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REVIEW: Election Day (Decades A Journey of African American Romance Book 8) by Keith Thomas Walker

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Despite legal efforts to integrate schools, black students continue to struggle with separate and unequal environments in 1970. Leo Sullivan, an ambitious mayoral candidate, seeks to close a dark chapter in Overbrook Meadows’ history, but the opposition is fierce. Falling for his campaign manager was never part of the plan. ... more >

REVIEW: The Ivory Cat by Sally Watson

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The Egyptian gods (if they exist) are the many which is the One: innumerable aspects of a single unity living in a time-space in which all time is now and all space is here, and everything can be true at once. Normally the gods don’t meddle in human affairs, asking ... more >

REVIEW: A Power to Charm by Frances Murray

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This is a light-hearted story set in an Andalucian hill-village. Agnes, a mathematics teacher with some curious and useful abilities takes a holiday in Spain and meets a breeder of horses who asks her to marry him. She abandons her job and her father and the UK and comes to ... more >

REVIEW: A Corruptible Crown by Gillian Bradshaw

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The compelling sequel to the English Civil War novel London in Chains – It is 1648, and the Civil War has been resurrected by a king still determined to be an absolute ruler and a parliament unable to agree how to govern without him. Blacksmith Jamie Hudson, weary and disillusioned, ... more >

REVIEW: London in Chains by Gillian Bradshaw

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An English Civil War novel from a highly-acclaimed author – London, 1647. Lucy Wentor, a young lady who was attacked by soldiers during the civil war, and then rejected by her sweetheart, hopes to start her life afresh in the capital with her uncle and aunt. London, however, is in ... more >

REVIEW: Falling for a Rake by Eve Pendle

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Dear Eve Pendle, I decided to try Falling for a Rake, your 1870s-set historical romance, after hearing great things about it from an acquaintance whose recommendations I trust. Lady Emily Ravensthorpe is a fern collector. It is the perfect hobby for a young lady, and Emily is committed to maintaining ... more >

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