April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom

Carla Schuller

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Re: A Cadence Creek Christmas (7:24pm November 8, 2013):

That's it! Those fabulous green shoes and the four tiered wedding cake have set me off--not to mention a SNOWY CHRISTMAS wedding setting away from cities!!!!! I am COMPLETELY inspired to read this holiday story! So the response is INSPIRED, of course!

Re: Daughter Of The God-King (7:08pm November 8, 2013):

Ahhhh.....an attorney as author.....who better suited to parse reality and detail from fantasy and vagary?  The mystery of Egyptology set in the acquisitive and tricky Napoleonic era provides tension in an active, albeit licensed setting! Surely all these elements automatically conspire to deliver a captivating read propelled by the only real variable--a decent vocabulary, which every skilled attorney possesses. Thus, all in all, the promise of a GOOD read is certain here--even without a rigid British schedule of events and detail! An author frames a story in any viable manner to captivate a reader and, as an Egyptophile with period preferences, I very much look forward to this novel.

Re: How To Handle A Highlander (6:33pm November 8, 2013):

An excellent tale, like a properly fit corset, is carefully crafted. It follows that an author, who has mastered the creation of Elizabethan and/or Victorian clothing, undoubtedly crafts a fine story as well! The devil is in the detail, isn't it!

Now a Highland novel is most appealing to one with Scots ancestry.....and that would be ME, a woman who has needled many a fine stitch and a Librarian who has selected many a good read.

Thank you for this opportunity to share your work!

Re: Upon a Winter's Night (11:20pm November 6, 2013):

I love being parked for several weeks at my desk handwriting notes and some letters to dear, far flung friends and relatives in specially selected Christmas cards--as well as addressing envelopes decorated with special stickers.....while listening to my favorite Christmas music alternating with Christmas films I've curated over the years.....and sipping hot tea in Christmas china! When, finally, the cards are delivered to the Post Office, I know that my messages will greet everyone on time and convey my affection and good wishes to those important in my life.

Re: An Encounter at the Museum (9:13pm March 1, 2013):

There was a period in my life when I regularly flew both in the U.S. and abroad. During that time, a number of very attractive men did their very best, while seated beside me, to lure me to change my travel plans to include them--offering to cover all my expenses. I must confess that I was sorely tempted, grievously tempted, and was startled when married couples and others close by encouraged them in their endeavors. I also have been inspired...almost...to accompany men just met in bakeries, art galleries, museums, and libraries.....simply the sexiest places for encounters in my myopic vision of such things! So, of course, having lived in London twice and married there, I would adore stories pivoted in the incomparable British Museum. Nonetheless, dear authors,.....please consider siting future tales in the National Portrait Gallery! Now the denouement: I met my spouse in a parking lot!

Re: Holiday Buzz (1:24am December 5, 2012):

Mystery, food, and a man in uniform are an obvious recipe for serious entertainment, but an NYPD mug would be the icing on this holiday treat! Happiest of this season to you!

Re: The Snow White Christmas Cookie (10:39pm November 4, 2012):

Ah, but the fun of these books is not the murders; it's solving the murders! So, I'm wondering how a "Snow White" Christmas cookie is like an apple and if a wicked stepmother and a mirror are involved? Now.....if someone provides me the book, I'll have my answers, won't I.

Re: The Warrior (4:29pm November 1, 2012):

It is the history and grandeur of castles--ruined or restored--coupled with stories of their previous inhabitants which stirs the imagination. I once was most fortunate to spend a night in the famous Alhambra parador poised atop fabled Granada, Spain.....and I've never forgotten that exquisite opportunity! Further, those who have been raised in families privileged to inherit castles and great houses inspire my appreciation for their care and investment in preserving their trust for the admiration of the rest of us! Additionally, heritage music sung softly to all manner of stringed instruments suits these retrospective properties and any attendant musings.....especially music of the British isles, for those who sing often are great romantics!

Re: Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight (2:21pm October 26, 2012):

The Christmas season is a first class ticket to impulse, foolishness, mingling, feasting, gifting, vacationing, re-unioning, and every manner of merriment and extravagance.....leading to the more "sobering" acknowledgements of New Year's eve when life again becomes a slide to the next Fall holidays! Christmas stories imbue sparkling possibilities with great dollops of emotion, drawing each of us annually back to favorite and/or new novels, films, and/or plays which capture this nostalgic, magical season in stories of universal hope, redemption, and transformation.

