• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    A Princess By Christmas

    A Princess By Christmas is book 3 in Julia London’s Royal Wedding Series – Book 1 is The Princess Plan and Book 2 is A Royal Kiss and Tell. A Princess By Christmas A Secret. A Lie. A Revolution. Hollis Honeycutt has written her London gazette since the death of her husband – featuring fashion plates, marriage advice, and the latest gossip in and around Mayfair. But now she feels her gazette should have more meaning, cover topics of more consequence than the latest curl cream. The opportunity presents itself when Hollis overhears rumours of a potential coup in the…

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    From A Paris Balcony

    This is the third book by Ella Carey about the abandoned apartment of Marthe de Florain – Paris Time Capsule and The House By The Lake – that I’ve reviewed. From A Paris Balcony The small green chest was concealed at the back of her father’s wardrobe. Its hinges were made of brass that must once have shone, but now the surface was roughened and dull. As she opened the lock, there was only one thing inside: a letter, postmarked 1895, Paris. England, 1895. Louisa West, a young beauty from Boston, looks like she has it all: a handsome husband, she…

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    Wodehouse Novels #ReadersSpeak

    There is so much happening around us. Between the pandemic, the slump economy, water crisis, rain woes and all the overwhelming news that makes things seem dismal, we need to take a break now and then, laugh and ignore the troubles for a while. That’s where some comic fiction comes in to recharge us before we return to routine. One author who is guaranteed to have you chuckle is Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. One of the most widely read humourists of the 20th century, PG Wodehouse wrote more than 90 novels and many short stories. While his genre and characters…