June 9, 2020

Bonnie

“She could still tell herself it was a love story.” I knew who Bonnie & Clyde were, of course, and I’ve seen their final photo many […]
June 14, 2020

Hurry Home

Fantastic book. I was sure I knew who was who, had a pretty good feeling about what was what and what would be … and I […]
July 5, 2020

The Guardian of Lies

This was an incredible book. From the first paragraph I was glued to Eloïse’s side, riding shotgun with her through the twists and hard turns of […]
August 2, 2020

The Secret Messenger

I loved this book – as I loved Ms Robotham’s first, “The German Midwife”. She has a powerful voice and her first-person narration is beautiful. I […]
August 10, 2020

Inadvertent Abandonment

The Industrial Revolution brought tens of thousands of people from rural locations to the cities, where they were met with terrible, filthy living conditions and rare […]
August 10, 2020

Entering the Orphanage

Besides the pain of being torn from their friends, Winny and Mary must also suffer the humiliation of the orphanage, and though some of this was […]
August 14, 2020

The Spoon Stealer

“I loved The Spoon Stealer so much, for so many reasons. Emmeline and Vera were the most delightful lead characters I have read in a long […]
September 29, 2020

The Last Garden in England

Bestselling author Julia Kelly plants the seed of an idea, nurtures it into a vivid, intriguing seedling, then fertilizes, prunes, and shapes its various twisting branches […]
November 24, 2020

The Lost Queen/The Forgotten Kingdom

Someone suggested I read Signe Pike’s first novel, “The Lost Queen”, but I was loaded up with books to read, so I hesitated. “What’s it about?” […]