Readers please note: This review is for the final book in a trilogy and therefore contains spoilers for the first two books. If you are interested in reading this series and prefer not to be spoiled, check out Jia’s review of the first book, Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Dear ... more >
“That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found.” Irrepressible Biddy Leigh, under-cook at forbidding Mawton Hall, only wants ... more >
The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time in this breathtaking tale of desire, black magic and the redemptive power of love French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, ... more >
A mystery trapped in time… In 1921, infamous Italian poet Galeazzo D’Ascanio wrote his last and greatest play, inspired by his muse and mistress, actress Celia Sands. On the eve of opening night, Celia vanished, and the play was never performed. Now, two generations later, Alessandro D’Ascanio plans to stage ... more >
Dear Ms. Marshall, I read “Rinaldi’s Revenge” due to part of a documentary I recently began watching – the BBC series “The Private Life of a Masterpiece.” Covered on one disc that featured some Italian Renaissance paintings was a three panel work I hadn’t paid much attention to during my ... more >
Dear Ms. Rice: I’m a big fan of your work and willingly paid $4.99 for this novella despite its brevity. While I enjoyed reading it, the novella was more of an interlude than a complete story. Stefano Leone is a judge working to bring one of Italy’s strongest mobsters to ... more >