened something in Tilda, animals seems to be flocking to her, the lights in her house go out, and she’s…
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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…
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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…
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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 Publication Date: January 8th, 2013 Trappers Peak Publishing ISBN: 978-0615742502 Series: British Agent Novels, Book One Genre: Historical Romantic Mystery READ AN EXCERPT. ?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…
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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…
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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…
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Spotlight/Guest Post: THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS by M.J. Rose
Publication Date: March 17, 2015 Atria Books Formats: Hardcover, Ebook Pages: 384 Genre: Historical Mystery READ AN EXCERPT. Possession. Power. Passion. International bestselling novelist M.J. Rose creates her most provocative and magical spellbinder yet in this erotic, gothic novel set against the lavish spectacle of 1890s Belle Époque Paris. Sandrine Salome runs away to her grandmother’s Parisian mansion to escape her dangerous husband, but what she finds is even more menacing. The house, famous for its lavish art collection and elegant salons, is mysteriously closed up. Although her grandmother insits it’s dangerous for Sandrine to visit, she defies her and meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing young architect. Together they…
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Announcement: Winner THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston
And the winner of the two books, THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston is….. Amy C (subscribed to blog) 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!



