Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Carolyn Hughes’s newly released novel The Merchant's Dilemma as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Merchant's Dilemma is a companion novel to The Meonbridge Chronicles and is a little more romantic and lighthearted than the other Chronicles. Blurb 1362. … Continue reading The Merchant’s Dilemma by Carolyn Hughes
If It’s the Last Thing I Do by David Fitz-Gerald
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from ’s newly released novel as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb It’s 1975, and Misty Menard unexpectedly inherits her father’s business in Lake Placid, New York. It never occurred to her that she could wind up as the CEO … Continue reading If It’s the Last Thing I Do by David Fitz-Gerald
Burning Secret by R J Lloyd
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from R J Lloyd’s latest novel, Burning Secret, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb Inspired by actual events, Burning Secret is a dramatic and compelling tale of ambition, lies and betrayal. Born in the slums of Bristol in 1844, … Continue reading Burning Secret by R J Lloyd
Faces in the Street – ‘A beautiful head of hair’
Unidentified young woman c1870-1900Photographer: George & George's Federal Studio The use of the term crowning glory to describe a woman’s hair has been around since the middle of the nineteenth century. As the Albury Banner and Wodonga Express put it, ’Whether the locks be golden-hued or ebony, one of the greatest gifts of the Creator … Continue reading Faces in the Street – ‘A beautiful head of hair’
My Reading – September 2023
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry Book 3) ‘Well done.’Perveen Mistry spoke aloud as she slid the signed contracts into envelopes. The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry Book 4) Sisters will fight. Dancing in the Ring by Susan E Sage Catherine stared at an oak tree outside the classroom … Continue reading My Reading – September 2023
Dancing in the Ring by Susan E. Sage
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Susan E. Sage most recent novel, Dancing in the Ring, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Based on fact, Dancing in the Ring follows the fortunes of two idealistic lawyers Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage through the 1920s and … Continue reading Dancing in the Ring by Susan E. Sage
Book Review – Dancing in the Ring by Susan E Sage
Detroit 1920 – the Great War and the influenza pandemic are over and people are looking towards a better future. Catherine Macintosh and Robert Sage are law students in their final year. Robert is a charming, exuberant, up-and-coming boxer. Catherine, one of the first women in Detroit to become a lawyer, is beautiful, intelligent and … Continue reading Book Review – Dancing in the Ring by Susan E Sage
The Husband Criteria by Catherine Kullmann
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Catherine Kullmann’s newly released novel The Husband Criteria as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Husband Criteria is a Regency romance set during the 1817 London Season and is the third book in Catherine’s series, The Lorings. Blurb London … Continue reading The Husband Criteria by Catherine Kullmann
My Reading – August 2023
The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black (2021)The young girl stood in the darkness before the tall window and watched with excitement and fascination the bombs falling on the city. Snow by John Banville (2020) – A Strafford and Quirke MysteryI’m a priest, for Christ’s sake – how can this be happening to me? April in … Continue reading My Reading – August 2023
The Shadow Earl by Stella Riley
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Stella Riley’s recently released novel The Shadow Earl as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished - seemingly without a … Continue reading The Shadow Earl by Stella Riley
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