Beatrice Lockwood, one of the intrepid ladies of Lantern Street, is in the middle of a case when her past comes back to haunt her. Joshua North, a former spy for the Crown, has come out of a self-imposed retirement after a disastrous case that left him scarred and forced to use a cane. He is hunting the villain who is blackmailing his sister. This is book two of The Ladies of Lantern Street, but I don’t think it was a problem not to have […]
I read this book, too
I’m not even going to pretend that I was well-versed with Norse mythology before reading this. Sure, I have heard of Odin, Thor, and Loki. I’ve also read series that pay major homage, and I’ve listened to this song, I mean, a lot: But I probably could not recite the basic story of 99% of what was in this book, before reading this book. The hierarchy of “Mythology People Have Heard of” has got to be the Greeks and Romans at the top, right? That’s […]
Beware an adolescent dragon with Thoughts about Injustice
Anything is better with added dragons, right? This series adds dragons to historical fiction, and it works wonderfully. Napoleon has French dragons! England has British dragons! There are dragon battles by sea and by air. It’s all pretty tremendous, and it’s anchored by dragon Temeraire and his British captain Laurence. Laurence was in the Navy, but when his ship captured a French vessel and took its dragon egg as spoils of war, he ended up with an unexpected hatchling that bonded/imprinted on him, and now […]
“If you stop running, you fall.”
So again this is from the publisher that went under so if you want to buy this book on Amazon hurry there are only a few left (she may independent publish these once she has the rights back from the publisher). I loved this book so much. It is a Magpie Lord linked story but it is pretty standalone (you will enjoy the cameos and understand the story a bit more if you have read the Magpie trilogy ((which is excellent so you should do […]