Re: Wild Encounter (9:29pm October 7, 2012):

I am no quitter and I love life, so I would do whatever would insure my survival and/or my goal.....knowing that there is never just one path to success. More than being fit, I have an agile, honed brain and a sturdy constitution. When times are tough or uncertain, my body temperature lowers and my brain kicks in--no hysteria or shock for me--to resolve issues quickly.

Re: Every Breath She Takes (12:26pm September 6, 2012):

The publishing industry certainly is rife with printing adventures and cover art opportunities/debacles as you have aptly described! Could this "risen from the also ran" tale provide a rib or two for a novel? What a happy conclusion for you!.....and for us! Hope I am as fortunate in this opportunity!

Re: Death on a Longship (10:11pm September 2, 2012):

Well.....My Scots great-great grandmother sailed to New Zealand from Airdrie to visit relatives in Scottish Dunedin, stayed to marry an Englishman, who later sailed her to San Francisco where they stayed for a time, then moved last to British Columbia where she arrived at lakeside Kaslo by boat. "We" Scots get about, eh?

As for the cat, my Smeeze in Madrid would try to assist me in laundering unmentionables in a bathroom sink by swishing his paws through the water to touch the clothing and would jump into the shower with me while the water was running.....surely a misplaced, nautical feline!

As for me, many of my earliest years were spent in Guam and on Florida's Gulf coast; as a teen, I lived a year in a small coastal town in Iceland; and, as an adult, I lived on the bank of the Thames with a locally made kayak to transport me to friends' also along the bank. So.....I should be a water baby, shouldn't I? Naw.....sea sickness plagues me and lazy swimming matches me to swimming pools.

Thus I admire a woman of strength who can hold her own with the sea and captain her own vessel and life. I look forward to this setting and mystery to be solved by such a one. Thank you!

Re: A Lady's Revenge (12:41pm April 26, 2012):

Since our heroine's mission has been defined, she is on a quest to right a grievous and personal wrong. How can that be vengeful? If she's courageous under adversity and cautious in all circumstances, then she undoubtedly will achieve her goal. In this instance, her progress will be vetted under the most trying conditions. So, if she can expedite the process with assistance, all the better. How can success not follow extreme effort and a well waged campaign. Since this is a romance starring such a determined heroine, villains will fall! May I be the fortunate winner to read Cora on!

Re: True Highland Spirit (7:34pm March 30, 2012):

I most admire intelligent, industrious, honest, kind, generous, and courteous protagonists. Your Morrigan is all of those and very brave, I'm sure, as befits the lovely heroine you've described and about whom we all wish to read!

Re: A Scandalous Countess (10:35pm February 9, 2012):

While both periods were lively, the Regency period represents a more refined life style in all respects and offered yet another rung up the ladder of liberty and opportunity for women as well as a more evolved classicism in art, artifacts, fashion, and manners. Nonetheless, ain't no harm in diving into the florid excesses of the Georgian era.....especially when setting a tale! So.....in matters of fashion and housing, I prefer Regency as a period, but, in matters of the telling of a good tale, I like both Georgian and Regency periods.....certes, for that matter and in that regard, I welcome all periods!

Re: The Storm That Is Sterling (11:13pm November 22, 2011):

One of my favorite tormented heroes is the self-styled Count of Monte Cristo as portrayed by Jim Caviezel in the 2002 film "The Count of Monte Cristo." Thankfully, this version ended well.

So.....Happy Turkey Day to everyone participating in this contest and especially to our guest blogger author who graciously is providing a copy of "The Storm That Is Michael" for a prize!

Re: Liver Let Die (11:14pm November 5, 2011):

Names are critical to the being, behavior, and maturation of a living person, but the names of fictional persons are critical to the reader's perception and frequently lead a story. Parents, guardians, novelists bear equal responsibility in influencing the outcomes of named individuals and novelists frequently inspire the naming of the living. Even Shakespeare commented. You are spot on!

Re: Engaged in Sin (10:50pm November 5, 2011):

As a Librarian, I both applaud and appreciate your research to provide us readers with quality enhancement. I love regency romance with twists and turns. Thanks for citing James Holman's biography. We all will look forward now especially to reading your novel.

Re: Darn Good Cowboy Christmas (12:42pm November 4, 2011):

P.S. Santa.....want a copy of "Darn Good Cowboy Christmas" as well!!!

Re: Darn Good Cowboy Christmas (12:39pm November 4, 2011):

Santa.....want to travel the world again and, even more, want a dear friend's failing battle with cancer to be won instead. Already married my cowboy!

