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Review: Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness
The last time we saw Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont, they were time traveling back to the 16th century in search of a witch who could help Diana control her powers. As a historian, Diana is actually pretty excited about being a time traveler, but less excited when she arrives and discovers that she isn’t quite crazy about 16th century vampire Matthew. Matthew has been a collector of secrets his whole life. Having lives secrets and lies so long, he is not accustomed to sharing things with his wife, though he loves her unconditionally. Both Matthew and Diana think that once they arrive in Elizabethan England, they will quickly find a…
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Spotlight Feature: The Outer Banks House & Return to the Outer Banks House by Diann Ducharme
About The Outer Banks House Publication Date: June 8, 2010 Crown Publishing Formats: Ebook, Paperback, Hardcover Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance As the wounds of the Civil War are just beginning to heal, one fateful summer would forever alter the course of a young girl’s life. In 1868, on the barren shores of post-war Outer Banks North Carolina, the once wealthy Sinclair family moves for the summer to one of the first cottages on the ocean side of the resort village of Nags Head. Seventeen-year-old Abigail is beautiful, book-smart, but sheltered by her plantation life and hemmed-in by her emotionally distant family. To make good use of time, she is encouraged by…
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Review: The Seven Sisters: A Novel (The Seven Sisters #1) by Lucinda Riley
Lucinda Riley is an author who has long been on my radar to read. Her covers are always stunning and are always set in exotic locations. When this book came across my desk for review, I had to agree. Who could say no to that eye catching cover and a story set in Rio? Maia D’Apliese is the eldest of the six sisters and they all have been adopted by a wealthy billionaire. They grew up in their father’s home on the shores of Lake Geneva. But now that he has passed away, they are all following his dying wish….getting back to their own roots. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue as…
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Review: A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) by Deborah Harkness
Diana Bishop has been trying to keep magic out of her life since she parents died when she was a girl. She has thrown herself into her work as an alchemy historian and is presently in Oxford researching her next keynote speech. While at Oxford’s Bodleian Library, Diana calls for an ancient alchemy manuscript, not knowing that it is actually bewitched! Diana quickly returns the book once she jots down a couple of notes about the book. However, her discovery has drawn the attention of the supernatural world…..vampires, daemons, and other witches. Suddenly Diana is being stalked by a number of creatures and she can’t help but wonder if it has something…
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Announcement: Winner THE BOOK OF LIFE (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness
And the winner of the giveaway for THE BOOK OF LIFE (All Soul’s Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness and the mirror is….. Laura K (liked 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: Alaina Claiborne (British Agent #1) by M.K. McClintock
As a young girl, Alaina Claiborne witnesses a the murder of her parents…..an event that she doesn’t fully understand. At ten years old, Alaina remains in her parents estate with her guardians, her aunt Charlotte and her uncle Sebastiaan. As she grows older, she only minutely remembers the murders and she only finds comfort when riding her horses. One afternoon she is out for a ride, she stops at her favorite spot on the lake by her property. There she runs into her new neighbor, Tristan Sheffield. She is frustrated that this man has intruded on her favorite spot but yet she is oddly intrigued by him. He is handsome to be sure,…
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Giveaway/Special Feature: THE BOOK OF LIFE (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness
Alright all you witch lit fans, THE BOOK OF LIFE is out in paperback on May 26th! And to help celebrate its release I am hosting a bitchin’ giveaway for the book as well as the book of life mirror thanks to the publisher! There is a pic of the mirror below. I am a huge fan of this series and have fallen under Harkness’s spell big time! THE BOOK OF LIFE is the final installment! Giveaway runs 5/20/15 to 5/28/15 Winners will be announced 5/29/15. (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…
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Announcement: Winner THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston
And the winner of the THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston is….. Susan H (shared 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: Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Victor Hugo
This book is a literally massive. For years I have thought about reading it, and though I am not intimidated by the length or the wordy writing style….I kept putting it off. Even after seeing the film, I thought…..this is the time I am going to read it…..and then I didn’t. I knew it would take me a while to read and considering that the French translation of ‘Les Miserables’ is ‘the miserable ones’ or the ‘poor ones’….I knew it would be an emotional roller-coaster that I just wasn’t ready for in my reading. Well no more excuses. When the new Penguin Deluxe edition came out, I was in some serious…
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Review: Longbourn by Jo Baker
Reader beware…..if you love Jane Austen and are looking for something that will give you a new ‘perspective’ about the Bennet sisters, keep on looking. Sure this novel includes the Bennet sisters and follows the traditional Pride and Prejudice story but that’s about it. Jo Baker remakes the classic story of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the below stairs staff but yet it’s a story all its own and noting close to the Austen classic. Sarah has been a maid at Longbourn since she was a child. She cleans the chamber pots, scrubs the laundry, polishes the floor and of course waits on the Bennet sisters.