I'm not a Ripperologist, so I started reading I, RIPPER with
very little knowledge of the details surrounding Jack the
Ripper's murders. Author Stephen Hunter delves right in,
taking us to the scene of the first crime with the first
sentence of his new novel. It's all Read more...
NOT QUITE NICE is a coming of age adventure, but not the
growing-up kind, the growing older kind. It's the story of
Theresa Simmons, a lady of a certain age no longer content
in her daily routine in the London suburbs. She's ready
for
a change, so Read more...
Niniver Carrick is an unusual woman -- chosen by her clan
to
lead them after the laird's death. She has no intention
of
sharing her power with a husband, but she must convince
her
willful suitors to leave her alone. To that end, she seeks
out her neighbor, Marcus Cynster Read more...
The court of King Henry VIII is a place for intrigue and
lust -- as long as you're not the queen. In WOLF BRIDE,
Eloise Tyrell is a lady in waiting to Henry's second wife,
Anne Boleyn. She knows the queen's secrets -- and she has
a
forbidden flirtation Read more...
If you like archaeologists, lost treasures, and ex-
military
guys with lots of guns, THE DEATH RELIC may be your
perfect
novel. Author Chris Kuzneski starts with a historical
mystery, adds government agents and criminals, then brings
in a top-notch team of scientists and soldiers to figure
it out Read more...
Lucy Potter is the daughter of a self-made businessman,
one
who wants his daughter to move into the world of the
nobility, the world her mother came from. Lucy wants none
of
that, but with her father bringing home a new wife, she
does
want out of the house Read more...
A journalist is murdered in pursuit of a story. Can his
colleague solve the crime before becoming the next victim?
Reporter Jessica Curtis is shocked when her mentor and
friend his murdered while investigating a story. When her
editor tells her to use Joe's notes and get his story Read more...
The title characters of THE BLUESTOCKING AND THE RAKE
couldn't be more different. Georgiana Blakelow is a
moral-minded miss on a mission to save her home. Robert
Holkham, Earl of Marcham, is a confirmed rake, who didn't
set out to win Miss Blakelow's home in a Read more...
Louisa and Valentine Carnell were raised in the shadow and
under the thumb of their conservative father, so upon his
death, they seize the opportunity to live life to the
fullest. They quickly develop a firm friendship with their
late mother's family and troop with their cousins to
London Read more...
Isabella Bradford has a knack for creating compelling and
believable characters. In A SINFUL DECEPTION, she gives us
Miss Serena Carew, a woman with a troubled past and a secret
that could end her comfortable new life in London, and Lord
Geoffrey Fitzroy, a second son more interested in fleeting Read more...
Jaya Jones is a historian with a reputation for finding
lost
treasure, so she's not surprised when someone arrives at
her
office wanting her help to solve a mystery. What is
surprising is that one of her long-dead relatives figures
into that mystery. When her would-be client Read more...
Sunny Coolidge's work for a travel agency just got
tougher.
Her boss Ollie is laid up with a broken leg, and he
expects
Sunny to run courier for him. The stay in rehab comes with
a
mystery -- it seems people at the home are dying off --
and
when Ollie Read more...
When bookmobile librarian Minnie Hamilton helps save a
man's
life, she has no idea he's the famous artist known as
Cade,
or that she'll become friends with him and his wife. Or
that she'll be the first one they call when Cade is
arrested
for murder Read more...
Hank Phillippi Ryan never disappoints, and her newest
Jane
Ryland novel, TRUTH BE TOLD, is a strong addition to
the series.
After the accidental death of a teenager at the home her
family once owned, former TV reporter turned print
journalist, Jane Ryland decides to do a piece Read more...
Warning: Do not read the last fifty pages of this book on
your lunch hour or in any public place where people might
start to wonder why you're bawling your eyes out.
But, let me start at the beginning.
TO SCOTLAND WITH LOVE is not just a romance. It Read more...
You may know Alan Cumming as the host of Masterpiece
Mysteries on PBS or from his roles in TV shows like "The
Good Wife" and "The L Word." He's also done a couple dozen
movies ranging from James Bond to X-Men. One of my
favorites
is "Josie and Read more...
If you enjoy English history, you've probably heard the
poetic phrase about King Henry VIII's wives -- "Divorced,
beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived." QUEEN'S
GAMBIT is the story of the one who survived, Katherine
Parr.
The novel begins not long after Henry had his teenage
bride
Catherine Howard Read more...
Before I read this novel, I knew next to nothing about
Eleanor of Aquitaine -- just that she was a famous and
powerful queen a long time ago. Through Elizabeth
Chadwick's
rich novel THE SUMMER QUEEN, I feel I have discovered the
amazing woman behind the name. I even learned Read more...
Titania Danforth -- called Tansy -- has lost her whole
family.
Her father's will put her into the care of the Duke of
Falconbridge, and she can't claim her inheritance until she
marries. He and his wife Genevieve are welcoming and kind to
the American orphan, but Tansy senses they Read more...
Harry Fitzroy only went to the country to acquire a bride,
but his intended's poorly planned jest lands him in a
sickroom before he can propose. Stuck there for months, his
two biggest concerns are whether he'll walk again -- and
whether Lady Julia Barclay will have him if Read more...
Auriette is a 20-year marriage veteran
and mother of cats. In her real life,
she is a TV news producer and an active
volunteer with several non-profit
theatre groups. In her fantasy world,
she is thin, beautiful, and deadly.
Feliz cumpleaños, Caridad. (It's been a long time since high school Spanish class, so I hope I got that right.) As I read the description of "Fury Calls" and the whole series, I'm wondering why I haven't picked up these books before now. I'm especially intrigued by a different vampire culture from the East.
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