Re: Always a Temptress (1:01am November 3, 2011):

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series coupled with the Lord John spin off series seems to be my FAV series at this time. The novels go on and on (for twenty years now) seemingly without end, readers HOPE.....and do so in a milieu of paranormal romance in historical settings.....and I am definitely NOT alone as a fangirl of the principal characters! We fans live for the next twists and turns in the complicated lives of Outlander characters. We fans engage with and are addicted to the very human and very earthy struggles of the heroes and heroine and their adventures across history. Between publications, we fans search for other series to slake our literary thirsts.....biding time until the next installment of the Outlander series.

Re: Embrace The Highland Warrior (9:53pm November 1, 2011):

Once I'm secured/safe within vehicle or building after dark, I have no fear of noises without and, once asleep, I dream of romance and know not of noises within. Nonetheless, I have been startled during the occasional "scary" movie!

Re: Enchanted Destiny (11:51pm October 31, 2011):

Unique interview of the male main character directing attention to several hot spots for the reader.....the cover speaks for itself! Want to read this!

Re: Romancing The Countess (12:58pm October 29, 2011):

@Ashley.....He is a TALL Texan.....sorry to disappoint about the accent. However, the story could inspire a novel!

Re: Romancing The Countess (12:45pm October 29, 2011):

Although I can't admit this in full confirmation, I am certain that my love of period romance novels played a part in my decision to marry a handsome man I barely knew at the Kensington Registry in London.

Re: His Last Duchess (12:31pm October 29, 2011):

I do so enjoy the English countryside and the small villages and cities. Lived twice in London and explored the rest on every occasion. A cuppa is still my fav, but I miss English tea time scones with strawberry jam. How lovely for you to snug into your writing space with a window on the world and an adoring/adorable companion! How could you not be inspired. I have been a teacher and thank you for those others who have benefited from your time at their schools. Love period novels set in England!

Re: Dire Threads (9:32pm October 23, 2011):

As a preschooler, my mother told me wonderful fairy tales while she performed her household chores so that I later never minded those activities and as well became a prolific reader. When I was barely 6 years old, my mother gave me a child's Singer sewing machine--a solid black miniature of her own portable. I commenced making doll clothes and later my own Halloween costumes. The next year, she began teaching me to cook by promoting me to apprentice. When I was seven, my father prepared a small garden plot for me so that I could grow flowers and create floral arrangements to compete in the junior division of the local Garden Show when my mother was the town's Garden Club President. I was given watercolors and colored pencils and encouraged to paint and draw. Later I did so for my high school science projects. My mother encouraged me to write while she composed poetry when my father was away from us on long TDYs and unaccompanied tours from which he would return with interesting foreign dolls for my collection. We lived around the world, moving frequently, due to his assignments as well as to my parents love of traveling and desire to expose me to world wide art and history. The Home Economics teacher in my third high school tried to persuade me to major in that subject in college, but I majored in English as an undergraduate, completed an MLS, and then became a Librarian with the good fortune to develop library collections and to create unusual, topical and seasonal displays. My home is filled with displayed art and varietal collections gathered throughout my life; I prefer the artisan object to any other even now. I have been stimulated by the world around me all of my life. Your novel would find a most appreciative home with me!

Re: Haunting Embrace (12:36pm October 22, 2011):

I read the first three tomes in this series via public library copies, LOVED them, and desire to own them.....one will do! We all time-travel in our dreams where our desires frequently enjoy more dramatic opportunity for fulfillment and the objects of our desire frequently reveal themselves more complicated and romantic than the counterpart population of our day lives. A heroine or hero is a heroine or hero in any point or transition of time. The struggle to commence and maintain relationships is ageless, timeless. Evolving character nuances and scenery enhance the landscape of an attractive story. Your novels have it all! Thank you for great entertainment!

Re: Flawless (10:24pm October 20, 2011):

Of course, all bad boys can be redeemed, but the defining factors in such intervention--structured or unstructured--and resultant change are levels of "badness" and desire to change. Determining considerations are inspiration, support, and goal. In romance, many factors lead a bad boy to the light...most specifically love reciprocated.

Re: Attracted to Fire (11:56pm October 18, 2011):

Every Texan adores the "hill country," skirted by San Antonio and Austin and anchored by Fredericksburg, home of some of the State's most excellent wines as well as essentially the State grocery store chain H.E.B. and the National Museum of the Pacific War. International tourism is alive and well in this area touched by German, Swiss, Austrian, Alsatian, and Czech influences in food, beer, music, dance, and architecture. Been there many happy times and plan to continue visits with overnights in quaint area B&Bs and purchases of wildflower plants and seeds from Wildseed Farm! However, to me, west Texas more truly encompasses El Paso, Abilene, Lubbock, and all towns between in that more dusty, arid, hardscrabble part of the State.

