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 »
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 »
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 »
Phoenix and Ashes Series: Elemental Masters #3 on Oct. 5, 2004 Pages: 405 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable In this dark and atmospheric rendition… April 12, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★
The Gates of Sleep Series: Elemental Masters #2 on April 1, 2002 Pages: 389 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable For seventeen years, Marina Roeswood had… April 11, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
The Serpent’s Shadow Series: Elemental Masters #1 on March 1, 2001 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable From the magical mysteries of India to the… Read more »
Categories: Children’s, YA, Fantasy Book source: Public library The Thirteenth Princess retells the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses from the point of view of a youngest thirteenth sister. Disregarded by the King after her mother dies in childbirth, Zita is relegated to work as a servant in her father’s… Read more »
Category: Paranormal cozy mystery Series: Vintage Magic mysteries Book source: purchased I picked up a copy of Annette Blair’s A Veiled Deception in the used bookstore about a month ago, and finally got around to reading it. It’s the beginning of a new “paranormal cozy” mystery series*, and while I… Read more »
Copper Beach Series: Dark Legacy #1 on Jan. 10, 2012 Pages: 324 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Dream Eyes A rare book. An ancient code. An all-new novel from the New York Times-bestselling master of passion and the paranormal. Within the pages of very rare books some centuries… Read more »
All Wound Up by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing on October 18, 2011 Genres: Crafts, Humor Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes “. . . a sort of David Sedaris-like… Read more »
