• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    Captivating The Cynical Earl

    July 23, 2021 - By 

    It’s been a while since I read a Regency Romance and so I was pleased to be able to read and review, Captivating the Cynical Earl, Catherine Tinley’s latest historical romance. Captivating The Cynical Earl The cool, aloof earl And the enchanting lady For Jack Beresford, Earl of Hawkenden, emotional entanglements are the path to pain. But when his brother brings his new wife and her best friend to his country home, everything changes. Lady Cecily Thornhill is both vibrant and beautiful, and Jack finds himself increasingly captivated by her sunny nature. Yet he must resist her charms, for in…

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    Books & Book Reviews - Non-Fiction

    Coconut

    July 13, 2021 - By 

    Coconut by Florence Ọlájídé is her story – a Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity. ‘By the time I was six years old, I knew my life was marked by difference. I was either too Black, too White, too young or too feisty…’ Florence Ọlájídé Coconut A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the fifties and sixties, privately fostered by white families and then taken to Nigeria by their parents. Coconut is the true story of one of those children. North London, 1963. Nan fosters one-year-old…

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    Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    America’s Promise

    July 10, 2021 - By 

    America’s Promise is the heartbreaking conclusion to the epic, emotional trilogy – America’s Daughter and America’s Wife. America’s Promise A gripping, heart-wrenching story of love and betrayal across the boundary of the American Revolutionary War. The next captivating story for readers who loved My Dear Hamilton, Flight of the Sparrow and Outlander. 1780. Addie looks around at the soldiers celebrating their latest victory. American independence is within reach, but her heart feels heavy with grief. With her husband gone, she must leave the army camp, and the people she has come to love, and choose a respectable path to guard the secret she now carries alone.…