C- Reviews
19th century, alcoholism, American historical, western, Widowed Heroine
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How do you pick up the pieces of a shattered life? To escape her angry father, Dulcie McDonald got pregnant – but lost her husband is a fatal accident. Penniless, she returned home with her little girl – only to… more
A Review Category/ Essays
Alexa, Echo, Not Spawn of the Devil, Tech Sunday
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A while back, Amazon sent me an invitation to purchase the Echo at some secret time in the future. I said, oh! A new gadget!!! Sign me up! And so, I waited…. and waited… and then shortly before Christmas, my… more
B- Reviews
FBI, Navy SEALs, romantic-suspense, texas
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Dear Ms. Griffin, I’m usually not a huge fan of romantic suspense novels with terrorism plots, and the super-special military (super) heroes aren’t my cup of tea, either. So at least on paper, Beyond Limits wasn’t quite the book for me…. more
C+ Reviews
Contemporary, erotic, exhibitionism, UK, voyeurism
2 Comments
Dear Jane O’Reilly, I recently reviewed The Pleasure Principle here. It turns out, I read the novellas in the wrong order and I should have read this one first. Oops. (The novellas are only fairly loosely connected however, so it’s… more
B- Reviews
20th century, England, friends-to-lovers, Widowed Heroine, World War II
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Rose Cottage, a tiny thatched dwelling in an idyllic English country setting, would appear the picture of tranquility to any passerby. But when Kate Herrick returns to her childhood home to retrieve some family papers in the summer of 1947,… more
B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
Contemporary, first person present tense, Penguin Random House, Suicide, Young-Adult
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Dear Ms. Forman, While I wasn’t so keen on Just One Day (and subsequently didn’t read Just One Year), I liked If I Stay and absolutely loved Where She Went. It’s the strength of the last book that had me… more