Book Reviews20th century / chick-lit / Contemporary romance / Denmark / England / Los Angeles / Memoir / Reading lists12 Comments
Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix I picked up this book when it was available for free, and since I’d heard good things about it, I actually read it, unlike with some freebies that merely clutter my kindle. The blurb describes Remedial Rocket Science as a romantic comedy, with comparisons ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / class differences / England / Georgian / Historical / Rockliffe Series7 Comments
Hazard: a game of Chance and Luck, made riskier when Fate is rolling the dice. For Aristide Delacroix, the first throw summons shades from his past. A man he had met, just once, over a card-table … and the lovely girl indirectly responsible for plunging his life into catastrophe. For ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / England / holiday novella / novella1 Comments
Who are the boys of Christmas? Mattie Arden has just escaped from a toxic relationship so when, a few days before Christmas, she receives a letter informing her that she has inherited a house from her great aunt Millie, it’s a welcome distraction. Except it comes with a strange proviso: ... more >
A Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / autobiography / England / France / London / non-fiction / World War II5 Comments
‘My mother thought I was working for the Ministry of Ag. and Fish.’ So begins Noreen Riols’ compelling memoir of her time as a member of Churchill’s ‘secret army’, the Special Operations Executive. It was 1943, just before her eighteenth birthday, Noreen received her call-up papers, and was faced with ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / England / family relationships / Historical / Small-Town / Widowed Heroine9 Comments
A widow, at an age when birthdays are best forgotten, with no children to occupy her mind, can be very lonely. Julia Dunstan knew she was more fortunate than most widows, not merely because she was prosperous—as widows go—but because she had always taken an interest in other people. And ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / England / faith / family relationships / HFN / Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite2 Comments
Rachel Holley has always dreamed of a wedding—the white dress, the fairy tale, and of course, the happily-ever-after. But when her fiancé breaks it off the night before, claiming she doesn’t love him, Rachel’s fairy tale ends in ashes. Homeless, hopeless, and feeling like her life has been completely derailed, ... more >
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