B- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / Alberta / Canada / Canadian Historical Brides series / Canadian history / Ghost / Historical / orphan heroine / working classComments Off on REVIEW: Brides of Banff Springs (Alberta) (Canadian Historical Brides Book 1) by Victoria Chatham
In the Dirty Thirties jobs were hard to come by. Having lost her father and her home in southern Alberta, Tilly McCormack is thrilled when her application for a position as a chambermaid at the prestigious Banff Springs Hotel, one of Canada’s great railway hotels, is accepted. Tilly loves her ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / bootlegging / Canada / Canadian Historical Brides series / Canadian history / Historical / Nova Scotia / Widowed Heroine / women's rights / Womens-Fiction7 Comments
Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, ... more >
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Game of Thrones Author Warns HBO Show May Kill Off Book Characters – So HBO is diverging from the George R.R. Martin source material and has plans to kill off several characters in the highly successful Game of Thrones series. The announcement serves as a good reminder that film adaptations ... more >