A star Austrian opera singer and a pair of English sister typists forge an unlikely friendship, then pit themselves against the might of the Nazis by smuggling Jews to safety. I read that this book is based on a true story which flamed my interest even higher. Renee Ryan was a new to me author, […]
Westward the Tide has the distinction of being Louis L’Amour’s first full-length novel. Everything he wrote previously was published as short stories or serials in magazines. And, oddly, it was released in the UK first and didn’t publish in the US until 1977. Traversing parts of the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming of the 1870’s, this […]
I really enjoy the historical mystery series by this author and she has multiple series. For the HoHoHo Read-athon, I listened to the newest Christmas story. Goodreads doesn’t consider it a series, but I think of it that way. All of the Christmas stories are a bit shorter, about a half book size but longer than […]
Was anyone else ever curious about those eight years spent apart for Jane Austen’s second chance romance pair in Persuasion? Or maybe what happened next for them and the other characters? How about their time before the big break up? A new to me author, Lyndsay Constable answers all those questions with her heartwarming, reflective […]
Post WWI era intrigue and murder along with a slow build second chance marital romance are at the heart of the fabulous Verity Kent series. Each installment fills me with high anticipation when I pick up the latest release because I know I will devour the book and be left satisfied, but wanting more. A […]
I love this Wrexford & Sloane series so much. The main characters are building a found family with courage, compassion, and cleverness. I am tickled by how clever it is. They support and encourage each other’s strengths and protect each other’s weaknesses. There is plenty of great science, mathematics and art to fill their imaginations. […]
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 […]