B Reviews / Recommended Readsdisability / Historical / Recommended Read / unusual setting6 Comments
Dear Ms. Satie: You submitted a review request for your first book. But I went your website and saw that there was another book that you had written, The Lover’s Knot, and I decided to start with that title instead. I don’t really know why. I actually bought both and this one ... more >
A- Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsacross the tracks / courtesan / Historical-China / Lotus Palace series / multicultural / mystery / POC / POC author / scholar / Tang Dynasty / unusual setting15 Comments
It is a time of celebration in the Pingkang li, where imperial scholars and bureaucrats mingle with beautiful courtesans. At the center is the Lotus Palace, home of the most exquisite courtesans in China… Maidservant Yue-ying is not one of those beauties. Street-smart and practical, she’s content to live ... more >
B Reviewsancient-Egypt / Historical / slavery / spy / unusual setting / Young-Adult15 Comments
Dear Readers, I bought myself a copy of this book last year when I got “Catherine, Called Birdy.” I read “Birdy” but somehow “Mara” got set to the side and it drifted out of my mind. For years I’d heard it mentioned with enthusiasm by everyone who commented on it. ... more >
B Reviews / Featuredenemies to lovers / Historical / Roman-Britain / unusual setting / War / Military2 Comments
The wild heart of a warrior beat in the breast of Alena, daughter to a queen and mother to a king. A Celtic princess, she resolved never to bend to Roman rule. But how could she foresee that the iron fist of Rome would stoke her soul with the velvet ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / Featured / Recommended ReadsHistorical / Historical-China / multicultural / POC / POC author / Tang Dynasty / unusual setting3 Comments
“The thief who stole his heart Sword dancer Li Feng is used to living life on the edge of the law–a woman alone in the dangerous world of the Tang Dynasty has only her whirlwind reflexes to trust. She will discover the truth about her past,even if that means ... more >
C- ReviewsBoston / Historical / non-romance / Prequel / turn of the 20th century / unusual setting12 Comments
Dear Ms. Simons: When I saw this book available online, I snapped it up without a second thought. I am a huge fan of The Bronze Horseman and its two sequels, and I also enjoyed The Girl in Times Square. I’ve avoided some of your other, earlier books because online ... more >