BLURB: Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her…
Category: Historical
A Breath of Snow and Ashes – Review
BLURB: A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North…
The Letter – Review
BLURB: Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and…
Black Rabbit Hall – Review
Eve Chase is a vastly underrated author in America, in my opinion. Her haunting stories centered around large estates in England with hidden secrets never fail to capture my heart and imagination. Now I’m wondering why it took me so long to finally check this book off my list! BLURB: Ghosts are everywhere, not just…
The Fiery Cross – Review
BLURB: The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy—a time-traveler’s certain knowledge. Claire’s unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the…
The Wish Collector – Review
Ahhh. That’s a sigh of happiness and contentment because Mia Sheridan filled my heart to the brim, yet again! Once I could find the time to settle my brain (and my kids!) and focus on reading, this book completely sucked me in. I didn’t want to put it down for a second, thanks to the…
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – Review
Many thanks to Netgalley and Tor Books for the chance to read this book early. Prior to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, I’d never read a V.E. Schwab book, but as soon as I came across this blurb I couldn’t resist! And my goodness, V.E. Schwab can WRITE! I absolutely wanted to absorb every…
The Hiding Place – Review
BLURB: At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty years of her life nothing at all out of the ordinary had ever happened to her. She was an old-maid watchmaker living contentedly with her spinster sister and their…
Where the Lost Wander – Review
Amy Harmon does it again and I can’t even say I’m surprised. She’s a dynamic writer, with each book being better than the last. Where the Lost Wander may be my new favorite of hers. I’m certain this book will be at the top of my list of favorites for 2020. The word that comes…
My Brilliant Friend – Review
BLURB: A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on…
The Only Plane in the Sky – Review
I can’t think of a better book to close out the decade than The Only Plane in the Sky. This is one of the most important books I’ve ever read, a book I think should be required reading for all Americans, especially the younger generations. BLURB: Over the past eighteen years, monumental literature has been…
The Glittering Hour – Blog Tour / Review
About the Author: IONA GREY is the author of the award winning Letters to the Lost. She has a degree in English Literature and Language from Manchester University, an obsession with history and an enduring fascination with the lives of women in the twentieth century. She lives in rural Cheshire with her husband and three daughters….
Secrets of the Chocolate House – Review
So many thanks to St. Martin’s Press & Netgalley for the chance to read this novel. Almost exactly a year ago I read The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston and was absolutely absorbed. Twelve months later, the same is true with Secrets of the Chocolate House! The Found Things Series is completely…
The Summer Garden – Review
NOTE: If you plan on reading this series, you may want to skip this review! Spoilers are likely, with this being the third and final book in the series. The Bronze Horseman – Review Tatiana & Alexander – Review BLURB: Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century…
Time After Time – Review
Many thanks to Netgalley and Random House for the chance to read this novel. BLURB: A magical love story, inspired by the legend of a woman who vanished from Grand Central Terminal, sweeps readers from the 1920s to World War II and beyond, in the spirit of The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button….
Prairie Fever – Blog Tour/Excerpt
Excerpt: “Something is in his belfry,” said Anton. “Well, I should hope so,” said Elise. “I would think they made sure of that before they hired him.“ She learned from the Bulgarian brothers that none of the boys at school cared for Mr. McQueen. But none could say why. If only they had said why….
Firefly Lane – Review
Kristin Hannah is quickly making her way to the top of my list of favorite authors. Her novels are among the most evocative I have ever read. This book alone made me sob like I was a character in the story myself! When I discovered the Firefly Lane series was becoming a Netflix show in…
Woman 99 – Review
Many thanks to SourceBooks and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this novel! As soon as I saw this cover and read the synopsis of Woman 99, I had to have it. I love “crazy” characters or those who think outside of the box. The idea of a book set in an asylum…
Winter Garden – Review
Again, I’m blown away by Kristin Hannah’s ability to create such evocative novels, time after time. Both, The Nightingale and The Great Alone were five-star reads for me and I decided it was high time to make my way through her popular backlist books. Winter Garden has been sitting on my TBR for nearly three…
Letters from Rifka – Review
BLURB: “America,” the girl repeated. “What will you do there?” I was silent for a little time. “I will do everything there,” I answered. Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia with her family in 1919. But she dreams that in the new country she will, at last, be safe from the…
Ashes Books & Bobs 