Published March 7, 2023 Author: K.J. Charles Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Charles Abandoned by his father as a small child, Sir Gareth Inglis has grown up prickly, cold, and well-used to disappointment. Even so, he longs for a connection, falling headfirst into a passionate anonymous affair that's over almost… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman (Doomsday Books #1) (ARC) ~
Tag: historical fiction
~ Book Review: The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Kingdom #1) (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Hannah Whitten In this lush, romantic new epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten, a young woman's secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King's royal court. When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Kingdom #1) (ARC) ~
Book Review: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (ARC)
Expected publication March 2, 2023 Author: Peter Oxley London, 1868. The streets are haunted by thieves, murderers… and demons from beyond the Aether. Spencer and Bart are the city’s most incompetent crooks, and they are in deep trouble. Hunted by both police and their fellow criminals, they are forced to consider the unthinkable —going straight.… Continue reading Book Review: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (ARC)
~ Can’t Wait Wednesday: Hyacinth (Bellamy Sisters #2) by Minerva Spencer ~
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. This week's novel: Book Details: Title: Hyacinth (Bellamy Sisters #2)… Continue reading ~ Can’t Wait Wednesday: Hyacinth (Bellamy Sisters #2) by Minerva Spencer ~
~ Can’t Wait Wednesday: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell ~
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. This week's novel: Book Details: Title: Artfully Yours Author: Joanna Lowell… Continue reading ~ Can’t Wait Wednesday: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell ~
~ Book Review: Hamnet ~
Published March 31, 2020 Author: Maggie O'Farrell Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, Hamnet is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child. Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Hamnet ~
Book Review: The Worst Woman in London (ARC)
Expected publication: February 2nd 2023 Author: Julia Bennet A defiant Victorian wife fights to escape a bad marriage but her love for a forbidden man jeopardizes her chance at freedom. James Standish knows how to play society’s game. He’ll follow the rules, marry a virginal debutante, and inherit a massive fortune. At least, that’s the… Continue reading Book Review: The Worst Woman in London (ARC)
Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9)
Published 1934 Author: Agatha Christie Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the famous Orient Express in its tracks as it travels through the mountainous Balkans. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year but, by the morning, it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed… Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9)
Audiobook Review: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
Published August 6th 1996 Author: George R.R. Martin Narrator: Roy Dotrice Audiobook Length: 33 hours 46 minutes Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen… Continue reading Audiobook Review: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
~ Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge (2022 Edition) ~
Back in January, I decided to participate in two backlist reading challenges. The first is the TBR Knockout and the second is this Beat the Backlist reading challenge. This challenge has multiple options as there is: counting the backlist titles, following either a 24 or 52 prompt list, following either a 24 or 52 prompt… Continue reading ~ Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge (2022 Edition) ~
Book Review: Sorrowland
Published May 4th 2021 Author: Rivers Solomon Vern - seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised - flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world. But even in the… Continue reading Book Review: Sorrowland
Audiobook Review: Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove
Published October 18th 2022 Author: Rati Mehrotra Narrator: Zehra Naqvi Audiobook Length: 14 hours 12 minutes To learn what she can become, she must first discover who she is. Katyani’s role in the kingdom of Chandela has always been clear: becoming an advisor and protector of the crown prince, Ayan, when he ascends to the… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove
Audiobook Review: The Bronzed Beasts (The Gilded Wolves #3)
Published September 21st 2021 Author: Roshani Chokshi Narrators: Laurie Catherine Winkel & P.J. Ochlan Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes In love they breathed. In destiny they believed. In the end, will divinity be their demise? After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Bronzed Beasts (The Gilded Wolves #3)
Audiobook Review: The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2)
Published September 22nd 2020 Author: Roshani Chokshi Narrators: Laurie Catherine Winkel & P.J. Ochlan Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with another riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Silvered Serpents.… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2)
Audiobook Review: Blood of Troy (Daughter of Sparta #2)
Published September 6th 2022 Author: Claire M. Andrews Narrators: Brittany Pressley Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes The sequel to Daughter of Sparta thrusts warrior Daphne and her love interest, the Olympian god Apollo, into the middle of the Trojan War in an epic YA fantasy reimagining of Greek mythology. A year after saving the powers of… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Blood of Troy (Daughter of Sparta #2)
Audiobook Review: Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2)
Published August 7th 2012 Author: Kendare Blake Narrator: August Ross Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes It's been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can't move on. His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2)
Book Review: Never Rescue a Rogue (The Merriwell Sisters #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 8th 2022 Author: Virginia Heath Virginia Heath’s Never Rescue a Rogue, the next book in the Merriwell Sisters series, is filled with whip-smart banter, swoony romance, hilarious mishaps, and twisty reveals that will make you gasp and laugh in delight. Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair only tolerate one another for the sake of… Continue reading Book Review: Never Rescue a Rogue (The Merriwell Sisters #2) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1)
Published October 17th 2011 Author: Kendare Blake Narrator: August Ross Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1)
Audiobook Review: The Once and Future Witches
Published October 13th 2020 Author: Alix E. Harrow Narrator: Gabra Zackman Audiobook Length: 16 hours 3 minutes In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Once and Future Witches
Audiobook Review: The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1)
Published January 15th 2019 Author: Roshani Chokshi Narrators: Laurie Catherine Winkel & P.J. Ochlan Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change--one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires... It's 1889. The city is on the cusp… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1)
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