REVIEW: Roses for Christmas by Betty Neels
QUITE BY CHANCE? Eleanor not only remembered the domineering Fulk van Hensum from her childhood, she recalled how much she had disliked him. Now Eleanor was grown-up and a qualified nurse, and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Every Witch Way (Schubert Book 1) by Kirsty Ferry
A glorious fun read from Kirsty Ferry. Sit back with a glass of fizz or a hot chocolate and enjoy this perfect little treat! Time for a Halloween road trip … Nessa hates her full name – Agnes – which...
View ArticleREVIEW: Finding the One by Kristen Ashley
Content notes: Spoiler: Show death of a parent Dear Kristen Ashley, The River Rain series has been a bit of a mixed bag for me overall and Finding the One, book 7, was that all in itself. Overall, I...
View ArticleREVIEW: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley
It is the year 1613, and King James is sending his messenger Andrew Logan into Scotland with secret orders to arrest Sir David Moray, close friend and advisor of the late Prince Henry. Secrets are...
View ArticleREVIEW: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley
It is the year 1613, and King James is sending his messenger Andrew Logan into Scotland with secret orders to arrest Sir David Moray, close friend and advisor of the late Prince Henry. Secrets are...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz
Virigina plantation life is all she has ever known. But could the life she was meant to live be waiting on a distant shore? In 1774, Juliet Catesby lives with her father and sister at Royal Vale, the...
View ArticleREVIEW: A Christmas Secret (Schubert Book 2) by Kirsty Ferry
A heart-warming fun read from Kirsty Ferry, perfect for cat lovers. What if a secret from Christmas past was stopping you from moving on to Christmas future? When Hugo McCreadie steps into Isla...
View ArticleREVIEW: Susan Settles Down by Molly Clavering
“Don’t, please, write and tell me that we’re mad. I know it already; and even if I didn’t, every friend we possess has pointed it out. My spirit is quailing at the prospect of life at Easter Hartrigg,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Dear Hugo by Molly Clavering
“When the time comes for you to retire, Hugo, if you want a quiet life, don’t settle down in the country. Bury yourself in London or any really large city, and you can live like a hermit, but avoid...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Island Cottage by Jane Lovering
When Brid Harcus is sent to the Orkney Islands, in the far reaches of Scotland, she has high hopes for her trip being short, straightforward and lucrative. Her mother has inherited a cottage from her...
View ArticleREVIEW: Cassandra by Chance by Betty Neels
He needed her as a nurse, not a woman Benedict van Manfeld was one of the surliest, most unfriendly men Cassandra had ever met. But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam
In 1920s Edinburgh, Scotland, Evelyn Hazard is a young, middle-class housewife living the life she’s always expected—until her husband, Robert, upends everything with a startling announcement: he can...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Baker’s Daughter by D.E. Stevenson
Review This is – as one ought to say when one is in an art gallery – interesting. But despite the fact that there is a happy ending to the romance, it’s not all that romantic. No, it’s more a...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz
Dear Ms. Frantz, Last year when I read “A Heart Adrift,” I wrote this in my review and I’m going to repeat it here as it applies to this book, too. “As I’ve tagged this with “inspirational,” I’ll go...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake
Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Rathna has a gift for doorways. When a portal in the Scottish Highlands stops...
View ArticleREVIEW: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Paris, 1889 The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe…including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from...
View ArticleFriday Film Review: Falling for Figaro
Falling for Figaro (2021) Genre: Romantic Comedy Grade B+ I was on an airplane and everyone knows that you watch movies on airplanes that you don’t normally watch at home (at least that’s true for...
View ArticleREVIEW: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
I’ve read two previous books by Dana Schwartz, Choose Your Own Disaster and The White Man’s Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon. Both were non-fiction(ish?) – the first a memoir with a...
View ArticleLayla’s Best of 2021
Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light This was probably my favorite book of the year. I don’t read m/m romance much, but this book had me hooked. Full of angst and tension, containing a swoon worthy romance...
View ArticleREVIEW: Dillon’s Promise by Cheryl Reavis
“Cinda Richards brings you the lovable, roguish, obstinate, utterly unforgettable Scotsman Dillon Cameron. Haunted by a deathbed promise, and shocked to learn that, in a moment of wrenching grief, he...
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