Re: Against The Storm (9:12pm October 17, 2011):

Your history of struggle in the industry is inspiring.....your perseverance and tenacity are a model for any aspiring author.....and your talent in entertaining rewards us all. Continued good fortune with the rest of the series!!!!

Re: The Rose Garden (8:54pm October 12, 2011):

Only rarely does literature succeed with a lone star. The norm is an alloyed cast, which--even more than a setting--guide/cue the reader/viewer as well as the plot's activity. Louisa May Alcott's enduring, classic novel "Little Women" is an excellent example of this ensemble technique. So, of course, I welcome and appreciate the contrasts and complements which distinguish a larger gaggle of characters in any work of literature. Susanna Kearsley has it right!

Re: Unleashed (1:29pm October 10, 2011):

I would be a beautiful, graceful leopard.....quick and lethal.....a metaphor for skilled use of language.

Re: Chosen By Fate (8:53pm October 9, 2011):

Continents, countries, all jurisdictional units, humans, occupations, religions, emotions are variant simultaneously. Thus, following life, art also needs be varietal. Therefore, a successful novel requires only appreciative readers/listeners without gender or genre consideration. That brother is proud of the author is sufficient.

Re: The Goblin King (7:26pm October 6, 2011):

Roan...such a strong, romantic name with a cover shot to match, the name born by a cursed king who can be saved by a courageous woman.....what a creative way to celebrate that morning, Shona Husk! For the rest of us readers, you have provided perfect dream inspiration!

Re: Roommates (10:24pm October 4, 2011):

Cameron (Cam), Garth, Jules, Jack, Karl, Liam, Patrick, Rob.....but these names are only as good as the character and appearance of the owners.

Re: Baer Truth (6:44pm October 3, 2011):

How fabulous to enjoy such an inspiring and entertaining vacation! Having lived a good part of my life in the western states, I well know how many stories can be mined in these parts and I applaud every one that is published! I hope to be favored with this opportunity to read a new one!

Re: The Norse King's Daughter (10:37pm September 29, 2011):

Librarians rarely experience a reading slump and rather must aggressively engineer time to read all the wonderful offerings for which professional advance reviews endlessly tantalize. Some librarians enjoy the pleasure of library collection building for their constituents in addition to themselves and glancing at new arrivals prior release to the public.....as I have. One of my dining rooms walls is lined in cherished books so that, even when I dine solo, I am among dear, stimulating friends.

Re: The Seduction of Sophie Seacrest (12:14pm September 27, 2011):

My favorite brooding hero is Atticus Finch of "To Kill a Mockingbird." He broods over saving an innocent man and stands against prejudice and violence while setting an example for his young children and teaching those children and their vacationing young friend decency and courage. He is handsome and out of reach as portrayed impeccably by gorgeous Gregory Peck. How can any woman not be moved by such a man so out of reach!

Re: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star (9:44pm September 21, 2011):

Really enjoyed the initial insight regarding this title in your recent responses to Becky on "One Literature Nut".....even though I did not comment there. So I was pleased doubly to read this blog! Your take is thoughtful and clever! Have you been approached for film rights?

Re: The Rake And The Recluse (3:52pm September 18, 2011):

Your photo illustrated graphic novel is fabulous!.....double impact!.....reminds slightly of photonovellas, but so very much more artful than the visually overly busy photonovellas! You will enjoy MUCH success with this format! Congratulations!

Re: The Dragon And The Pearl (6:44pm September 14, 2011):

In more recent centuries, the tale of Cinderella in its myriad forms in myriad countries visually portrays how one's clothing accommodates a rags-to-riches story. Then think Eliza Doolittle in the "My Fair Lady" film.

Re: Lord and Lady Spy (10:01pm September 8, 2011):

The perfect Lord and Lady Spy are British actors Ben Barnes (Prince/King Caspian of the Narnia film franchise as well as "Dorian Gray") and Lucy Griffiths (Marian of the BBC's last "Robin Hood" TV series).

Try Colin Firth or Sean Bean as Lord Melbourne and Mads Mikkelsen ("Casino Royale"'s Le Chiffre) as Fouch. Brit Eddie Redmayne would make a good brother Edward with Amanda Seyfried as his wife Cordelia.

