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June 20, 2019
REVIEW: Paris – and My Love by Mary Burchell
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Marianne was young, she was in Paris – that perfect setting for romance-and she was in love with Nat. The only snag was that she was not at all sure of Nat’s feelings for her. Did he have any more than a brotherly affection for her? Could she possibly hope for more in the face of the very stiff competition provided by the glamorous Lisette? It was a good job, Marianne reflected, that she had nice kind Roger Senloe to turn to and to advise her.
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Ever since I read “Under the Stars of Par...
June 19, 2019
REVIEW: The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James
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“London, 1925. Glamorous medium Gloria Sutter made her fortune helping the bereaved contact loved ones killed during the Great War. Now she’s been murdered at one of her own seances, after leaving a message requesting the help of her former friend and sole rival, Ellie Winter. Ellie doesn’t contact the dead-at least, not anymore. She specializes in miraculously finding lost items. Still, she can’t refuse the final request of the only other true psychic she has known. Now Ellie must delve int...
June 18, 2019
DAILY DEALS: Wild, sexy love
Never Trust the One You Love by T.L. Joy $ FREE
From the Jacket Copy:
Every girl wants to live the lavish life, but at what price? Nothing in Sweetz’s life is normal when she falls in love with Smooth, the infamous leader of the Hot Boyz.
Taking her out the shelter and giving her the taste of the faster and finer things, what more could a girl ask for? Saving her from a lifetime of poverty and prostitution, Krazy feels as though she owes her savior Kris her life.
Yet love is nothing sweet whe...
REVIEW: The Colonels’ Texas Promise by Caro Carson
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A marriage pact, sixteen years in the making.
The vow was simple. If they were single by the time they made lieutenant colonel, they’d marry. On the day of her promotion, Juliet Grayson is at Evan Stephens’s door to ask him to keep his promise. Juliet only needs a father figure for her son, but Evan hopes to be so much more. Can he convince a woman who’s been burned before to get close to the flame once again?
Dear Ms. Carson,
It’s just about a year ago that I read and enjoyed the first b...
NEW RELEASES: Week of June 18, 2019
Parental Guidance by by Avery Flynn: $ 4.99
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Texas Cowboy’s Bride by by Barb Han: $ 3.99
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There Goes My Heart by by Bella Andre: $ 5.99
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Love by by Chelle Bliss: $ 3.99
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Black Love by by D. Camille: $ 4.99
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June 17, 2019
REVIEW: A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) by Arkady Martine
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn’t an accident–or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court.
Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her Station from Teixc...
DAILY DEALS: Underdogs, perfect men, and weddings
His Captive Princess by Kiru Taye $ 3.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Isha Saene has perfected the act of balancing her life—a celebrated corporate negotiator spearheading an international trade deal that could catapult her country to one of the fastest growing mid-sized economies in Africa, and a loyal First Princess of Bagumi Kingdom set to seal ties with a neighbouring nation through marriage.
Until one careless moment knocks her carefully choreographed life into chaos.
Zain Bassong has always fo...
June 14, 2019
REVIEW: Canary Yellow by Elizabeth Cadell
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Elaine Tracy wins a luxury cruise to Las Palmas for her fiancé and herself. They quarrel, and Elaine breaks off the engagement but decides to go on the cruise alone. Attractive and unattached, once on board she inevitably draws a certain amount of masculine attention and for her the holiday promises to be extremely diverting. But not all her fellow passengers, she discovers, are quite what they seem.
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Darlynne mentioned this book in the comments of the review of my first Cadell. Luc...
June 13, 2019
REVIEW: Mr. Finchley Takes the Road by Victor Canning
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Book 3 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war England
Mr. Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so she goes to visit her brother, while he sets out to explore the countryside and go house-hunting.
While learning to handle the horse and the caravan, he encounters a variety of eccentrics and country characters, and several unsuitable houses. It gradually emerges tha...
June 12, 2019
REVIEW: The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees by Bill Anderson
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From building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees the simple, mindful way.
Global bee populations have been rapidly declining for years, and it’s not just our honey supply that’s at stake: the contribution of bees to the pollination of crops is essential to human survival. But even in industrial apiaries, bees are in distress, hiving in synthetic and hostile environments. Enter idle beekeeping: the grassroots, low-intervention system that seeks to e...
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