Kitty St. Clair’s Last Dance by Kate Robb is a delightful contemporary romance with elements of magical realism. Set in a small town in Ontario, Canada, the story is told in first person from the point of view of Jules, a young woman who has had some disappointments in life and has decided to justContinue reading "ARC Review: Kitty Sinclair’s Last Dance by Kate Robb"
ARC Review: Murder in Trafalgar Square by Michelle Salter
Murder in Trafalgar Square is book one in Michelle Salter's new Fairbanks and Flynn Mysteries series, and in my opinion it's a great introduction to the series. Set in England in the early twentieth century, the book opens in the middle of a riot involving a protest for women's rights. Coral Fairbanks is a participantContinue reading "ARC Review: Murder in Trafalgar Square by Michelle Salter"
ARC Review: Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner
Murder at Blackwood Inn is the first book in the new cozy mystery series, Haunted Dead and Breakfast, by Penny Warner. Carissa Blackwood has come to Pelican Point to help her aunts start a new business, Blackwood Bed and Breakfast Inn, in the old family home. From the moment she arrives it's apparent to theContinue reading "ARC Review: Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner"
ARC Review: Murder in Miniature by Katie Tietjen
Murder in Miniature by Katie Tietjen is book 2 in the Maple Bishop series but is easily read as a standalone novel. Set in 1947, recently widowed Maple Bishop is the owner of a small business making dollhouses, and on the side she has begun creating miniatures of crime scenes to aid the local policeContinue reading "ARC Review: Murder in Miniature by Katie Tietjen"
ARC Review: A Tale of Two Dukes by Emma Orchard
A Tale of Two Dukes by Emma Orchard is a standalone (from what I can tell) Regency romance. Viola was 17 when she wed the Duke of Winterflood, a man about 30 years her senior, in order to provide him with an heir, and protect her family from penury. Her life is miserable until theContinue reading "ARC Review: A Tale of Two Dukes by Emma Orchard"