I felt a tiny bit of trepidation when I saw My Oxford Year being compared to Me Before You, only because my immediate reaction was to protect my poor heart. However, while My Oxford Year definitely had some sadness to it, I found it to be an utterly romantic and ultimately uplifting story. As we […]
Publisher: William Morrow
Average Rating: 3.73
The Affliction By Beth Gutcheon
I don’t consider myself a mystery reader, but every time I pick one up I end up enjoying it. Such was the case with The Affliction, which hovers in the cozy mystery category, although I’m not sure it really fits that mold. Maggie finds herself, in the course of helping a failing private school, […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Bronze Horseman
I have heard about The Bronze Horseman for years, mostly from people asking for books to read after they finished Outlander. I can see why so many Outlander fans adore these books. There are larger-than-life main characters, a lot of sex (a LOT), and a middle section that was so boring I wanted to poke […]
Excerpt: Last Christmas In Paris
I was offered the chance to post an excerpt of Last Christmas in Paris and even though I haven’t read it, yet (I can’t wait!) the excerpt made me want to read more. Pretty much anything set during WWI is going to get my attention! Before you read, here’s a little bit about the […]
Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robson
Without romanticizing the horrors of war, Goodnight From London painted a compelling picture of what it meant to make your home in a country at war as well as describing how the blitz impacted the day to day lives of everyone in England. When Ruby arrives in the UK, America is not a part of […]
Ex Libris Romance (74)
If you remember the 90s, there was a Sandra Bullock film called While you Were Sleeping and Sophie Jordan’s latest is a Regency era nod to that romcom classic. Poppy works in a flower shop and takes care of her teen sister, who is basically trapped in their flat all day. Through her work in […]
Ex Libris Romance (71)
As with all of Tessa Dare’s books, Do You Want to Start a Scandal was lovely and so much fun. Spindle Cove is one of my favorite fictional settings of all time and I am so glad that we get to visit it again. Charlotte is determined to solve the mystery of the amorous couple […]
The Tide Watchers By Lisa Chaplin
The first thing that drew me to this book was that it was about spies during the Napoleonic Wars. In the US, these wars don’t get a lot press in the classroom, so to speak. Growing up, my takeaway was that Napoleon was a little man who wanted to own everything, and then he […]
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I was gifted the first two books in this series by the lovely Kelly and I am so happy to have read them! Cora Carmack is someone I think of as being what new adult romance should be. All Lines Up is thoughtful and sexy, with great characters that you really get attached to as […]
Hotel Moscow By Talia Carner
Based loosely on the author’s own experiences, Hotel Moscow paints a very interesting, but somewhat terrifying, portrait of a country undergoing violent and profound change. Right away, Brooke learns that being an American will not protect her in a country that seems to be without laws or governance. The dangerous experiences continue as she faces […]