B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbaby / Marriage-in-Trouble / novella / wedding3 Comments
Dear Jenny Holiday, I really enjoyed It Takes Two earlier this year so when I was offered Merrily Ever After for review I jumped at it. I’ll be honest and say I still haven’t found time to read One and Only but I don’t think it’s necessary to have done ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews17th-century / adultery / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / London / Marriage-in-Trouble / plague / Stuart-England2 Comments
Sometimes money costs too much. The Great Plague has London in its grip. As the summer heat rises, red crosses mark the doors, wealthy citizens flee and only the poor remain to face the march of death. Ambitious and attractive, Bess Bagwell is determined her carpenter husband, Will, should make ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / family relationships / Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite / Marriage-in-Trouble / miscarriage2 Comments
Welcome to Thornthwaite, a quaint village tucked up in England’s beautiful but rainy Lake District… where homecomings and surprises await the four Holley sisters… Esther Holley, the eldest in the family, has always had her life firmly in control until a miscarriage knocks her off course. Two months later, still ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists19th century / actor/actress / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American Navy / Art / best of lists / Biography / cats / Civil-War / class differences / Contemporary / England / epistolary / Fly Me to the Moon series / Historical / inspirational romance / Marriage-in-Trouble / murder-investigation / non-fiction / nurse / Regency / turn of the 20th century / Ugly Duckling / Western Romance27 Comments
Yeah, I have 11 books in my top ten list. Math has never been my forte. 2017 was more of a mixed reading year for me with some non-romance, non-fiction books layered in. I was also pleasantly surprised at how many A and B range reads I had. The Second ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / astronaut / Fly Me to the Moon series / Marriage-in-Trouble / military hero / novella1 Comments
Houston, Texas, 1965 Margie Dunsford relishes her role as the leader of the astronaut wives. With her children away and her guests canceling, she faces a terrifying prospect: an entire Thanksgiving weekend alone with her husband. Mitch knows the fire has gone out in his marriage, but he fears if ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / England / family relationships / Marriage-in-Trouble2 Comments
Moonstone for empathy. Azurite for memories. Lapis lazuli for truth… In the quiet village of Noon Sun, Benedict Stone has settled into a complacent and predictable routine. Business at his jewelry shop has dried up; his marriage is on the rocks. His life is in desperate need of a jump ... more >