Before Edward took up with American socialite Wallis Simpson, before he gave up the crown and eschewed his duties as the King of England, the young prince was involved in an even more scandalous relationship. A antsy and angsty Prince is assigned to duty in France during WWI. Seeing as he was poised to take…
REVIEW: A HALF FORGOTTEN SONG by Katherine Webb
On the eve of World War II, a small village on the Dorset coast is about to change forever. Artist Charles Aubrey brings his family — Celeste, Delphine & Elodie — to the seaside for the summer. Dimity “Mitzy” Hatcher, just 14 herself, a local, becomes fast friends with young girls. The long days are…
GIVEAWAY: THE BOOKMAN’S TALE by Charlie Lovett
Hello Dear Readers! I have a great giveaway for you. Just leave a comment and be entered to win this new book. I just started reading it myself and am enjoying it quite at bit. Description: Hay-on-Wye, 1995. Peter Byerly isn’t sure what drew him into this particular bookshop. Nine months earlier, the death…
REVIEW: THE DAMNATION OF JOHN DONELLAN by Elizabeth Cooke
It has all the makings of a Georgian era Agatha Christie novel — a house full of suspects, bizarre alibis, unsubstantiated timelines, inheritances, jealousy, and a bottle or two of poison. When young soon-to-be baronet Theodosius Boughton dies unexpectedly one morning, a scandal erupts in the quiet countryside county of Warwickshire. Although not in tip-top…
REVIEW: THE BURNING AIR by Erin Kelly
Erin Kelly’s third novel puts a modern twist on a classic archetype: The English country house mystery. This is a chilling psychological tale, told from a number increasingly unreliable narrators. The MacBride family is well-to-do and respectable. The patriarch is a lauded schoolmaster in a prim and proper English town. When the mother of the…