Always Emily supposes a period of time in the life of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, two sisters known by history for their Gothic novels. (Sister Anne is not featured n this book). While it takes what we know of their personalities and creates a story, it also turns into a Gothic novel itself with […]
Category: historical
Witchfall By Victoria Lamb
Witchfall, the second in the Tudor Witch Series, brings us back into Meg Lytton’s world in which she seems to escape one danger, only to find many more waiting int he wings. Her position with Elizabeth still protects her from much of the scrutiny she might face as someone who has been accused of […]
The Falconer By Elizabeth May
The Falconer Author: Elizabeth May Category: Young Adult Publisher: Chronicle Books Release Date: 5-6-14 Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, was destined for a life carefully planned around Edinburgh’s social events – right up until a faery killed her mother. Now it’s the 1844 winter season and Aileana slaughters faeries […]
Ex Libris Audio: Out Of The Easy
Out Of The Easy Author: Ruta Sepetys Narrator: Lauren Fortgang Performance: Excellent Available Now It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than […]
Sekret By Lindsay Smith
Sekret Author: Lindsay Smith Category: Young Adult Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Release Date: 4-1-14 Yulia’s father always taught her to hide her thoughts and control her emotions to survive the harsh realities of Soviet Russia. But when she’s captured by the KGB and forced to work as a psychic spy with a mission to undermine the U.S. […]
Manor Of Secrets By Katherine Longshore
Manor Of Secrets Author: Katherine Longshore Category: Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Release Date: 1-28-14 The year is 1911. And at The Manor, nothing is as it seems . . . Lady Charlotte Edmonds: Beautiful, wealthy, and sheltered, Charlotte feels suffocated by the strictures of upper-crust society. She longs to see the world beyond The Manor, […]
Diamonds & Deceit by Leila Rasheed
Diamonds & Deceit (At Somerton #2) Author: Leila Rasheed Category: Young Adult Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: 1-7-14 London is a whirl of balls and teas, alliances and rivalries. Rose has never felt more out of place. With the Season in full swing, she can’t help but still feel a servant dressed up in diamonds and […]
A Mad, Wicked Folly By Sharon Biggs Waller
A Mad, Wicked Folly Author: Sharon Biggs Waller Category: Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Release Date: 1-23-14 Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old […]
Witchstruck by Victoria Lamb
Witchstruck Author: Victoria Lamb Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: 9-24-13 Meg Lytton has always known she is different—that she bears a dark and powerful gift. But in 1554 England, in service at Woodstock Palace to the banished Tudor princess Elizabeth, it has never been more dangerous to practice witchcraft. Meg knows she […]
Review + Giveaway: A Spear Of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
A Spear Of Summer Grass Author: Deanna Raybourn Category: Fiction Format: ARC Publisher: Harlequin/Mira Release Date: 4-30-13 The daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond is already notorious, even amongst Paris society. But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch. Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather’s […]