B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / Art / art history / Artists / Cat Videos / cats / English-Civil-War / Historical / hotels / non-fiction4 Comments
Catakism by Jeff Lazarus Do you bow to the meow? Are you one of the 70 million people who devote time and income to grooming, feeding, coddling, photographing, praising, and “entertaining” Cats? Does your Facebook page have more photos of your Cat than of your siblings? Do you buy furniture ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / family relationships / Historical / Widowed Heroine7 Comments
In the aftermath of the Civil War, England lies quiet, for now… The war left much of the country ravaged and at Wintercombe, in Somerset, the St Barbe family was not left untouched. But peace is short-lived, as Charles II gathers support in Scotland to once again bring war to ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / family relationships / Historical / opposites attract / War / Military17 Comments
Sometimes we find light in the darkest of places… Tortured by a cold, Puritan father, Silence has learned to conceal her passionate nature inside a prison like shell of passivity. Her eventual marriage does not offer her the escape that she longs for and she craves some semblance of autonomy. ... more >
Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / family relationships / First-Person / Historical / saga15 Comments
WARNING: Spousal rape (not committed by the hero) occurs. The death of a child occurs during a siege. A new life awaits… The year is 1635 When her close family are carried off by the smallpox, the small, ferociously independent Thomazine Heron finds herself an orphan at the age of ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Charles-II / England / English-Civil-War / Historical / Restoration England10 Comments
The breath-taking conclusion to Alison Stuart’s English Civil War trilogy introduces a heroine with nothing left to lose and a hero with everything to gain… England, 1659: Following the death of Cromwell, a new king is poised to ascend the throne of England. One by one, those once loyal to ... more >
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England 1650. In the aftermath of the execution of the King, England totters once more on the brink of civil war. The country will be divided and lives lost as Charles II makes a last bid to regain his throne. Kate Ashley finds her loyalty to the Parliamentary cause tested ... more >