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Great action packed historical fiction with a dash of romance

September 6, 2016 by Ellepkay 1 Comment

This book just really did it for me.  It is billed as a historical M/M romance, which I suppose it is, but if you’re looking for a proper ‘romance novel’, this is not it. In 1893 New York, Emlyn Strickland is the US Treasury’s best man for spotting counterfeit money.  Emlyn testified against Darrow Gardiner 6 years ago, and Gardiner has spent the in between years in Sing Sing Prison nursing a grudge.  Darrow feels betrayed by his old counterfeiting partner, August McKee, and uses […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: counterfeiting, historical fiction, m/m, road trip

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: counterfeiting, historical fiction, m/m, road trip ·
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How Feelings Can Change

January 8, 2016 by Ellepkay 7 Comments

So, that title could refer to the hate-to-love relationship in this book, OR it could refer to my feelings about this book itself. I’m new to reviewing, and the reflection process is very interesting to me. My feelings for the book are all positive, and yet my analysis of the book is pretty negative. I don’t know where that leaves me. The more I think about it the more problems I have with it, and I kind of just want to keep the initial afterglow […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: historical romance, road trip

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:4 · Genres: Romance · Tags: historical romance, road trip ·
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I can’t wait to see what Bryan Fuller does with this source material

October 25, 2015 by Malin 2 Comments

Shadow is serving time in prison, patiently keeping his head down and counting the days until his release. He longs to get home to Laura, his travel agent wife and passes the time learning coin tricks and dreaming of what they will do together once he’s out of jail. Only a few days before he’s due to be released, Shadow is told that Laura was killed in a car accident, along with Shadow’s best friend Robbie, whom Laura was apparently having an affair with. As […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Suspense Tagged With: American Gods, CBR7, epic, fantasy, Malin, mythology, Neil Gaiman, road trip

Malin's CBR7 Review No:111 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Suspense · Tags: American Gods, CBR7, epic, fantasy, Malin, mythology, Neil Gaiman, road trip ·
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