Getting a famous historical event from a different perspective, a very personal story, and full of rich cultural detail was a fabulous reason to pick up a historical fiction piece on a whim and get rewarded greatly for taking the chance. Before the Alamo is an apt title as it tells the story of the […]
Feeling he has failed as a guardian, when his young sister is duped and possibly ravaged by a fiend, a world-weary gentleman of wealth and position escapes to a friend’s country estate and finds what he never thought was possible. I’ve enjoyed Susan Adriani’s Pride & Prejudice variations in the past, so I got comfy […]
The Veronica Speedwell series follows lady sleuth Veronica as she seems to fall into dangerous plot, kidnappings and murders. In An Impossible Imposter, it looked like she was going to have a better time of it all. All she needs to do is go to an estate in her role as a Lepidopterist to look […]
The Veronica Speedwell series is very much a Sherlock Holmish mystery and while An Unexpected Peril is again a mystery, this time Veronica spends more time pretending to be someone she is not, than solving a mystery. Veronica, Lepidopterist by trade, is no stranger to royalty since she is the illegitimate (or legitimate sort of […]
The Kat Holloway series really heats up with this dive into personal mysteries for her and her friends to solve in this upstairs-downstairs historical mystery setting. The Secret of Bow Lane is the sixth in the Kat Holloway series featuring a Victorian era cook who does some amateur detecting. There is an ongoing storyline about […]
It is such a comfort to read a series like the Kat Holloway mysteries, where you know and love the characters. Of course, in a series, at least a good one, the characters continue to grow and progress. I love learning more about them, especially mysterious ones like Daniel. In a historical world, the options […]
Veronica Speedwell series has been a lot of fun so far and A Murderous Relation, the fifth book of the series is no exception. Veronica, a lepidopterist (someone who studies butterflies) by trade, and adventurer by accident has just stumbled head first into another mystery. It is amazing how many times she gets both herself […]
Successfully debuting in the Austenesque world with Susan, Alice McVeigh continues to dazzle Austen lovers with a new retelling of Emma. Harriet sidelines that matchmaking lady and satisfies readers who ever wondered what two very different ladies were thinking as events transpired. Since a tender age, Harriet Smith had boarded at Mrs. Goddard’s school in […]
The history and culture of Cuba and Spain are brought to vivid life against the backdrop of the ongoing Perez family saga. Chanel Cleeton has been a long-time familiar author, but with the books focused on the Perez family, she captivated me with her lush depictions of characters, relationship, plotting, and historical background. I was […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on 4-8-22 (currently $2.99 and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.36 with 14 ratings and 3 reviews After the events of Hidden Moon, Wei Wei and Gao settle […]