A Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / child abuse / guns / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Sutton Family / western / Widowed Heroine11 Comments
NOTE: The hero relates his abuse as a child and his nieces are rescued from implied abuse. In 1866 on the empty Kansas prairie, two children shared a few desperate moments that changed their lives. For years afterward, each nursed a secret dream – that the other had grown into ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American Romance / Contemporary romance / multicultural / POC / POC author / vintage / Widowed Heroine8 Comments
Dear Sandra Kitt: May’s TBR Challenge category is “Old School,” defined as a book that is 10 or more years old. I had plenty of options, but after dithering a while I chose this landmark category romance. Published in 1984 by Harlequin, it was acquired by a legendary editor, ... more >
B Reviews17th-century / Charles-II / English Historical / English-Civil-War / Historical / War / Military / Widowed Heroine12 Comments
England 1650. In the aftermath of the execution of the King, England totters once more on the brink of civil war. The country will be divided and lives lost as Charles II makes a last bid to regain his throne. Kate Ashley finds her loyalty to the Parliamentary cause tested ... more >
C- Reviews19th century / alcoholism / American historical / western / Widowed Heroine2 Comments
How do you pick up the pieces of a shattered life? To escape her angry father, Dulcie McDonald got pregnant – but lost her husband is a fatal accident. Penniless, she returned home with her little girl – only to have her world shattered once again. Lonely and filler with ... more >
B- Reviews20th century / England / friends-to-lovers / Widowed Heroine / World War II11 Comments
Rose Cottage, a tiny thatched dwelling in an idyllic English country setting, would appear the picture of tranquility to any passerby. But when Kate Herrick returns to her childhood home to retrieve some family papers in the summer of 1947, she uncovers a web of intrigue as tangled as the ... more >
B ReviewsContemporary / dogs / England / Widowed Heroine8 Comments
“Juliet’s hiding from her feelings about the recent loss of Ben, the love of her life. If it weren’t for having to walk Ben’s loyal dog, Minton, she’d never leave their half-finished house. Then her mother asks her to take her elderly lab, Coco, along. One dog leads to another, ... more >