B Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / family relationships / Historical / older heroine and hero / Post WWII / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: Vittoria Cottage by D.E. Stevenson
WARNING – terms The use of “N” pulled me up short. However this is immediate post-war England and the word is used once by a blunt speaking probably 50 some year old man. Since being widowed, Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children: her ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / Widowed Heroine / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Time To Say Goodbye by Miranda Barnes
Sometimes the best way to hold on is to let go… Newly widowed Gwen Morgan needs a change of scene… An invitation to stay with old school friend Kate and her partner Gerry in the quaint coastal village of Haxton in Northumberland, gives Gwen the inspiration she needs to start ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / family relationships / Historical / Widowed Heroine7 Comments
In the aftermath of the Civil War, England lies quiet, for now… The war left much of the country ravaged and at Wintercombe, in Somerset, the St Barbe family was not left untouched. But peace is short-lived, as Charles II gathers support in Scotland to once again bring war to ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsfamily relationships / Historical / Regency / Regency England / second chances / Widowed Heroine15 Comments
Is Christmas a time for forgiving and forgetting? A nobleman and the woman who spurned him are about to find out in this enchanting Regency novel. For inexperienced, painfully shy Barnaby Traherne, the glittering society ball is akin to a battlefield . . . that is, until his attention is ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBeauty-and-the-Beast / Contemporary / England / military hero / retired military / Widowed Heroine4 Comments
You never know where you’ll find love… Anna Thompson, a 30-something widow and a mother of two, lives in the quiet village of Branton in Northumberland and leads a safe, simple life with her children. She is relieved when Moorside, the empty house next door is finally bought and looks ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Historical / novella / nurse / pilot / second chance at love / War / Military / Widowed Heroine2 Comments
After returning home from the Korean War a widow, former MASH surgical nurse, Ginny Williams, heads to the Jersey Shore for a weekend of much needed R&R. But her plans to do nothing more than relax on the beach go seriously awry when the boy who broke her heart on ... more >