B- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / class differences / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / investigation / Los Angeles / present tense / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series2 Comments
To catch a leopard wear diamonds. A year after THE BAIT, Ania Thorne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that even the best-laid heists have hidden flaws. ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1860s / complex heroine / female doctor / Historical fiction / marriage-of-convenience / Massachusetts / medical school / Ohio / post Civil War / prickly heroine / prisoner of war / PTSD / self discoveryNo Comments
A compelling novel of female perseverance and the role of women in society set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. For readers of Tracy Chevalier. In a world made for men, can one woman break free from tradition and walk a new path? It is 1865, the American ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / female friendship / found family / Historical / Historical fiction / Napoleonic wars / Russia / Russian / Russian Series / social issues / social privilege / War / Military4 Comments
An heiress discovering an overwhelming world of aristocracy and manners. Unexpectedly inheriting her Godfather’s estate—including a house stuffed with loot and a frightful taxidermy bear—Galina sets about building a new life. Luckily, she is befriended by the Orlovs and introduced to the glittering St Petersburg high-society. Soon Galina has an ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / First-Person / Historical fiction / London / murder mystery / POC / POC author / shipboard / singer2 Comments
The glittering RMS Queen Mary. A nightclub singer on the run. An aristocratic family with secrets worth killing for. London, 1936. Lena Aldridge wonders if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Frenchwoman / Historical / Historical fiction / military hero / Napoleonic wars / Paris / Regency / revenge / Russia / Russian / Russian Series / War / Military2 Comments
Brilliant soldier Major Vladimir Karachev, of the Imperial Russian Army, is fighting for his life. Stuck serving under an incompentent Colonel and defending his homeland against the mighty and seemingly unstoppable French under Emperor Bonaparte, Vladimir must use all his wits to survive. When the Allied forces chase the enemy ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / nurse / NYC / thiefComments Off on REVIEW: The Nurse’s Secret by Amanda Skenandore
Based on Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply. At first, Una balks at her prim ... more >