B- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / England / family relationships / older woman / rural setting7 Comments
Mrs. Belchamber was not invited but Mrs. Belchamber came to stay. The changes she introduced into Scotty’s topsy-turvy Kentish farmhouse were past belief. But though Christopher could not help feeling some concern that he had landed on his friend a woman of character as well as three lively French children, ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Paranormal lite / politics / rural setting / slice of village life / Spain / village / WitchesNo Comments
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 >
B Reviews / B- Reviewshistorical romance / rural setting / Victorian England / Widowed Heroine2 Comments
Dear Ms. Royce, Last year I reviewed your historical romance, Always a Stranger. The book was interesting and different enough that when I saw you had a new romance listed on Netgalley, I requested it. Once Beloved is the story of Helena Martin, a widow with three sons. Helena’s age ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsbiracial hero / Magic / police procedural / rural setting / Urban-Fantasy18 Comments
Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer, the fifth book in your urban fantasy series, finds the hero of the series, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant, driving out to the countryside to help investigate a missing persons case. Two eleven year old girls, Hannah Marstowe and Nicole Lacey, have disappeared from the ... more >