Re: Deep Disclosure (10:42pm September 7, 2011):

One's past predicts and prepares one for one's present, which leads to one's future. Thus one's capacities and vectors are the unconscious composite of the entirety of one's experiences.

I was born in the shadow of an active volcano on Friday the 13th while my father was bombing another country. My entire life has been an adventure lived out around the world. My home always has been where ever I am.....at the moment I am asked.

Re: The Wedding Affair (10:51pm September 6, 2011):

Every woman should own a doll house at some point in her life. To be gifted with one personalized by love, by affection, would be the ideal, the dream. How fortunate the recipient of such a gift!

Frequently, such homes are peopled with dolls to scale--both upstairs and down. There's the answer.

Re: Lady Of The English (12:32pm September 2, 2011):

I a great fan of your previous novels and cannot wait to read this one. I am familiar with the stepdaughter Matilda from a number of works, but not at all with the stepmother Adeliza. As you do great credit to history in your writing, I'm sure that I'll be well versed as to Adeliza's contribution in the ensuing British royal skirmish after she is sprung from the Wilton Nunnery. Matilda was bold, audacious, and determined. Was Adeliza fashioned of the same cloth?

Re: Ward Against Death (9:11pm August 27, 2011):

At age six, I identified my dream profession, then geared my education and student work experiences toward that end. I am a Librarian! I have been very happy and fulfilled in this profession and avocation.

Re: Lucky Girl (9:17pm August 23, 2011):

Well....it began in an El Paso, TX, apartment parking lot on a scorching high noon while I was trying to wax my car for the first time ever. I heard a voice which startled me so much that I fell onto the pavement from a crouched position. My first view was of questionably white tennies and questionably white sox; he was tall and sweaty perched atop a bike and insisted on assisting me. Then he insisted on taking me to eat; I wanted a burger. I was bored. He collected me later after we'd both cleaned up and took me to the best restaurant in town, then to a movie, then to a hotel rooftop to dance. The next evening, I found an envelope with an original poem and two tickets to the ice capades. Two and one half months later, I married him at the Kensington Registry in London.....and there's a tale for that as well.

Re: Love Me Twice (8:34pm August 18, 2011):

REALLY HOT!.....just like the weather in Austin, Texas....where I'm entering this contest. This incendiary tome should be sent to the most appreciative (aka sizzling) clime!

Re: Spycatcher (1:17am August 11, 2011):

Both the reality of a field spy and the story of a field spy are equally exciting in their different venues. In this instance, the author's reality fuels a story and, therefore, readers anticipate an edge made sharper by imagination and a reading experience even more exhilarating than real life adventure!

Re: The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter (7:55pm August 10, 2011):

ADORE happy endings.....especially as there are too few in alleged reality.....most often because most women seem to avoid "carpe diem!" Thanx for providing this one borrowed from one of romance's most winsome advocates--a poem!

Re: Notorious (5:28pm July 29, 2011):

If I lived in the Regency period, I would own and manage the most famous bookstore in London--staffed only with female clerks to encourage other women to be financially and socially independent. I would recruit new authors, negotiate with publishers to support emerging authors, and regularly schedule public programs for all clientele to meet and hear authors and artists from all over the world.

While this would not seem scandalous today, it certainly would have been then.....on so many levels.

Re: The Genesis Key (7:24pm July 27, 2011):

As science evolves, conceivably longevity could be manipulated and advanced beyond currently documented records. Such development could be welcome where quality and utility of life were to be critical. However, the dangers inherent in complex selection and future accommodation as well could render such extension prohibitive.

Such an engineered prospect raises a multiplicity of troubling suspicions and calamities in the thoughts of this military brat!

Re: Touch If You Dare (11:41pm July 21, 2011):

Just reread Gabaldon's "Outlander." Still a hot property at his 20 years publication anniversary...that young Jamie of the 1740s--courteous, loyal, strong, clever, well educated and traveled for his time, tall, handsome, and a strong, courteous lover and protector.....who loves one woman for all time, a woman of the mid-1900s.

Women worldwide of all ages fall in love with him and hope to encounter someone like him.

Re: In The Heat Of The Bite (10:29pm July 19, 2011):

My earliest recollection of such a character would be Nancy Drew's best friend Bess Marvin! However, Bess remains best as a support interest and the always constant friend.

Re: A Spark of Death (1:35pm July 15, 2011):

I've only lately been drawn to this genre, but I've been well rewarded for my interest so far.

Your professor and his first adventure are immediately tempting! Happy and successful launch!

