B 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 >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Canada / dual-timeline / England / journalist / murder-investigation / Portugal / World War II3 Comments
‘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 >
Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Listsbest books list / Best of 2015 / Reading lists / top ten lists12 Comments
I tried to be more organized this year about my reading so I have a lot of 2015 books I managed to finish and a windfall that made my best of list. Here’s the cream of the crop in no particular order. Why yes, yes it is more than ten ... more >
Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2015 / top 10 lists21 Comments
It’s that time of year when bloggers turn their minds to their favourite reads and try and come up with clever lists and pithy statements about the books they loved best that year. Alas I’m all out of pithy statements, but I had plenty of books to choose from. As ... more >
B- Reviewsauthor / child in jeopardy / enemies to lovers / myth / Paranormal / publishing industry / reissue / Wales11 Comments
Although it goes against her workaholic nature, literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw lets herself be whisked off to Wales for the Christmas holidays by her star client, flamboyant children’s author Bridget Cooper. She suspects Bridget has ulterior motives, but the lure of South Wales with its castles and myths is irresistible. ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Asperger's / code / dual-timeline / France / Jacobite / Paris / road-romance / Scotland / spy2 Comments
For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread-its secrets safe from prying eyes. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas has been hired by a once-famous historian to crack the journal’s cipher. But when she arrives in Paris, Sara finds herself besieged by complications from ... more >