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
One Minute Book Reviews
Genuine Deceit by Joy York When her grandmother is murdered in what at first seems to be a burglary gone wrong, Reagan Asher undertakes her own investigation alongside the police. What starts out as a ‘who done it’, quickly becomes a compelling ‘why done it’ as Asher uncovers decades of deception that has her questioning … Continue reading One Minute Book Reviews
Book Review – Adalbert by Craig R Hipkins
Adalbert, the imagined son of Astrolabe and grandson of Heloise and Abelard, is a rash young man, eager to make his own way in the world. The recognition that a scroll that belonged to his father is, in fact, a treasure map, set him on course for what is not only a treasure quest but … Continue reading Book Review – Adalbert by Craig R Hipkins
My Reading – July 2023
Homecoming by Kate Morton And, of course, there was to be a lunch party to mark the new year. A small affair, just family, but Thomas would require all the trimmings. Adalbert by Craig R HipkinsThe humble priest sat in the straight-backed ash chair looking at the young man who was perusing the letter with … Continue reading My Reading – July 2023
Book Review – No Stone Unturned by Pam Lecky
When Lucy Lawrence’s husband, Charlie, is killed in what appears to be an accident, her world falls apart as she discovers that not only was Charlie far from the man she imagined him to be but that she is almost penniless. In the aftermath of Charlie’s death, friends melt away and those Lucy should be … Continue reading Book Review – No Stone Unturned by Pam Lecky
Book Review – The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse
Beginning in 1926, The Convent Girl follows Maisie O’Sullivan from age four to her early forties. Brought up in a Catholic convent in Cobh, Ireland from two years old, Maisie has been told that both her parents are dead. Remembering no other life, she has adapted to the regulated life of the convent and, like … Continue reading Book Review – The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse
Book Review – Fat Dogs and French Estates by Beth Haslam
Fat Dogs and French Estates is a delightful and humorous memoir of the adventures of Beth Haslam and her husband, Jack, as they look for a second home, a domaine, in France. They have a list of requirements: around 100 hectares complete with game, space for long walks with their dogs, a few outbuildings and … Continue reading Book Review – Fat Dogs and French Estates by Beth Haslam
