When their cruise ship comes across an empty derelict ship in space, a salvage crew finds themselves up asking a lot of questions as the mysteries compound. Returning to the Star Cruise subseries within futuristic space adventure romances of The Sectors world is an event I greet with great excitement. I love that Veronica Scott […]
A first in series gripping thriller set in Wyoming from a new to me author motivated me to snatch up Her Silent Bones and anticipate the reading experience. I’ve been meaning to try Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ books for a while and when I saw this was first in the series, I figured now was the […]
In an intriguing plot twist, the author poses the question, ‘what if Elizabeth Bennet was as wealthy as Darcy, himself?’ Laraba Kendig’s Pride and Prejudice variation tale takes familiar characters along new paths as a result. Elizabeth Bennet’s Inheritance begins with Elizabeth Bennet learning that an older relation of her Aunt Gardiner whom Elizabeth kept […]
One earlier visit with a Victoria Holt tale on audio whetted my appetite for more. I was pleased to take up The Shivering Sands and listen in as new to me narrator, Kitty Kelly, took me back to Victorian times so I could savor a gently-paced gothic romantic suspense. The Shivering Sands opens with the […]
Recently, I picked up and read the latest release in this series, Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night. I thought Sophie Hannah did a bang up job giving tribute to Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective and was eager to go back and get the series from the beginning. I went with the audio version and listened in to […]
Lovers and Ladies contains the final two books in the Lovers and Ladies series. This is a reprint of earlier separate UK editions of both shorter books that could read just fine as standalone Regency era romances on the sweeter side. The Fortune Hunter 3.5 hearts A young woman is determined to single-handedly restore […]
Country charm and small town romance that is cozy entertainment by a gifted storyteller. On the Way to Us contains the title story and a second novella, Love Struck Café, to give readers double the pleasure. On the Way to Us is retitled from the older version ‘An Old Love’s Shadow’ and offers a standalone […]
Remember Love introduced a shocking, heartbreaking situation that nearly destroyed the Ware family and then tells the story of them picking up the pieces and putting themselves back together as they find love. Remember Me continues with the Wares and introduces the Arden family into the mix for that romance. Now, Always Remember continues with […]
Is Train noir a genre? If not, it should be. Kelly Dean Jolley can turn contemporary into nostalgic classic with the turn of a phrase. I had to keep reminding myself I was reading contemporary because I felt like the setting was the golden age of train travel and the characters and plot fit so […]
A shabby old estate on the edge of a Yorkshire village, a dead body, a mysterious painting, and the newly arrived American woman to take over her inheritance are the pieces to an intriguing mystery. Brandy Schillace was a new to me author and I was eager to give The Framed Women of Ardemore House– […]