[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="1619022370" locale="us" height="500" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jmhxdVG4L.jpg" width="338"][simpleazon-link asin="1619022370" locale="us"]Motherland[/simpleazon-link] by Maria Hummel My review: 4 of 5 stars I was curious to read a novel of Nazi Germany that focused on the experiences of a German family. How complicit … [Read more...] about Book Review: Motherland by Maria Humel
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Becoming Lady Lockwood Book Blast and $50 Giveaway
Becoming Lady Lockwood Amelia Beckett is delighted to be a widow. Married by proxy to a man she'd never met, Amelia recognizes that a fortuitous entry into widowhood frees her from meddlesome chaperones and matchmakers. Heiress to her mother's sugar plantation in Jamaica, she happily anticipates working in a man's world, with the additional credibility of her new title: … [Read more...] about Becoming Lady Lockwood Book Blast and $50 Giveaway
Book Review: Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
by Carol Rifka Brunt My rating: 4 of 5 stars Immediately arresting with fascinating characters. I particularly related because it was set in 1987 when I was in high school. The fourteen-year-old narrator is excellent but unreliable because of her immature and limited viewpoint. The eighties authenticity was well-executed especially regarding early reactions to the AIDS … [Read more...] about Book Review: Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Blackwood Crossing Book Blast and $50 Giveaway
Blackwood Crossing If you had to make a choice, would it be loyalty or love? Torn between loyalty to her family and refusal to marry a laird she despises, Rhona Davidson accepts a dangerous proposal from a man she knows only as Blackwood. Leaving behind a life of leisure, Charles Blackwood bravely serves his country with honor and the skill of a trained British agent. … [Read more...] about Blackwood Crossing Book Blast and $50 Giveaway
Book Review: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="1439102775" locale="us" height="500" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515EqQQgRFL.jpg" width="321"][simpleazon-link asin="1439102775" locale="us"]The Storyteller[/simpleazon-link] by Jodi Picoult My rating: 5 of 5 stars What would you pack if you were leaving home, never to return, and could carry only one suitcase? This is one … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult