Harking back to the days of sparkling madcap Regency romantic comedy, Jessie Lewis’ latest was a highly entertaining romp. The Cad, The Couch, and the Cut Direct is a long novella that was a light and amusing Pride & Prejudice from the start. Fitzwilliam Darcy proposed and Elizabeth Bennet disposed- with such scorching words that […]
A story based on a real life woman writer, Irmgard Keun, who dared to stand against the Nazis? I couldn’t not enthusiastically take up The Novelist From Berlin by a new to me author about her own original heroine, Marie ‘Niki’ Rittenhaus. The Novelist From Berlin opens with a prologue from a seventy-one year old […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which have characters who are druids, dryads and similar mythology. Kindle freebie on October 29, 2022 (currently free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall […]
A house full of ghosts and old, dark family secrets and a woman who realizes the answers are locked inside her shadowy memories of the past. Dark and ominous, my first bout with Shannon Morgan’s Gothic Fiction will not be my last. Her Little Flowers is a ghost story that is seated in a fifty […]
A human woman looking for a reset on her life leaps out of the city and her dying career to take a leap of faith on opening a new coffee shop in a mountain small town predominantly populated by supernaturals. A not-so-great meet cute with the grumpy orc baker next door launches their grumpy-sunshine sizzling […]
For several years, I’ve seen fellow historical romance fans adoring Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series and I finally took the chance to sample the goods. After this encounter, I foresee a continuation to polish off the full series. Once Upon a Winter’s Eve is a novella that falls between the first and second full-length books […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which are set in Texas . Kindle freebie on October 6, 2013 (currently $4.99 at Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 3.88 with 4,687 […]
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ends with the new Mrs. Darcy inviting all their family and friends for Christmas and leaving readers with a happy glow of satisfaction. But, what came after the happily ever after? Sophie Turner explores a new harder, darker path for Jane Austen’s romantic couple adding gothic overtones, angsty courtroom […]
Something wipes out technology around the world and there is a reset back to primitive hunter/gatherer society in what was once the southwestern US. A woman has been surviving alone almost as a ghost until bad luck finds her in the form of a pack of scavenging men. Her rescuer is competent and sure- and […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which are in a mix of genres. Kindle freebie on February 6, 2023 (currently $2.99 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.01 with […]