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REVIEW: The Wedding Ring Quest by Carla Kelly
“Searching for a ring…finding a family! Penniless Mary Rennie knows she’s lucky to have a home with relatives in Edinburgh, but she does crave more excitement in her life. So when her cousin’s ring is...
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REVIEW: The Falconer by Elizabeth May
Dear Ms. May, I admit it. I’m jaded on the speculative fiction genre. It’s not that I’ve seen it all because I don’t think that’s the case. How is that even possible? I just think that a lot of what’s...
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REVIEW: Never Forget Me by Marguerite Kaye
AS WAR BLAZES ACROSS EUROPE, THREE COUPLES FIND A LOVE THAT IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO OVERCOME ALL THE ODDS… A KISS GOODBYE, 1914 As war looms, genteel Flora yearns to be more than just an observer. She...
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Friday News: Controversial new Spider Woman cover, Canadian copyright’s...
New Spider-Woman comic cover condemned for ‘blatant sexualisation’ – An interesting illustration of the disconnect between the diversification of the comic reader and those still producing them (and a...
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REVIEW: Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young
Dear Ms. Young: Shannon MacLeod is on the run. She’s fled Glasgow, her home town, to escape her last boyfriend, who beat her to a pulp. She’s come to Edinburgh to start her life over. First order of...
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REVIEW: The Masked Songbird by Emmie Mears
Mildly hapless Edinburgh accountant Gwenllian Maule is surviving. She’s got a boyfriend, a rescued pet bird and a roommate to share rent. Gwen’s biggest challenges: stretching her last twenty bucks...
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REVIEW: Holly’s Christmas Kiss by Alison May
Holly Michelle Jolly hates Christmas and she has a good reason to. Apart from her ridiculously festive name which made her the brunt of jokes at school, tragic and unfortunate events have a habit of...
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REVIEW: Family Plot by Sheri Cobb South
The third installment of the John Pickett series finds Bow Street Runner Pickett in Scotland investigating a woman found unconscious on the beach–a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the local...
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REVIEW: Listening Valley by D.E. Stevenson
Tonia has lived all her life in the quiet Scottish countryside and can’t imagine herself anywhere else. But when her beloved older sister gets married and moves away, Tonia begins to wonder if there...
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REVIEW: A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread-its secrets safe from prying eyes. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas has been hired by a once-famous...
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REVIEW: Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young
Dear Ms. Young: Your On Dublin Street series has been one of my favorite NA series. So much so that several of them have ended up on my Top 10 lists over the last few years. So of course I wanted to...
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REVIEW: Celia’s House by D.E. Stevenson
There’s no place like home Celia Dunne may be an old spinster, but she’s no fool. She knows that changing her will to leave the grand family estate, Dunnian, to her grand-nephew will ruffle feathers...
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REVIEW: The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne
Dear Ms. Byrne, More and more, it seems like the newer crop of historical romances are leaving the history behind. I’m not a stickler for historicity, but I want a historical romance to have at least...
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REVIEW: Amberwell by D. E. Stevenson
It was dark when Nell Ayrton got to Carlisle. There had been a raid in the Midlands and the station was blacked-out and in chaos. Nell ran wildly from one side of the enormous station to the other,...
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REVIEW: Doing No Harm by Carla Kelly
Dear Carla Kelly, I saw Doing No Harm featured (mentioned?) on a New Releases post here a few weeks ago and, like I often do with the New Releases posts (*shakes fist*) I immediately one-clicked. The...
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REVIEW: A Taste of Heaven by Penny Watson
“Create one perfect bite.” Good little widow Sophia Brown always follows the rules. When the producer of a cooking competition requests an amuse-bouche, the chefs stick with proteins. Sauces. A savory...
View ArticleWednesday News: Kitty-in-Boots, Fakespot, #1000BlackGirlBooks, and Scotland...
100 Years Later, Beatrix Potter’s Tale Of A Fanciful Feline To Be Published – Penguin UK editor Jo Hanks happened to find an unfinished copy of a new Beatrix Potter series, Kitty-in-Boots, that Potter...
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REVIEW: Antonia Barclay and Her Scottish Claymore by Jane Carter Barrett
Antonía Barclay and Her Scottish Claymore is an unconventional historical romance that hums with energy, wordplay, swordplay, and a touch of melodrama. In 1586, Antonía Barclay embarks on a quest to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Death on the Machar by Angus MacVicar
Kenneth Davidson expected his wedding day to be full of Joy and Happiness. He did not expect his new wife to be abducted. Just after the end of World War II, Margaret and Kenneth Davidson are married...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rebel Warrior by Regan Walker
When your destiny lies far from where you began … Scotland 1072 The Norman Conqueror robbed Steinar of Talisand of his noble father and his lands, forcing him to flee to Scotland while still recovering...
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