This story was a perfect blend of history and romance. The publisher notes say that fans of Jane Austen and Patrick O’Brian will enjoy the novel, and for once, I think the notes might be right!
Reviews
REVIEW of Fable and Namesake by Adrienne Young
Survival is paramount, and only the strong survive. For Fable, a young woman stranded on the island of Jevali, her…
REVIEW of The Canterbury Murders (Stanton & Barling #3) by E.M. Powell
Canterbury. One of the holiest sites in twelfth-century England, and one of the unluckiest. Not only has the lead-lined roof of the monumental cathedral melted to ash in a conflagration, but now one of the stonemasons repairing the building has been murdered in a horrific manner…
REVIEW of The Gentleman Spy (Serendipity and Secrets #2) by Erica Vetsch
As an agent for the crown, younger son Marcus Haverly has often risked life and limb in service of his country. With the demise of his father and older brother, however, he now bears the ducal title. Irked by his mother’s nagging, Marcus comes up with a plan to fulfill his obligations to his family by marrying and siring an heir while still being able to carry on his missions for the crown…
REVIEW of The Lost Lieutenant (Serendipity and Secrets #1) by Erica Vetsch
When Evan Eldridge returns from the Continent, a wounded war-hero, he has no idea what kind of reward the Prince Regent has in store for him. Having saved the life of the Regent’s godson, Evan finds himself in the bizarre position of being elevated to the peerage. And along with the title of earl and a broken-down manor house, the Regent is also bestowing on him the hand of a girl he’s just met…
REVIEW of Bridgerton (Netflix, 2020) and TOP TEN THINGS I learned from Bridgerton
TOP TEN THINGS I LEARNED FROM BRIDGERTON:
* If you are a young lady, and anyone anywhere says anything about you, you will be ruined forever!
* Men can do whatever they want. And women can’t. And life is unfair.
* Rolling up your sleeves is a breathtakingly alluring activity….
REVIEW of The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix, 2020)
The Queen’s Gambit tells the story of orphaned Beth Harmon, sent to live at the ultra-religious Methuen home for girls after the death of her mother in the 1950s. At the age of nine, she learns to play chess from the janitor, Mr. Shaibel, and immediately finds that she has an extraordinary talent for it. Chess becomes her escape, her purpose, and her raison d’être….
REVIEW of Loving a Lady (Brotherhood of the Black Tartan #3) by Nichole Van
Due to the peculiarities of Scottish inheritance, the Countess Violet Kerr is an earl in her own right. As such, it is her duty to take care of the estate, arrange good marriages for her sisters, and act as head of the family. Plagued by indecision, however, Violet feels paralyzed and crushed by the weight of responsibility upon her…
REVIEW of Jo and Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz
What if Jo March really was even more of a biographical study that Louisa May Alcott intended her to be? The authors of Jo & Laurie take the fictional Jo March (or is it Louisa?) and set her story in between the publication of Little Women but before the penning of Good Wives. Jo has taken her family, told some truths, some half-truths, and some untruths about them, and turned them into characters that have taken the reading public by storm….
REVIEW of The Light at Wyndcliff (Cornwall #3) by Sarah E. Ladd
Evelyn Bray lives in a world between two classes. Fallen into genteel poverty and granddaughter to the steward of the Wyndcliff estate, she is not quite a servant, but not quite a lady. When Liam Twethewey, the young heir who is just come of age, comes out to inspect his estate, he finds himself drawn to his steward’s granddaughter….
