B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsm/m historical romance / mystery / Post WWII3 Comments
A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England. James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviewshistorical romance / shipboard / South America / Tahiti / tortured hero8 Comments
I’ve been rereading and reviewing Kinsale’s backlist for the past several years. (I’m only now halfway through! Man, I’m a slow reader). My Sweet Folly was already on my Kindle, ready to go. But I was feeling stressed by life and needed a treat and so decided to acquire the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbookseller / bookstore / Contemporary / family relationships / Los Angeles / quiz / Womens-Fiction11 Comments
Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own…shell. The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsgay fiction with romantic elements / Pulitzer-Prize17 Comments
Who says you can’t run away from your problems?You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can’t say yes–it would be too awkward–and you can’t say no–it would look ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / England / Historical / Humor / Photographer / Womens-Fiction5 Comments
In 1950s London, a career girl decides it’s high time she snared herself a husband. Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found. But by ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbees / First-Person / nature / non-fiction1 Comments
From building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees the simple, mindful way. Global bee populations have been rapidly declining for years, and it’s not just our honey supply that’s at stake: the contribution of bees to the pollination of crops is ... more >