Available now with a brand-new cover: Cluny Brown **** 4/5 stars- loved it Originally published in 1944, Cluny Brown is an unconventionally-attractive parlormaid who refuses to know her place. Recommended readers: Fans of British humor fans of Bridget Jones fans of a comedic play Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 for characters 4/5 for plot 4/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: If you could use a little cheering up, do yourself a … Continue reading Review: Cluny Brown
Available with a brand-new cover on April 12th: The Nutmeg Tree **** 4/5 stars- loved it Originally published in 1937, The Nutmeg Tree’s Julia Packett is a Bridget Jones for the 1930s. Recommended readers: Fans of British humor fans of Bridget Jones fans of a comedic play Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 for characters 4/5 for plot 4/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: You may … Continue reading Available Today: The Nutmeg Tree
Available May 16: Eliza Waite ***3.5/5 stars- Really liked it This debut novel is a compelling story of a women’s role in a dramatic and changing time in the Wild West. Recommended readers: Readers of Western History Those interested in the changing roles of women in the West Here’s my Rankings: 3.5/5 for characters 3.5/5 for plot 3.5/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: This debut novel explores one female’s … Continue reading Review: Eliza Waite
Available April 26: Magnate (The Knickerbocker Club) ****4/5 stars- loved it Tycoon is the first in the Knickerbocker Club Series set in the unique Gilded Age. And you’ll love it. Recommended readers: If you’re looking for not-your-typical setting: Gilded Age if you like Candace Camp, Jane Feather and others and if you like a super-quick and steamy read Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 for characters 4/5 for plot 4/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: … Continue reading Magnate by Joanna Shupe
America, mark your calendars for May 3rd: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave ****5/5 stars-It was amazing. We Loved it. From the author of Little Bee, the one with a title so intriguing we both had to read it… Recommended readers: Everyone. But: in particular, if you are a reader of war fiction, and if you pine for novels both humorous and profound, this one is for you. Here’s my Rankings: 5/5 … Continue reading Review: Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Available April 5th: Lilac Girls ***3.5/5 stars- Really liked it This debut novel explores the female experience of World War II, from New York to Nazi concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Recommended readers: Readers of wartime historical fiction Those interested in the female experience of war Fans of novels based on real people Here’s my Rankings: 3.5/5 for characters 3.5/5 for plot 3.5/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS … Continue reading Review: Lilac Girls
Recently I had the very great privilege of attending the 8th Annual Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai to hear Chris Cleave speak FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER IN PUBLIC about his new novel, Everyone Brave is Forgiven. Based on his grandparents’ experience of World War II in London and throughout the Siege of Malta, I think I simply must just read again after … Continue reading Look for it soon: Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Available March 29th: Sawbones by Melissa Lenhardt ***3/5 stars-liked it Billed as Outlander meets the Civil War, Sawbones certainly has the medicine and the violence. Recommended readers: If you like an independent female protagonist, and if you like westerns, this one is for you. Here’s my Rankings: 3/5 characters 3/5 plot 3/5 overall 4/5 steaminess … including violence REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: Complete with a woman doctor … Continue reading Available March 29th: Sawbones
Available March 22nd : The Summer Before the War ****4/5 stars-loved it From the author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, a charming novel about a coastal English village on the cusp of great change at the dawn of Great War. Recommended readers: readers of WWI fiction anglophiles Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 characters 4/5 plot 4/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: Beatrice Nash is orphaned, penniless, and prettier … Continue reading Review: The Summer Before the War
Available March 22nd: Just Fall by Nina Sadowsky ***3.5/5 stars- I guess I liked it…it kept me up all night… From the writer of the Wedding Planner, a terrifying sexy thriller. Really. Recommended readers: If you like a fast-paced murder-mystery-thriller, If you like stories that keep you guessing and reading past your bedtime, And if you like things like Gone Girl, this one’s for you. Here’s my Rankings: 3.5/5 for … Continue reading Coming Soon: Just Fall
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