Book Review: A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins

Publisher: Berkley Publishing,  March 28, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 352 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady in danger must be in need of rescue, but whether she wants to be rescued is up for debate—for fans of Evie Dunmore and Netflix's Bridgerton from the bestselling author of A Lady's Guide … Continue reading Book Review: A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins

Book Review: The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor

Publisher: Berkley Publishing,  June 13, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. 1940, Kent : Alice King is not brave or daring—she’s happiest … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor

Book Review: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada,  April 4, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 280 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring Indigenous identity from the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.Winifred has lived in the apartment … Continue reading Book Review: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

Book Review: His Majesty’s Airship by S.C. Gwynne

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  May 2, 2023 Format: paperback Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a stunning historical tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer … Continue reading Book Review: His Majesty’s Airship by S.C. Gwynne

Book Review: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Publisher: Berkley Books, May 2, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in … Continue reading Book Review: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Book Review: Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson

Publisher: William Morrow Books, April 4, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent historical novel—as the lives of three very different residents of London’s historic Blue Lion hotel converge in a potentially explosive climax on the day of … Continue reading Book Review: Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson

Book Review: The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Books, April 4, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): In post–World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets…With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox