Books for the Perfect Escape
A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an ‘old maid’ to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist … Continue reading The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman #BookReview #HistoricalThriller #RegencyRomance #Excerpt
Italy, 1943. A castle once full of love and laughter is left in ruins by the Nazis, as three sisters are torn apart by one terrible mistake… New York, present … Continue reading Secrets of the Italian Island by Barbara Josselsohn #BookReview #Mystery #Historical
Revolution is a bloodthirsty business . . . especially when vampires are involved. It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires—usually rich and aristocratic—have slaked the … Continue reading Historical Fantasy Book Review | Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
These are gallery style, so just click or tap the first picture for each book to scroll through for the blurb and review. Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen … Continue reading Bullet-Point Reviews: Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen and The Daydreams by Laura Hankin #Historical #WomensFiction
Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller Book Blurb: Diana Biller’s Hotel of Secrets is chock full of banter-filled shenanigans, must-have-you kisses, and romance certain to light a fire in the hearts of … Continue reading Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller and The Plus One by Mazey Eddings #bookreviews #romcom #historicalmystery#mentalhealthawareness
Infamous by Lex Croucher Twenty-two-year-old aspiring writer Edith (“Eddie”) Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together—from climbing trees and sneaking bottles of wine, to extensive kissing … Continue reading Infamous by Lex Croucher and Weyward by Emilia Hart #bookreviews #HistoricalFiction
Charlotte Holmes’s life is in peril when her brilliant deductive skills are put to the test in her most dangerous investigation yet, locked aboard a ship at sea.After feigning her … Continue reading The Lady Sherlock Series | A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas #BookReview #SherlockHolmes #Mystery
Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. … Continue reading Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz #BookReview #Historical #Fantasy
In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she’s pursued by a secretive patron who may … Continue reading Nocturne by Alyssa Wees #BookReview #historical #fantasy
Thank you for the free books @BerkleyPub #berkleypartner #berkley The following books were sent to me by Berkley Publishers last week, and I just thought they looked so good that … Continue reading Book Mail: Two Noteworthy Novels Coming Out 21 February 2023
A high-octane thriller that sets Dan Clifford against ancient secret societies vying for power in the modern world; in the vein of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series. In The Third Instinct, … Continue reading The Third Instinct by Kent Lester #BookReview #Thriller
WHO IS THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary … Continue reading Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese | #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Retelling
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