Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Jenny Knipfer’s new novel In a Grove of Maples as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. In a Grove of Maples is the first book in the Sheltering Trees series. April 5th, 1898 Dear Diary, We buried Lyle today. Not … Continue reading In a Grove of Maples by Jenny Knipfer
American fiction
The Art of Love by A B Michaels
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from A. B. Michaels’ novel The Art of Love as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Art of Love is a tale of mystery, social morality and second chances during America’s Gilded Age. It is the first book in The … Continue reading The Art of Love by A B Michaels
One Minute Book Review – Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
Epitaph is the sequel to Doc and has all the strengths of that novel. It continues the story of John Henry ‘Doc’ Holiday and the Earp brothers and carries it through to the aftermath of the shootout at the O.K. Corral. The novel opens in 1880 in Tombstone with Josie Marcus, the daughter of Jewish … Continue reading One Minute Book Review – Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
One Minute Book Review – Doc by Mary Doria Russell
I am generally not a reader of American fiction set in the Old West; however, this review of Doc piqued my interest. This is a thoroughly researched engaging novel where even the minor characters, most of whom are based on real people, are well drawn and multifaceted with small vignettes rounding out their characters. The … Continue reading One Minute Book Review – Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Catherine Meyrick 