I enjoy fantasy books and romance books, and the combination thereof is one of my favorites when done well. Author Elizabeth Vaughan wrote a marvelous series 20 years ago titled Chronicles of the WarlandsRead more...
THE ELUSIVE EARL is book three in the Bad Heir Day Tales series by historical romance and mystery writer Grace Burrowes. This series follows several Regency aristocrats who are Read more...
Historical mystery writer C.S. Harris wows with the latest in her Regency British sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr series. WHO WILL REMEMBER is book twenty in this engrossing series Read more...
THE GIRL FROM GREENWICH STREET is the latest historical fiction from one of my favorite authors, Lauren Willig. This is a standalone based in the early American period. Set in Manhattan, it features one of America’s Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, and his political rival Aaron Read more...
KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS is the delightful follow-up by romance and mystery author Deanna Raybourn, building on the surprise smash hit of KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE. Having book Read more...
Susanna Kearsley is (and I feel she always will be) a drop-everything-to-read author for me, and THE KING’S MESSENGER reaffirms her writing supremacy. Kearsley typically writes time-slip novels. Here, there is no traditional time slip of historical and modern characters, but Read more...
First published in 2018, SWORDHEART is a glossy new release hardcover by Bramble featuring turquoise sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers. This engrossing tale is set in her World of the White Rat between Clockataur War and The Saint of Steel books.   Read more...
Ali Hazelwood became one of my new favorite romance authors when she published her first book in 2021. She initially wrote rom-coms about women in STEM careers, and most of those STEM books are about graduate students. I love to read about smart and capable individuals Read more...
The redoubtable Lord Julian Caldicott returns in A GENTLEMAN OF SINISTER SCHEMES, by historical author Grace Burrowes, with The Lord Julian Mysteries book number eight. Burrowes is best known Read more...
I adore the Winston Brothers series by rom-com author Penny Reid, so I jumped on the chance to review the Deluxe edition of TRUTH OR BEARD, which is book Read more...
REMEMBER WHEN is book number four in the Ravenswood, Regency-era historical romance from long-time author Mary Balogh. Balogh was one of my gateway romance authors way back Read more...
Book number eight in the BLADE’S END is self-published by Shiloh Walker, written under her pen name of J.C. Daniels. This is a short ebook novel, 250 Read more...
Sixth in the Class 5 Series sci-fi books by award-winning Michelle Diener, COLLISION COURSE is a fun science fiction read from one of my favorite sci-fi authors Read more...
A BLOOM IN WINTER is a Black Dagger Brotherhood novella, book number 22.5 in the BDB series by bestseller J.R. Ward. While Wrath the Blind King of Read more...
Book seven in the delightful Lord Julian Mysteries is A GENTLEMAN UNDER THE MISTLETOE. It is a cozy historical by a favorite author, Grace Burrowes. Set in bucolic Read more...
Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig & Karen White, dubbed Team W, have collaborated on a number of delightful historical fiction books that I have gobbled up with glee, and are almost always my choice when it’s my turn to choose a book for my book club to read Read more...
THE BEAST TAKES A BRIDE is a delightful historical romance by one of my very favorite authors, Julie Anne Long. This is the eighth in Long’s Read more...
Historical author Grace Burrowes continues to delight with her Napoleonic mystery books, The Lord Julian Mysteries. A GENTLEMAN OF UNRELIABLE HONOR is book six in this enchanting mystery series Read more...
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