Book Review: The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, October 8, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Ancient sorcery. Magic gemstones. Only one woman can save a city in ruins…1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift—harnessing the … Continue reading Book Review: The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche

Book Review: The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna Lawless

Publisher: Head of Zeus,  September 12, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 576 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): The old world will die in flames…Ireland, 1011 AD. Brian Boru is now High King of Ireland. His queen, Gormflaith, instructs their young son in his heritage - but only on his mother's side. For Gormflaith, an immortal … Continue reading Book Review: The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna Lawless

Book Review: The Worst Duke in London by Amalie Howard

Publisher: Forever Publishing,  September 24, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Bridgerton meets 10 Things I Hate About You in this spicy enemies-to-lovers Regency romance from a "must-read author" (Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Lady Evangeline Raine prefers animals to people and has no interest in marriage­--much to … Continue reading Book Review: The Worst Duke in London by Amalie Howard

Book Review: The Berlin Apartment by Bryn Turnbull

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing,  August 27, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 349 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Berlin 1961: When Uli Neumann proposes to Lise Bauer, she has every reason to accept. He offers her love, respect, and a life beyond the strict bounds of the East German society in which she was raised — … Continue reading Book Review: The Berlin Apartment by Bryn Turnbull

Book Review: The Housekeeper’s Secret by Iona Grey

Publisher: St. Martin's Press,  August 13, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Duty, desire, and deception reside under one roof.Standing in the remote windswept moors of Northern England, Coldwell Hall is the perfect place to hide. For the past five years, Kate Furniss has maintained her professional mask so carefully … Continue reading Book Review: The Housekeeper’s Secret by Iona Grey

Book Review: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  July 2, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 327 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in … Continue reading Book Review: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

June 2024 Wrap UP

I read 21 books in June, and here’s what I thought of them:-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📱Triple Sec*📱Powerless🎧The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna🎧A Sky Beyond the Storm-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5🎧China🎧The Bone Shard Daughter📱Reckless🎧Daughter of the Moon Goddess📱Hopeless📱Tangled Up In You*-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📱All’s Fair in Love and War*🎧The Heiress🎧Girl With a Pearl Earring🎧Warlight📱The Rom-Commers*🎧Sex and Vanity📖The Secret History of Audrey James*🎧Birdsong-⭐️⭐️⭐️.5🎧The Queen’s Rising📱Right … Continue reading June 2024 Wrap UP

Book Review: The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  June 11, 2024 Format: paperback Pages: 432 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a pianist in Berlin on the cusp of WWII and a choice she makes that echoes across generations.Sometimes the best place to hide is … Continue reading Book Review: The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall

Book Review: All’s Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, May 28, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): A new Regency romp of a series, about governess who believes in cultivating joy in her charges, clashes with the children's uncle who hired her, only to find herself falling in love.When the flighty older sister of former … Continue reading Book Review: All’s Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath

Book Review: Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, May 7, 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 318 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman’s World) The Paris Library returns with a brilliant new novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France.1918: … Continue reading Book Review: Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade