Choc Lit
The Thief’s Daughter
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Cornwall, England, in the 1700s is a dreary, impoverished, and tough place to live. When Jenna was a child, she had an experience ...Read Review
The Velvet Cloak of Moonlight
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Coincidentally, this title came up for review while I was planning a trip to Raglan Castle in South Wales, and it turned out ...Read Review
The Lost Girl
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A moving romantic novel rooted in its social context, The Lost Girl explores themes of identity and belonging through the story of a ...Read Review
The Legend of the Gypsy Hawk: Book One of the Pirates of Ile Saint Anne
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In 1716, Zach Hazard, captain of a pirate ship, returns to the idyllic West African island of Ile Sainte Anne. A safe haven for ...Read Review
The Jade Lioness
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Japan, 1648. The only foreigners permitted to trade are the Dutch, and then only from the island enclave of Dejima, near Nagasaki. Temperance (“Temi”) ...Read Review
Monsoon Mists
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This is book 3 in Courtenay’s Kinross series. It’s 1759, and widower Jamie Kinross has swapped the cold of the pine forests of ...Read Review
Fool’s Gold
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The cover is beautiful, very romantic, and as it says 1866 New Zealand is no place for a lady! I was hooked on this ...Read Review
The Highwayman’s Daughter
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1768. Jack Blythe, heir to an earldom, and his wastrel cousin, Rupert, are returning from London when their carriage is held up on Hounslow ...Read Review
Dangerous Decisions
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This novel opens in 1905 with Helena Standish embarking on her London coming-out season. Oliver Faraday, who Helena meets at a Grosvenor House ball, ...Read Review
The Secret Kiss of Darkness
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I found the illustration on the front of the book very intriguing, and once opened, the cover is lifted on a world of ...Read Review