B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / amateur sleuths / banter / England / female friendship / historical mystery / London / matchmakers / Post WWII / spy / widow4 Comments
Dear Allison Montclair, I heard good things about you debut historical mystery, The Right Sort of Man, from Barb in Maryland and Liz McCausland. The book concerns two women, Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge, who open a marriage bureau (matchmaking agency) together in 1946 England. Even though I don’t usually ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / Contemporary / dog / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Harlequin / New Hampshire / Small Town Romance / Widowed HeroineNo Comments
The only thing they have in common is a property line! He’s trying to uncover his past. She’s hoping for a brighter future. Cam Maguire is in Blackberry Bay to unravel a family secret. Meredith Price has moved next door with her daughter. He’s unattached. She’s a widowed single mom. ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsancient-Egypt / cats / Historical / POC / politics / religionNo Comments
The Egyptian gods (if they exist) are the many which is the One: innumerable aspects of a single unity living in a time-space in which all time is now and all space is here, and everything can be true at once. Normally the gods don’t meddle in human affairs, asking ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / fake relationship / interracial-romance / mental health8 Comments
CW: anxiety, depression, grief Dear Talia Hibbert, I don’t really know what fits into the “rom com” subgenre and what just falls into the contemporary bucket. My personal preference is to regard all of them as contemporary romance and not bother about the rom com label at all. That way, ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass-difference / England / family relationships / Historical / London / mystery / Regency6 Comments
When one of his colleagues witnesses a robbery in which one of the participants, a child, bears a striking resemblance to a certain Bow Street Runner, John Pickett realizes he has a young half-brother who has been “apprenticed” to a criminal gang. The brutal murder of the pursuing constable makes ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsautobiography / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / HumorNo Comments
Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike’s rise to fame. Since the day they said, “I do,” Peggy’s previous “doting” lifestyle met with her husband John’s minimalistic ways and became the backdrop for years of adventure ... more >
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