B+ Reviews / Book Reviewshistorical romance / shipboard / South America / Tahiti / tortured hero8 Comments
I’ve been rereading and reviewing Kinsale’s backlist for the past several years. (I’m only now halfway through! Man, I’m a slow reader). My Sweet Folly was already on my Kindle, ready to go. But I was feeling stressed by life and needed a treat and so decided to acquire the ... more >
Book ReviewsHistorical fiction / historical romance / History / Memoirs / non-fiction / Reading lists / Suspense / WWII8 Comments
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown When this book was published in 1970, it was hailed as one of the first books to chronicle the destruction of the American Indian tribes in the midwest and western United State solely from the American Indian perspective. As such, it’s ... more >
Book ReviewsBiography / Fiction / historical romance / mystery / non-fiction / Reading lists / Thriller/Suspense5 Comments
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman I’ve been on a pop history kick after the two Jennifer Wright books I recently read, so I picked up this book. It was only after I bought it that I realized ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / disabled hero / historical romance / Quakers29 Comments
My impromptu reread and review of Laura Kinsale romances continues with this, which I think might be her sixth (or seventh? somewhere in the middle of the pack) book. In any case, it has the distinction of having once been my favorite romance ever. I still have, in my decades-old ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsContemporary romance / historical romance / Reading lists / Womens-Fiction9 Comments
My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden A friend recently recommended Linden’s An Earl Like You, but since I’m a stickler for reading series in order I decided to start with My Once and Future Duke. The hero, Jack, Duke of Ware, visits the club where his brother has ... more >
Book ReviewsEssays / Fiction / historical mystery / historical romance / Memoir / mystery/thriller / Reading lists / Suspense Fiction8 Comments
Read and reviewed: Game On, Ruth, Midsummer Moon The Lover’s Knot by Erin Satie This was reviewed by Jane back in 2014. I agree with her point about the nature of the heroine’s memory issue being fuzzy – it actually took me a while to understand that Sophie even had an ... more >
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