by ta | Apr 29, 2009 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
It is a well known story that Eve convinced Adam to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and was therefore expelled from Eden. In a chorus of voices, including Eve and her three daughters, we learn the details of how Eve was tempted to eat the...
by radguru | Apr 30, 2008 | Fiction, Historical Fiction
The author of Peace Like a River has written another well-crafted novel. Monte Becket is an author whose one book was a huge success. He is under great pressure to write another blockbuster, but has a severe case of writer’s block. His story starts in...
by kimb8 | Apr 7, 2008 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
I’ve never tried to review two books at the same time so please bear with me. “And Only To Deceive” is the first book in a historical/romance/mystery series featuring Emily Bromley. In this first entry, Emily is left a young widow albeit rich and...
by Michelle | Jan 31, 2008 | Historical Fiction, Mystery
Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father’s estate crowded with family and friends— but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the ancient cloisters. Much to her surprise, the one...
by kimb8 | Jan 16, 2008 | Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, YA
It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength to turn catty schoolgirls into loyal friends, and has discovered an ability to...
by Michelle | Jan 7, 2008 | Historical Fiction, Mystery
“Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.” These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, receives from his killer. Before he can show them to...
