Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing, February 1, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): 1792, FranceRumors of revolution in Paris swirl in Marseille, a bustling port city in southern France. Gilles Étienne, a clerk at the local soap factory, thrives on the news. Committed to the cause of equality, liberty, and brotherhood, … Continue reading Book Review: Beyond the Lavender Fields by Arlem Hawks

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, January 4, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 304 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Exit West meets An American Marriage in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new love, on the cusp of their bright future…when a travel ban rips them apart on the eve of … Continue reading Book Review: No Land to Light on By Yara Zhgheib

Publisher: Andromeda Press, January 13, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 551 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Lush. Dark. Romantic. Introducing a newly reimagined tale written in the vein of Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone.Long before civilization, there were the gods. And before the gods, there was the earth, the celestial bodies, and air given flesh. … Continue reading Book Review: The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, January 11, 2022 Format: ebook  Pages: 320 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): An inheritance could provide her with financial freedom, a rare accomplishment for a woman in the Regency era; she only has to marry one of two men to gain it. But what if her heart belongs to a third?Brushed … Continue reading Book Review: Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, January 4, 2022 Format: Paperback  Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The author of the “sweeping, stirring, and heartrending” (Kristin Harmel, author of The Room on Rue Amélie) The Light Over London returns with a masterful, glittering novel that whisks you to midcentury Britain as it follows three of the last debutantes … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Dance of the Debutante by Julia Kelly

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, January 4, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Falling in love is the ultimate payback in this delightful romcom about an interior designer who teams up with a mysterious architect at her firm to get revenge on her ex the only way she knows how: by … Continue reading Book Review: Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins

Publisher: Pegasus Books, November 16th, 2021 Format: Hardcover Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A luminous narrative inspired by the fascinating real case of “the Blue People of Kentucky" that probes questions of identity, love, and family. In 1937, there are recesses in Appalachia no outsiders have ever explored. Two government-sponsored documentarians from … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Blue by Isla Morley

Publisher: Forever Publishing, November 16th, 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 352 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Former lovers become reluctant allies in this delightfully witty historical rom-com from the bestselling author of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem—for fans of Evie Dunmore, Enola Holmes, and Netflix's Bridgerton!England, 1867 : As half of the writing duo behind England's most … Continue reading Book Review: An Heiresses Guide to Deception and Desire by Manda Collins

Publisher: Harper Collins Canada, November 16th, 2021 Format: Paperback  Pages: 368 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): “An engaging, fast-paced read for fans of Philippa Gregory and of dual-timeline historical fiction." —Library JournalIn the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidant, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Daughter of York by Nicola Cornick