B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / immigrants / Jewish characters / New York City / older heroine and hero / turn of the 20th century4 Comments
In her warmly comical and deliciously entertaining debut novel, master storyteller Rochelle Distelheim sweeps us back to 1913 and the world of struggling Jewish immigrants in New York City’s Lower East Side. Sadie Schuster—fortyish, plumpish, a suffragette, and recently widowed—spends more time now talking to her late husband, Fivel, than ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / New York City / turn of the 20th century5 Comments
As a biochemist in early 1900s New York, Doctor Rosalind Werner has dedicated her life to the crusade against waterborne diseases. She is at the forefront of a groundbreaking technology that will change the way water is delivered to every household in the city–but only if she can get people ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican history / family relationships / female doctor / Historical / law-enforcement / Sheriff / turn of the 20th century / Western Romance3 Comments
Dr. E. Ridley Woodhouse is like no physician Ben Madison has ever met–she’s a woman. As the newly elected sheriff of Frost Falls, Colorado, Ben is tasked with welcoming Ridley to the community. But while Ben might be tempted by the new doc’s charms, getting the town to accept a ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsEdwardian / England / Historical / inspirational romance / pilot / turn of the 20th century2 Comments
Set in Edwardian England and ideal for readers who enjoy Julie Klassen novels, this romance about an English aviation pioneer and the girl who falls in love with him is filled with adventure and faith. Isabella Grayson, the eldest daughter of a wealthy, English newspaper magnate, longs to become a ... 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 >
B Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / Canada / Historical / Native American / RCMP / turn of the 20th century12 Comments
Mrs. Mike’ is a love story, a true story; the story of Katherine Mary O’Fallon, a sixteen year-old Irish girl from Boston, and Sergeant Mike Flannigan of the Canadian Mounted Police who meet at her uncle’s ranch in Alberta, Canada where she is sent to recover from pleurisy. They meet, ... more >
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