Re: The Crepe Makers' Bond (3:20pm July 13, 2011):

I am an only child who basked in parental attention and care and was taught that life's ultimate grace/obligation is to share any advantage one might have toward the better good.....that one's personal value is one's utility, without which one is adrift. I traveled the world from birth, enjoyed an excellent education, then set to work in my profession. I've never particularly given attention to the perception of me as reflected by others except in being a catalyst to the positive development of others.....and in noting that my personality at age five, as described by my mother in my baby book, remains largely in force.

I am happy in my skin and was while growing up, continue to keep abreast of the world's events and changes, always have determined my own path amid surrounding, extraneous influences, and strive to contribute fully to all my endeavors.

I always have considered myself fortunate by self design.

Re: Magnificent Passage (4:53pm July 12, 2011):

Congratulations on the reissue.....obviously still timely!

Re: Just One Season In London (7:19pm July 11, 2011):

I love this period setting as well as the romance of manners and the motivation of incomeless damsels.....really a contemporary dilemma after all, no?

Thank you for all the "escapes" you've provided!

Re: Runestone (2:28pm July 9, 2011):

Expressive, attentive eyes attached to kindness; height and physical strength applied to goals; a curious, expansive mind to share; and a special skill or talent--preferably in the arts.....productive more than at rest.....with me.

Re: Loved By A Warrior (7:10pm July 6, 2011):

Myths and curses are explanations for seemingly inexplicable or irrational occurrences. Such beliefs actually can affect outcomes and events into the future. However, if one does not subscribe, one may disprove. I was born on Friday the 13th and am entering this contest.

Re: Break Out (9:22pm July 4, 2011):

As our lives don't follow strict genre lines, why should the novels we love?

You must write as your story takes you. Readers will follow. Therefore, publishing houses and bookstores will follow that trail despite initial discomfit. Interesting that libraries don't have a problem with multi-genre novels.

Thank you for entertaining the rest of us!

Re: Wild and Unruly (11:02pm June 30, 2011):

Anything is possible.....however, it's the dimension in time that is questionable. Certainly everyone dreams.....do we time travel already?

Submitted by a brunette, military brat Librarian whose tall, fair, handsome Texan married her in London.

Re: The Dark Enquiry (1:54am June 28, 2011):

The Victorian era designates only a time period defined by style, convention, and science of that time. Nonetheless, people remain the same through centuries and respond similarly to the stimuli of other beings and their own social status.

Having lived and married in London, I came to appreciate and love the Victorian period. The Victorians were stylish, lusty, modern, and clever. I look forward to reading "Silent in the Grave."

Re: Demons Prefer Blondes (3:57pm June 20, 2011):

Reading a romance novel is an opportunity to try another life which, perhaps, may inspire goals both in a reader's own relationships and/or a reader's other life pursuits or which simply may satisfy a reader's fanciful dreams. In achieving any of these activities, a novel succeeds. Without romance novels, probably there would be many more unhappy, unfulfilled, and dissatisfied people.

I discovered romance novels in the 7th grade (at age 12) while browsing a public library's shelves and have been hooked ever since! A romance novel never disappoints!

Re: Louisa And The Missing Heiress (3:12pm June 15, 2011):

I frequently wish for more reads about entrancing, interesting characters most often confined to a single book and hope that authors will extend the adventures of such characters. As a wishful reader, it is so easy to imagine more life for characters who have been securely tethered to a single appearance.

How clever to star meticulous Alcott in an adventure compatible with her much published vast imagination and observations brought to life in other characters.

Please, please choose me for this gift as Alcott is a favorite of mine not only as a reader but as a librarian.

Re: The Lost Summer Of Louisa May Alcott (2:48pm June 15, 2011):

I read Kelly O'Connor McNees' book via a public library copy and really, really enjoyed its seeming reality which I envisioned in relation to Alcott's complete works, which I read when quite young--beginning with "Little Women," sent to me in Florida by my Canadian great-grandmother and first read to me by my mother while I was confined with a viciously dangerous case of German Measles which might have damaged my eyes forever, but, fortunately, did not due to my mother's care. While listening, I felt like Beth March during her illness. Subsequently, I read every one of Alcott's books, grew up to be a librarian who nudged children toward her works, and watched every film ever made of Alcott's works.

This fictionalized bio seemed very, very plausible and is very well written. I hope that I will be the one fortunate to own this copy.

Re: The Mistress' House (5:59pm February 10, 2011):

Please.....could you share the address of this fortunate house immediately?!!! One of my dearest friends and I would welcome the opportunity of its promise! How clever this device!