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Scottish landscape in green and gold, showing a valley and a river/lake running through it
October 8, 2021

REVIEW: The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / 18th-century / dual-timeline / First-Person / Historical / historical-Scotland / investigation / Jacobites / Scotland / second chance at love / Slains11 Comments

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In the autumn of 1707, old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders are finding common ground as they join to protest the new Union with England. At the same time, the French are preparing to launch an invasion to bring the young exiled Jacobite king back to Scotland to ... more >

Scottish landscape in green and gold, showing a valley and a river/lake running through it
October 5, 2021

REVIEW: The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley

KaetrinA Review Category / A Reviews / Recommended ReadsEdelweiss / Historical / Jacobites / Scotland / Slains5 Comments

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Dear Susanna Kearsley, A new book from you is always a treat for me. My favourite (of many favourites from you) is The Winter Sea, which is “Slains 1”. When I re-read The Winter Sea I’m always forced (happily) because reasons to then read at least some of The Firebird ... more >

August 9, 2021

REVIEW: The Winter Sea (Slains Book 1) by Susanna Kearsley

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews18th-century / Contemporary / dual-timeline / Eighteenth century / Historical / Jacobite / Jacobite rebellion / Paranormal lite / Scotland / scottish historical / Writer15 Comments

1707. The walls of Slains castle shelter Jacobite rebels, who are conspiring to sail the young, exiled James Stewart from France into Scotland to reclaim his crown—and a young woman caught up in their plot. Present day. Writer Carrie McClelland is enchanted by an impromptu trip to Cruden Bay, Scotland, ... more >

January 4, 2021

On Susanna Kearsley: gleanings and the value of them

KaetrinLetters of Opinion / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Fantasy / Historical / time slip15 Comments

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Earlier this year, I read The Deadly Hours – well 2 of the stories in it anyway – which featured Weapon of Choice by Susanna Kearsley. The POV character is Hugh, who was the male lead in A Desperate Fortune. Hugh and Mary are most prominently featured but there are ... more >

August 7, 2018

REVIEW: Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Canada / Contemporary / dual-timeline / enemies to lovers / French and Indian War / Ghost / museum / soldiers / upstate New York6 Comments

“The house, when I first saw it, seemed intent on guarding what it knew; but we all learned, by the end of it, that secrets aren’t such easy things to keep.” It’s late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this ... more >

June 12, 2017

REVIEW: Every Secret Thing by Susanna Kearsley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Canada / dual-timeline / England / journalist / murder-investigation / Portugal / World War II3 Comments

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‘No one lives for ever. But the truth survives us all’ Kate Murray is deeply troubled. In front of her lies a dead man, a stranger who only minutes before had approached her wanting to tell her about a mystery, a long-forgotten murder. The crime was old, he’d told her, ... more >

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