Set in 1739, Jennifer Reinoehl’s The Inconvenient Widow is a blend of Christian inspirational, historical fiction and Jane Austen romance. There are some elements of suspense and mystery but the intensity and amount of on screen violence, or the quickness of pace critical for romantic…
C.J. Sampson came up with a good series, at least as far as I have gotten so far. Dissolution is a mystery set during the reign of King Henry VIII. It is a dark time, a time when no one is safe. Anne Boleyn has…
William Manchester’s biographical account of President John F. Kennedy (1967 edition) was illuminating and fascinating, in an anecdotal way. If you’re familiar with West Wing or any other series that feature the daily lives of presidents, officials, and staffers inside the White House, Portrait of…
Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble had such promise. The beginning was an excellent emotional action scene that showcased the two main characters, a couple, Lily and Drew who are engaged when the story opens. There are several plot lines—a serial attacker of servant girls, a…
Sarum in Salisbury, England is not for the faint of heart. One of the hard back editions has 912 pages. I listened to it through Audible—45+ hours—of pure enjoyment, and that is hard to say about any book that is 500+ pages. The reader…
I Heard The Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven is a super good Young Adult (YA) book about the creeping, not the clashing, forces of modernity into tribal life. It is not a heartwarming story, nor a tearjerker, but simply a tightly written…
Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things is a densely packed book of the then evolving science of botany in the 18th and 19th centuries. Reading Signature was like taking a walk in the woods or in a botanical garden. Spanning the globe, from…
The Nightingale is a story of loss, discovery, redemption, family, and above all, the power of love to transcend, shine through life’s darkest moments, to remain defiant in the face of hell. Love is the immovable object that repels seemingly unstoppable forces. Through their actions,…
All three are set in WWII; All the Light We Cannot See occurs prior to, during, and after the war; The Good German is set prior to, during, and after the Potsdam Conference in 1945, and Los Alamos is set during and after the war…
As part of my Summer Seasonal Challenge on Goodreads, I have been reading some books that have been on my bookshelf for quite a while. All of them have something in common–victims, villains, and some unusual settings. Ice Blue by Anne Stuart delves into…
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