On a muggy night in 1978, a Florida State University sorority girl decides to not go out with her friends—a decision that saves her life. In the early morning, Pamela investigates a noise in the house, sees a man leaving, and discovers a brutal crime. With her sorority sisters brutally murdered, Pamela finds herself in […]
historical fiction
Book Review: Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
The Cai house in Shanghai has been abandoned. The Scarlet gang is gone and it’s feud with the White Flowers is just a lingering wound in the memory of Rosalind Lange. Four years ago, Rosalind was brought back from the brink of death by a scientific serum. Now, she’s the most dangerous weapon in the […]
Book Review: The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
The premise of The Christie Affair is loosely tied to the very sensational events of 1926 when mystery author Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven day after finding out that her husband was having an affair. The burb reads: Nina de Gramont’s The Christie Affair is a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder—and a brilliant re-imagination of one […]
Book Review: The Tsarina’s Daughter by Ellen Alpsten
I thoroughly enjoyed Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten, so when I saw The Tsarina’s Daughter was available I jumped at the chance to read it. In this novel we are once again transported to the volatile inner workings of the Russian royal court—this time following the story of Elizabeth (daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I). The young Tsarevna […]
Book Review: Little Souls by Sandra Dallas
Little Souls by Sandra Dallas is a historical novel set in Denver, Colorado in 1918. It starts off strong as the main character Lucretia, or Lutie, as she’s called is walking home from her job. She comes across a small crowd gathered around a soldier, watching as the poor man dies from Spanish Flu. Hurrying home, […]
Book Review: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
It’s hard to not compare The Final Revival of Opal & Nev to Daisy Jones and the Six. Both are told in a similar format: through interviewed segments with people at the heart of the events. But Opal and Nev are not Daisy Jones and the Six. Dawnie Walton has done a magnificent job of capturing life and […]
Book Review: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is one of those authors who always manages to pull me directly into her stories in a quick manner. She is a master at world building and setting a tone. In The Four Winds she hooked me on page one. The Four Winds opens with Elsa, a formerly ill girl who has grown […]
Awesome Sale Awesome Series
I’ve loved this series since I read the very first book. It’s got everything I love about royalty, court intrigue, and ruthless power grabs! You can get all six books in the series for only 99c, so it’s the best time to get a little more familiar with two of the most intriguing women in […]
Book Review: The Winter Queen (Stolen Empire #4) by Sherry Ficklin
I’m a fan of historical fiction and I LOVE the Stolen Empire series—I can’t get enough of it. I was thrilled when I found out there was going to be another book in the series, and again when I receive a copy of Sherry Ficklin’s latest novella in the series. The Winter Queen is a […]
Book Review: A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
In the Gilded Age you needed two things to get (or stay) ahead in society: money and an established family lineage. A person simply did get by with one or the other. William Vanderbilt and his family are ripe with “new money” but find that the “respectable” social circles of New York City aren’t open […]