3.5 stars Miss Elise Fountain used to be a teacher at the school for wayward girls in Pennyroyal Green, but was fired after she spoke inappropriately to one of the patrons. Now she’s managed to get a recommendation from the powerful Redmond family and is desperate to secure a position as housekeeper to the formidable Lord Philippe Lavay, an exiled Bourbon prince recovering from a near-fatal robbery in the village. He gives her a two week trial, expecting she will be gone before one has […]
Pretty much wall to wall action in this one
4.5 stars This is the second book in the Paradox series, which begins with Fortune’s Pawn. While I’m sure you could start with this one, there is really rather a lot of set-up and introduction of characters in the first one that makes this one easier to enjoy, so you really should start at the beginning. It’s also impossible for me to review this book without spoiling some of the stuff from the first book, so go away until you’re caught up. Deviana Morris is […]
I really need for this book to work
A while back, I read a fascinating interview, where Jamie Lee Curtis interviewed fellow actress Sigourney Weaver. In between all the other very interesting things they talk about, they mention this book. I was curious, looked it up on Amazon, and because being tidy is not something I think I’ve ever managed to be in my entire life, the description and purpose of the book appealed to me. Marie Kondô has clearly turned the art of discarding all your pointless possessions and finding the right […]
“He held my hand and it was the hand of the man I had married, lost and found again.”.”
In the novella Whisper of Jasmine, dashing explorer and archaeologist Gabriel Starke meets quiet dreamer Evangeline Merriweather at a New Year’s party thrown by their socialite friend Delilah Drummond. While Delilah most certainly intended to matchmake at the party, she had picked out completely different partners for both of them. Instead, Gabriel and Evie are instantly smitten with each other, and over the course of an evening, fall hard enough for each other that they decide to elope to Scotland. There are quite a few […]