Tag: Lauren Willig

  • REVIEW of The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig

    REVIEW of The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig

    Letty Alsworth is decidedly against the idea of elopement. When she discovers that her older sister Mary intends to run off in the middle of the night with Geoffrey Pinchingdale-Snipe, she throws a cloak over her nightdress and goes downstairs to expostulate with the crazed gentleman. In an unexpected turn of events, Letty finds herself…

  • REVIEW of The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) by Lauren Willig

    REVIEW of The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) by Lauren Willig

    Grad student Eloise Kelly is in England researching the network of spies surrounding the English hero, the Pink Carnation, when dreamy Colin Selwick invites her to investigate the archives at his ancient manor house. In between trying to ascertain whether Colin is flirting with her and enduring the slings and arrows of outraged locals, Eloise…

  • REVIEW of The Summer Country by Lauren Willig

    REVIEW of The Summer Country by Lauren Willig

    When Emily Dawson’s grandfather dies, he leaves her a plantation named Peverills on the faraway island of Barbados. Traveling to the land of eternal summer, Emily discovers that her new inheritance burned down years ago in a slave revolt. Unsure whether to sell the place or find a way to salvage it and cultivate sugar…

  • REVIEW of The Glass Ocean by Williams, Willig, and White

    REVIEW of The Glass Ocean by Williams, Willig, and White

    This story weaves together the lives of three different women as it explores one of the iconic episodes of American history, the sinking of the Lusitania. We learn first about Sarah Blake, a struggling author from the current day trying to track down the story of what happened to her ancestor on board the ill-fated…

  • REVIEW of The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig

    REVIEW of The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig

    Rachel Woodley is working as a nursery governess in France when the telegram comes. Her hardworking mother, the only person left to her in life, is dying of influenza. When she arrives back in England, however, Rachel finds that she is too late–the funeral has already occurred, and her only role now is to clean…

  • REVIEW of The English Wife, by Lauren Willig

    REVIEW of The English Wife, by Lauren Willig

    The place is New York, the time is just before the turn of the 19th century, and the crime is the murder of Society favorite Bayard van Duyvil and disappearance of his wife Annabelle. When Bay brought Annabelle over from England five years ago, they seemed to have a fairy tale romance, but now ugly…

  • REVIEW of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, by Lauren Willig

    “Sync’ me! If it isn’t that demmed, elusive pimpernel!” The Scarlet Pimpernel has always been a favorite of mine, the book, the musical, and both the movie versions–starring Leslie Howard (1934) and Anthony Andrews (1982). Perusing several historical fiction blogs, I was intrigued to learn that Lauren Willig has created a whole spin-off series from…