Genre: Fiction

🎧 Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose @AndreaPenrose #JamesCameronStewart @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I always love the Wrexford & Sloane series, with its found family, rugged individuals, social commentary and early scientific developments. It’s a delight and I highly recommend them. The murder happens because various groups want to control a scientific advancement. The science is about building bridges to span longer distances. It is developed using mathematics […]

Posted December 31, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 14 Comments

🎧 Grave Talk by Nick Spalding @NickSpalding @theimogenchurch.bsky.social @SteveWestActor #BrillianceAudio #LoveAudiobooks #KindleUnlimited🎧 @SnyderBridge4

Grave Talk was an extremely different read for me. It is a book about grief and how others deal with it. There isn’t a central romance really between the two characters talking and so it should be depressing, but somehow it comes out hopeful and healing. Alice lost her husband to a heart attack and […]

Posted December 21, 2024 by Robin in Book Review / 6 Comments

The Truth About Horses by Christy Cashman @ChristySCashman @GoSparkPress #RCouriHayPR @sophiarose1816

A young teenage girl is a horse gal and only this can get her through multiple tragedies in her young life. Christy Cashman pens a stunning debut novel that touches on the messy devastating truth of loss and grief, but the everyday world of horses and horse people in a South Dakota community are brought […]

Posted July 31, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 10 Comments

Beyond Summerland by Jenny Lecoat @JennyLecoat @GraydonHouse @sophiarose1816

After the war, what was it like for those living in the liberated Channel Islands? Two young women connect over the most difficult of circumstances and discover that life in the shadow of war is as difficult as the war years. Jenny Lecoat paints a vivid picture of Jersey, complex characters, and a dramatic tale […]

Posted July 3, 2024 by Sophia in Blog Tour, Book Review / 7 Comments

🎧 A Ruse of Shadows at Sea by Sherry Thomas @sherrythomas ‏@BerkleyPub @KateReadingVO ‏@PRHAudio ‏#LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

Wow. I love this Lady Sherlock series so much. I started by wanting to write Amazing! Brilliant! in the largest font I can use here. Then I thought about creating a huge graphic. But that just tells you how much I enjoyed it and how impressed I am with this author but not why. I […]

Posted June 27, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review, JIAM / 18 Comments

Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes @AJDykes @bethany_house @amanda_spins_stories @bethanyhousefiction @sophiarose1816 @Austenprose

A boyhood pact made in the Depression Era ‘30’s, a missing train and bag of mail, and a disgraced Hollywood starlet are all part of a story that begins and ends at struggling little Colorado mountain mining town of Mercy’s Peak. I can’t decide if it was the poetic title or that blurb full of […]

Posted June 26, 2024 by Sophia in Blog Tour, Book Review / 12 Comments

🎧 The Rom-commers by Katherine Center @katherinecenter @PattiMurin @StMartinsPress @MacMillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

The Rom-commers has a premise which is Hollywood and over the top in aspects, but it was a lot of fun. Emma is such a pure, passionate character. She is stellar at everything from her writing, to her teaching, to her care for her father and sister. Emma has also been excellent at protecting herself […]

Posted June 11, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review, JIAM / 22 Comments

🎧 The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis @JillShalvis @andi_arndt @WmMorrowBooks @avonbooks ‏ @HarperAudio #LOVEAUDIOBOOKS #JIAM

Sunrise Cove series books are completely standalones, so you could read them in any order. The beautiful setting is the only thing in common. I don’t think the town is too big so I don’t know why none of these folks know each other. lol Anna and Owen, like many others in the series, have […]

Posted June 9, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review, JIAM / 10 Comments

🎧 Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins @Kristan_Higgins @SiriouslySusan @xesands #ChristinaMoore @BerkleyPub @BerkleyRomance #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

I have enjoyed the new style this author has written for the past years, probably a decade. They are not romances but Life Fiction. The characters are more realistic and well developed along with all those around them, their families and friends. The settings and emotional situations are also well built for a deep connection. […]

Posted June 1, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 18 Comments

The Cad, the Couch and the Cut Direct by Jessie Lewis @JessieWriter #Quills&QuartosPublishing #KindleUnlimted @sophiarose1816

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 […]

Posted May 29, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review, Thrifty Thursday / 14 Comments