When Letitia “Letty” Alsworthy discovers that her older sister, the stunning Mary, is about to elope with her admirer, Lord Geoffrey Pinchingdale-Snipe, she is determined to stop it. Their family is in dire financial straits as it is, the scandal of an elopement would be devastating for them. Unfortunately, Letty finds herself whisked away by the crabby coachman, and in the arms of the besotted Geoffrey before she’s able to stop anything at all. Add to the fact that some of Geoff’s friends conveniently happen […]
A historical romance with a possibly murderous neighbour
4,5 stars When her friends tell Olivia Bevelstoke that her new neighbour is rumoured to have murdered his fiancee, she doesn’t believe it for a second. But she can’t help but be curious, and as is office window is clearly visible from her bedroom, she starts to spy on him from behind her curtains. She’s convinced he can’t see her, and becomes more and more puzzled at the things she observes. Sir Harry Valentine works for the war office, but not with anything exciting like […]
Swan Lake in the Amazon rain forest
Eighteen year old Harriet Morton lives with her stuffy professor father and strict and joyless aunt in Cambridge. Her only chance to escape the drudgery of her life is through books or the weekly ballet lessons that her father inexplicably lets her take. When she is offered a position with a travelling ballet troupe going to perform Swan Lake in a remote city up the Amazon river, but denied permission by her father, she rebels and runs away. When the troupe arrive in Manaus in South America, […]
You get a LOT of book for your money here
3.5 stars This is book 5 in the Outlander series, and really NOT the place to start reading these books. By this point, some of the principal characters have grown to middle age and have children and grandchildren. If you’re interested, say because the TV series is coming to Starz in August, start at the beginning with Outlander. Standard spoiler-warning spiel applies. If you’ve not read the first four books in the series, I cannot be held responsible for any spoilers you may or may not find in this […]
Kidnappings and torture and war machines and daring rescues
Part Five: The Kraken King and the Iron Heart – 4.5 stars Part Six: The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls – 4 stars Part Seven: The Kraken King and the Empress’s Eyes – 4.5 stars Part Eight: The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure – 4 stars Parts 1-4 reviewed here. Zenobia and Ariq are over the initial awkward state getting to know one another and actually falling in love part of their relationship. That doesn’t mean that their communication runs smoothly and that there are no more cultural […]
A journey across Europe and into the past
Nicola Marter has psychometric powers. This means that when she touches an object, she can see glimpses of whoever’s owned it or touched it before. Her grandfather, who escaped from Russia, has the same powers and always admonished her to keep the gift hidden, which she does, even from her boss Sebastian, an eccentric and successful antiquities dealer. Yet when a woman, Margaret Ross, comes to them with a wooden carving which she wants authenticated, claiming that it was once owned by Empress Catherine of […]
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