Category Archives: Reviews
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn #historicalfiction #review #5stars #audible #audiobook
Overview The hidden history of Bletchley Park has been waiting for a master storyteller like Kate Quinn to bring it to life. The Rose Code effortlessly evokes the frantic, nervy, exuberant world of the Enigma codebreakers through the eyes of three extraordinary … Continue reading
The Kaiser’s Web by Steve Berry @stmartinspress #review #historicalmystery
Overview In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s latest Cotton Malone adventure, a secret dossier from a World War II-era Soviet spy comes to light containing information that, if proven true, would not only rewrite history — it could impact Germany’s upcoming … Continue reading
Rhapsody by Michael James Kaplan
Overview Mitchell James Kaplan [brings] his impressive knowledge of history, composition, and the heart’s whims to bear on this shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin’s star-crossed love.” —Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z and A Good Neighborhood “A lilting, jazzy ballad … Continue reading
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner @Parkrowbooks @sl_penner #historicalfiction #5stars #review
The Lost Apothecary : A Novel Sarah PennerOn Sale Date: March 2, 2021 9780778311010, 0778311015 Hardcover$27.99 USD 320 pages Overview In this addictive and spectacularly imagined debut, a female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who … Continue reading
The Family Ship by Sonja Yoerg #5stars #review #fiction @SonjaYoerg @LUauthors
Overview From the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of True Places comes a disarming and emotional novel about a family in distress and a daughter’s mission to keep it from going under. Chesapeake Bay, 1980. Eighteen-year-old Verity Vergennes is the captain of … Continue reading
Somebody to Love by Sharon Sala #giveaway #excerpt #review @sourcebooks @sharonsala1
Somebody to Love by Sharon Sala Publication Date: 2/23/2021 Overview Welcome to Blessings, Georgia! Whether you’ve lived here your whole life, you’re returning after years of being away, or you’re new in town, you’re sure to find the happy ending you’ve always been … Continue reading
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine @Livconstatine2 @suzyapbooktours #review #fiction #suspense
Overview The bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish returns with a psychological thriller, filled with chilling serpentine twists, about a woman fighting to hold onto the only family she’s ever loved—and how far she’ll go to preserve it. Named … Continue reading
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot #audible #audiobook #audiblebook
Overview These are the stories that catapulted James Herriot to literary fame. When this book was first published, it was merely a simple volume of memoirs by an unknown Scottish veterinarian. But within a year, the book became recognized as … Continue reading
The English Wife by Adrienne Chinn #review #fiction
Overview Two women, a world apart. A secret waiting to be discovered… VE Day 1945: As victory bells ring out across the country, war bride Ellie Burgess’ happiness is overshadowed by grief. Her charismatic Newfoundlander husband Thomas is still missing … Continue reading
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner @SusanMeissner @BerkleyPub #5stars #historicalfiction #review
Overview April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate … Continue reading