B- Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / American historical / bootlegging / forced-marriage / Historical / teacher heroineComments Off on REVIEW: Dangerous Hearts by Stefanie Keith
When schoolteacher Rebecca Sims ventures up on Hazel Mountain in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia to check on one of her young students, she is warned that this can be a very dangerous place to be for a beautiful young woman on her own. After being stranded on the mountain ... more >
B- Reviews1920s / American historical / bootlegging / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin Historical / Historical / pilotComments Off on REVIEW: The Rebel Daughter by Lauri Robinson
For every wild child… No more watching from the sidelines for Twyla Nightingale: her feet are firmly on the dance floor! She won’t let anyone sour the delicious taste of freedom—especially not Forrest Reynolds, back in town after all this time. …there’s a guy who thinks she’s the bee’s knees. ... more >
C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews1920s / bootlegging / ghosts / Historical / medium / paranormal romance / San-Francisco22 Comments
Dear Ms. Bennett, Reading your first foray into the romance genre, Bitter Spirits, was an interesting experience because I wasn’t sure what to think of the book. Some aspects of it were excellent, others weak, and still others somewhat discomfiting. I started out distracted and occasionally even annoyed in the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / American historical / bootlegging / Mississippi / Prohibition-era / second chances4 Comments
The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents ... more >
B Reviews20th century / bootlegging / female friendship / Little Brown / New York City / Prohibition-era / Young-Adult5 Comments
Dear Ms. Godbersen, This review took me far longer to produce than it should have. It was no fault of the book. The blame rests entirely upon my shoulders. But once I was able to clear some time to devote to reading, I devoured the first book in this series, ... more >
C- Reviewsbootlegging / Great Depression / mafia / Prohibition-era / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Hat by Babette Hughes
Dear Ms. Hughes, A story about the Jewish mafia in Cleveland, OH during Prohibition? It’s not everyday that someone offers me a book like this. Hell, it’s not every year that someone writes a book like this so when your publicist offered it to me for a possible review, I ... more >