book-reviews

  • The Friday Review: The Bell Tolls at Traeger Hall

    By Jaime Jo Wright 1890 The will states that her aunt and uncle’s bodies must be laid out for a week while she keeps vigil. Two days after the funeral, their mansion will be bricked up with everything inside and… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Bell Tolls at Traeger Hall
  • The Friday Review: Living Lies

    By Natalie Walters Recently widowed, Lane Kent is trying to get a fresh start with her five-year-old son. Taking over a restaurant in the small town of Walton, Georgia seems the perfect place to get away from her controlling father’s… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Living Lies
  • Specters in the Glass House

    By Jaime Jo Wright Knives Out meets The Great Gatsby! Rhemy Crenshaw had been in the foster system since an arsonist took the lives of her family. Determined not to be another statistic, she shoves aside her past trauma and… Continue reading

    Specters in the Glass House
  • The Broken Weathervane

    By Laura DeNooyer This story started out straight-forward enough, but turned into an absolute tangled knot – to the point where I wasn’t even sure how it was going to end! 1950s: The Buckwalter Brothers Grocery Store is a Wisconsin… Continue reading

    The Broken Weathervane
  • The Friday Review: The Lacemaker

    By Laura Frantz To celebrate the start of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, I decided to reread this gem in (almost) real time. This was the first Laura Frantz book I read. Quite a few years ago, my… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Lacemaker
  • The Friday Review: Finding Lady Enderly

    By Joanna Davidson Politano Cinderella meets My Fair Lady in this stunning Gilded Age mystery novel! Raina practically lives on the streets of London where she works as a rag woman and mourns the loss of the sailor she loved.… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Finding Lady Enderly
  • The Friday Review: Don’t Let Go

    By Harlan Coban I flip-flopped back and forth on what star rating to give this book. There were times I really didn’t like it and was flirting with a 2 Star review. And then the ending hit. New Jersey detective… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Don’t Let Go
  • The Indigo Heiress

    By Laura Frantz January = new Laura Frantz book! I am always thrilled to start my year with a trip back in time to Colonial America. This time, Scotland was the additional bonus! Juliet Catesby has a head for business… Continue reading

    The Indigo Heiress
  • The Friday Review: Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    By Robert Dugoni (Keera Duggan Series Book 2) Jenna Berstein had it all: the looks, the brains, the money, and a revolutionary start-up company that will change the face of modern medicine. But behind her magazine cover life is a… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Beyond Reasonable Doubt