Book Review: Necessary Lies By Diane Chamberlain
NECESSARY LIES By: Diane Chamberlain Published: September 3, 2013 Fiction I am late to the Diane Chamberlain fan club. I have heard others rave about her books, but haven’t read any until now. I can’t wait to be sucked in to another one of her books. If you like books that are written around a…
Read More Book Giveaway: A HUNDRED SUMMERS By Beatriz Williams
A HUNDRED SUMMERS: A NOVEL By Beatriz Williams Published: May 30, 2013 Berkley Trade Paperback Reprint: April 1, 2014 A HUNDRED SUMMERS by Beatriz Williams is now available in paperback. This captivating tale will be just the book to get you in the mood for summer. It was one of my favorites from 2013. See…
Read More Book Review: Fallen Beauty By Erika Robuck
FALLEN BEAUTY By: Erika Robuck Published: March 4, 2014 Fiction I am thrilled to be a part of the FALLEN BEAUTY Official Blog Tour. Today FALLEN BEAUTY is officially on sale. You can get your very own copy, HERE. Erika Robuck will embark on a national tour in March, meeting with booksellers, bloggers, and readers…
Read More Book Review: A Fall of Marigolds By Susan Meissner
A FALL OF MARIGOLDS By: Susan Meissner Published: February 4, 2014 Fiction So many of the books I have read lately take a story from the past and merge it with the present. I have loved how it was done in other novels like ORPHAN TRAIN, THE STORYTELLER, and CALLING ME HOME and this one…
Read More Book Review: Wake By Anna Hope
WAKE: A Novel By: Anna Hope Published: February 11, 2014 Fiction I love finding new authors, and Anna Hope’s debut novel is one that will keep her readers wanting more. This novel came to me highly recommended by the publisher and now I am highly recommending it to you. WAKE takes you through just five…
Read More Book Review: A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
A HUNDRED SUMMERS By: Beatriz Williams Published: May 30, 2013 Fiction A HUNDRED SUMMERS tells the story of two friends, Budgie and Lily. They have grown up spending their summers together on Seaview, a oceanfront community in Rhode Island. The book begins in 1931 while the two are in college and meet two dashing football…
Read More Book Review: The Kitchen House By Kathleen Grissom
THE KITCHEN HOUSE By: Kathleen Grissom Published: February 2, 2010 ***** When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family. Orphaned while on board a ship from Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the…
Read More Book Review: Wicked Wives by Gus Pelagatti
WICKED WIVES A Novel Based On A True Story By: Gus Pelagatti Published: July 1, 2008 **** “Wicked Wives” is based on the true story of the 1938 Philadelphia murder scandals in which seventeen wives were arrested for murdering their husbands. Mastermind conspirator Giorgio DiSipio, a stunning lothario and local tailor who preys upon disenchanted…
Read More Book Review: Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
YELLOW CROCUS: A NOVEL By: Laila Ibrahim Published: December 17, 2010 ***** Mattie was never truly mine. That knowledge must have filled me as quickly and surely as the milk from her breasts. Although my family ‘owned’ her, although she occupied the center of my universe, her deepest affections lay elsewhere. So along with…
Read More Book Review: The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
THE YELLOW HOUSE By Patricia Falvey Published: February 15, 2010 ***** THE YELLOW HOUSE delves into the passion and politics of Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th Century. Eileen O’Neill’s family is torn apart by religious intolerance and secrets from the past. Determined to reclaim her ancestral home and reunite her family, Eileen…
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