This was absolutely fantastic! Instead of a scandal involving nudes released on social media or someone’s cloud being hacked, Sarah MacLean basically took the 19th century equivalent – a nude portrait that was only supposed to be for private viewing – and made it the source of the scandal that brings her guardian out of […]
Publisher: Random House
Average Rating: 3.95
Blog Tour: A Shadow Bright And Burning
I’m always up for a book about magic, but add a historical setting, and there’s no question that I’m in. The world building was very good. I was drawn into the deft way that historical society was melded with the fantasy elements. Henrietta is poor, but manages to make her way in he […]
Ex Libris Romance (65)
I approached this one with some trepidation because of the title, but it ended up being kind of interesting. First, the heroine is more interested in social justice for girls who are essentially trapped in brothels and has made it her life’s work to rescue them. She and Bryson have a history, which is […]
Blog Tour: The Shadow Hour
Welcome to the blog tour for The Shadow Hour, book two in The Girl at Midnight series. After you read my thoughts, don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a finished copy and check out the other stops on the tour! The Girl At Midnight was one of my happy surprises […]
Ex Libris Romance (64)
I went back and forth about this one. On the one hand, I love the fact that she was a single mom who needed to work and was constantly being underestimated by people because she was a female (and then proving them wrong). On the other hand, I think Michael was a little two […]
Blog Tour: Never Missing, Never Found
Kidnappings seem to be a popular theme this summer and fall in YA, and in Never Missing, Never Found, we are thrown into Scarlett’s story with a haunting prologue. Even though it has been more than a few years since her return, things aren’t the same. Her sister ignores her, her mother is gone, […]
Blog Tour + Giveaway: How To Hang A Witch
Being descended form a Mayflower family, I have always had a particular interest in the the first settlements of the Pilgrims. My one and only visit to Salem revealed that they do, in fact, capitalize on the town’s dark history. (I was there on Halloween. It was very interesting.) The weight of history lingers, or […]
Ex Libris Romance (62)
The second in the Highland Knights series was just as strong as the first installment. The intrigue continues as the band of Highlanders navigate the world of espionage post-Waterloo England. Our heroine, who is the sister of book one’s love interest, was an interesting character. She is an author, quite the scandal at the time, […]
Summer Of Supernovas By Darcy Woods
Wil uses a lot of touchstones to anchor her life. She has her Gran, a driving force and substitute parent, she has her friend Irina, and she has her astrology. The astrology is her connection to her mother, and it if she can stick with it and use it to guide her life, it’s […]
Blog Tour: The Darkest Corners
The first thing I knew about Tessa was that she held painful secrets, even from herself. As the book opens, Tessa is heading home and the memories that “home” beings are not pleasant. Slowly, the reader learns about why Tessa left and why her return home has brought back so many memories. Apart from […]