• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    I Will Always Love You

    I really wish I had time to read and review I Will Always Love You because it seems like it’s just the kind of book I’d enjoy. But I’m overcommitted right now! So here’s a spotlight of the book and a giveaway. I Will Always Love You Grace Parrish made two mistakes when she fell in love. She forgot her mother’s stories of segregation. “Don’t love a white man, Grace. It’s too hard and he’ll break your heart.” Even worse, she fell in love with her best friend’s husband, Peter. This is a poignant story about the foundation of marriage:…

  • 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…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    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…