Book Review: A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olsen

Publisher: Inkyard Press, March 29th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for.She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s real-life bodies, a talent she must hide from those who would kidnap, blackmail, and worse in order to control it. Guarding that secret … Continue reading Book Review: A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olsen

Book Review: Love in a Time of War by Adrienne Chinn

Publisher: One More Chapter, February 25th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 490 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Three sistersThe Great WarThe end of innocence…In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. But when war erupts their innocence is … Continue reading Book Review: Love in a Time of War by Adrienne Chinn

Book Review: Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, February 15th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 272 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution--and how youth lead the way.After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is … Continue reading Book Review: Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Book Review: Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, February 15th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Savannah Cade is a low-level editor at Pennington Publishing, a prestigious publisher producing only the highest of highbrow titles. And while editing the latest edition of The Anthology of Medieval Didactic Poetry may be her day job, she has two secrets … Continue reading Book Review: Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

Book Review: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, March 1 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): For readers of Joanna Goodman and Genevieve Graham comes a masterful debut novel about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting for the … Continue reading Book Review: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

Book Review: Coco at the Ritz by Gioia Diliberto

Publisher: Pegasus Books, December 7th, 2021 Format: Hardcover Pages: 304 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A riveting and prismatic novel of the eternally enigmatic Coco Chanel in the aftermath of World War II.Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August … Continue reading Book Review: Coco at the Ritz by Gioia Diliberto

Book Review: A Perfect Equation by Elizabeth Everett

Publisher: Berkley, February 15th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): How do you solve the Perfect Equation? Add one sharp-tongued mathematician to an aloof, handsome nobleman. Divide by conflicting loyalties and multiply by a daring group of women hell-bent on conducting their scientific experiments. The solution is a romance that … Continue reading Book Review: A Perfect Equation by Elizabeth Everett

Book Review: The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbull

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, February 8th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): This sweeping new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Woman Before Wallis takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Romanov, the first daughter of the last Tsar. Grand Duchess … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbull

Book Review: The Lilac House by Barbara Josselsohn

Publisher: Forever Publishing, December 14th, 2021 Format: Paperback  Pages: 288 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Summer brought Anna and Aidan together, but can she finally let go of the past for a chance at a new beginning? Lilac House has always been a source of comfort for Anna Harris. Though things will never be … Continue reading Book Review: The Lilac House by Barbara Josselsohn