Category: Book Reviews

Sunrise Point, by Robyn Carr (review)

Sunrise Point, by Robyn Carr (review)

Book description: Former marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.  Nothing like Nora Crane. So why can’t he keep… Read more »

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Rainshadow Road, by Lisa Kleypas (review)

Rainshadow Road, by Lisa Kleypas (review)

Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas Series: Friday Harbor #2 Published by St. Martin’s Press on February 28, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 308 Format: Paperback Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Dream Lake, Crystal Cove Also by this author: Christmas Eve… Read more »

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“The Proposal”, by Mary Balogh (Review)

“The Proposal”, by Mary Balogh (Review)

The Proposal by Mary Balogh Series: Survivors’ Club #1 Published by Delacorte Press on 2012-05-01 Genres: Historical Romance Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Arrangement, The Escape, Only Enchanting, Only a Promise Also by this author: The Arrangement, The Escape, Only Enchanting, The… Read more »

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“Crystal Gardens” by Amanda Quick

“Crystal Gardens” by Amanda Quick

Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick Series: Ladies of Lantern Street #1 Published by Putnam on April 24, 2012 Genres: Historical romantic suspense, Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Also in this series: The Mystery Woman, Otherwise Engaged Also by this author: The Mystery Woman, Otherwise Engaged,… Read more »

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“Below Stairs” by Margaret Powell

“Below Stairs” by Margaret Powell

Below Stairs is the memoir which (in part) inspired both Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey.  Born in 1907 to an impoverished family, Margaret Powell relinquished a scholarship she couldn’t afford to take up and entered domestic service as a kitchen maid — the lowest of the female servants — at… Read more »

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