Catherine Meyrick's Blog, page 11
July 14, 2023
Fat Dogs and French Estates by Beth Haslam
Fat Dogs and French Estates is a delightful and humorous memoir of the adventures of Beth Haslam and her husband, Jack, as they look for a second home, a domaine, in France. They have a list of requirements: around 100 hectares complete with game, space for long walks with their dogs, a few outbuildings and a garden for their hobbies, and a golf course nearby. From the start there the challenges of finding a reliable real estate agent and the language barrier.
The whole alphabet business ...
July 7, 2023
My Reading – June 2023
No Stone Unturned by Pam Lecky
Lucy Lawrence looked up from her book with a start. Something had struck the windowpane, shattering the silence of the room.
Genuine Deceit by Joy York
If he didn’t find it soon, all bets were off.
July 3, 2023
Turning the World to Stone by Kelly Evans
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Kelly Evans’s recently released novel, Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza Part One 1472 to 1488, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club.
BlurbVilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at age ten, she was a pawn in the ever-changing political environment of Renaissance Italy.
Resigned to her life as a fifteenth-century wife, Caterina adapted t...
Turning the World to Stone by Kelly Evans
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Kelly Evans’s recently released novel, Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza Part One 1472 to 1488, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club.
BlurbVilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at age ten, she was a pawn in the ever-changing political environment of Renaissance Italy.
Resigned to her life as a fifteenth-century wife, Caterina adapted t...
June 29, 2023
The King’s Champion by Nancy Northcott
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Nancy Northcott’s recently released novel, The King’s Champion, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The King’s Champion is the concluding book of the exciting The Boar King’s Honor trilogy.
BlurbThe Boar King’s Honor Trilogy
A wizard’s misplaced trust
A king wrongly blamed
A bloodline cursed until they clear the king’s name.
ExcerptCaught up in the desperate evacuation of the British Expeditionary ...
The King’s Champion by Nancy Northcott
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Nancy Northcott’s recently released novel, The King’s Champion, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The King’s Champion is the concluding book of the exciting The Boar King’s Honor trilogy.
BlurbThe Boar King’s Honor Trilogy
A wizard’s misplaced trust
A king wrongly blamed
A bloodline cursed until they clear the king’s name.
ExcerptCaught up in the desperate evacuation of the British Expeditionary ...
June 22, 2023
The Hussar’s Duty by Griffin Brady
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Griffin Brady’s recently released novel, The Hussar’s Duty, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Hussar’s Duty is a standalone continuation in The Winged Warrior series set in sixteenth-century Poland.
BlurbPoland’s most valiant winged hussar is called to fight in a campaign ripe for disaster. But he must also protect those he loves from jackals waiting to pounce. How does he choose between duty and devotio...
The Hussar’s Duty by Griffin Brady
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Griffin Brady’s recently released novel, The Hussar’s Duty, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Hussar’s Duty is a standalone continuation in The Winged Warrior series set in sixteenth-century Poland.
BlurbPoland’s most valiant winged hussar is called to fight in a campaign ripe for disaster. But he must also protect those he loves from jackals waiting to pounce. How does he choose between duty and devotio...
June 19, 2023
The Douglas Bastard by J R Tomlin
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from J R Tomlin’s novel, The Douglas Bastard, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Douglas Bastard is set in fourteenth century Scotland and follows the fortunes of Archibald Douglas, the illegitimate son of Sir James Douglas known as The Black Douglas. This is the first book in J R Tomlin’s Archibald the Grim series.
BlurbYoung Archibald, the Black Douglas’s bastard son, returns from exile to a Scotland ravaged...
The Douglas Bastard by J R Tomlin
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from J R Tomlin’s novel, The Douglas Bastard, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Douglas Bastard is set in fourteenth century Scotland and follows the fortunes of Archibald Douglas, the illegitimate son of Sir James Douglas known as The Black Douglas. This is the first book in J R Tomlin’s Archibald the Grim series.
BlurbYoung Archibald, the Black Douglas’s bastard son, returns from exile to a Scotland ravaged...
