THE HOUSE ON BISCAYNE BAY by Chanel Cleeton-review Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO / Google Play / Chapters Indigo / ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 9, 2024 With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous estate on Biscayne Bay, they become the toast of the newly burgeoning society. Anna and Robert appear to have it all, but in a town like Miami, appearances can be deceiving, and one scand ..read more

Lord Ashley’s Beautiful Alibi (Scarlett Affairs 1 )by Cerise Deland-review Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / Amazon.uk / Amazon.au / Don’t own a Kindle? Download the FREE Amazon Kindle App for your mobile device or pc ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 21, 2024 He pretended he was her lover. She became his alibi…and his only love. Augustine Bolton lives amid the social whirl and treachery of the stylish court of Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte. When Gus’s dearest friend, Amber, disappears, Gus must find her before the deputy chief of police finds Amber and carts her off to his bed—or to la Force. But ..read more

A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn – a Review   Amazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Bookbub   Description: Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud’s. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would do such a d ..read more

Always Remember by Mary Balogh – Review & Giveaway     Amazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Bookbub   Description: Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible. Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society—even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a larg ..read more

Mrs. Holloway’s Christmas Pudding by Jennifer Ashley – a Review   Amazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / Bookbub   Description: When Cook Kat Holloway is blamed when a dinner guest mysteriously takes ill after eating one of her meals, she sets out to prove she had nothing to do with the gentleman’s sickness. She discovers a whole host of people who might wish to do away with the man, and she and her friends—Daniel McAdam, Lady Cynthia, Mr. Thanos, and various members of the household staff—begin to hunt for the would-be killer. Simultaneously tasked with crafting the perfect ..read more

An Inconvenient Earl by Julia London – a Review   Amazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Bookbub   Description: Bold. Beautiful. Beguiling. It’s been over a year since Emma Clark’s no-good husband left on an expedition. The Countess of Dearborn has played the abandoned wife, but people are beginning to presume the earl is dead, which doesn’t suit Emma at all. Emma likes being head of household in Albert’s absence and does her best to keep his family believing he is alive and well. She’s thirty years old and finally having some fun. If the earl is in fact dead, his fami ..read more

The Wonder of It All by Barbara Taylor Bradford – a Review   Amazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Bookbub   Description: James Falconer–a tycoon and a self-made man, seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But The Great War looms, and James decides to fight for king and country. The fighting is bloody and brutal, and James returns a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental. His beloved wife is dead, but a new woman returns to help nurse him back to health. Georgiana Ward once held James in her thrall, but years have passed and bitterness has set in ..read more

The Ball at Versailles by Danielle Steel – a Review Amazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Bookbub Description: It’s the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what some see as the invitation of a lifetime. Amelia Alexander, who hopes to eventually attend law school, hesitates to participate in what she sees as an archaic and pr ..read more

Promise Me Christmas (Blackthornes of Darkenwald-review Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / Amazon.uk / Amazon.au / Don’t own a Kindle? Download the FREE Amazon Kindle App for your mobile device or pc The nights are growing longer, and the winter snows are coming—Darkenwald Castle is under siege. Lord Guy Blackthorne is prepared to lay down his life for his children, his wife, and all who seek his protection. But as renegades, mercenaries, and political intrigue surround his ancient family stronghold, he’s forced to stay his hand against those who would dare to attack his fortress. As supplies and hope ..read more

The Creole Duchess (The Duchess Series 3)by Rue Allyn-a review ebook only 99¢ usd Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO / Indigo/Chapters / ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 30, 2023 A duke in disguise, a creole miss determined to get her own way, a curse, and two nations at war, is love even possible? New Orleans Creole, Miss Celestine St. Cyr-Duval refuses to live under the thumb of some man chosen by her parents. Celie will do everything to keep freedom of choice for herself and others. But fate interferes in the form of a duke disguised as British businessman, Caleb Elmond. A relatio ..read more