Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date April 4th, 2019 It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorker’s treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya…
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Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Book Review
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date April 5th, 2016 New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939—and then…
The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay Book Review
The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date October 23, 2018 The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father’s 70th birthday. Their hidden fears and secrets are slowly unraveled as the City of Light undergoes a stunning…
Women of the Dunes by Sarah Maine Book Review
Women of the Dunes by Sarah Maine Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date July 24, 2018 From the author of the acclaimed novels The House Between Tides and Beyond the Wild River, a rich, atmospheric tale set on the sea-lashed coast of west Scotland, in which the lives of a ninth-century Norsewoman, a…
The Italian Party by Christina Lynch Book Review
The Italian Party by Christina Lynch Book Review The Lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date: March 20, 2018 A delicious and sharply funny page-turner about “innocent” Americans abroad in 1950s Siena, Italy. Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany’s famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the…
The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain Book Review
The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date October 3, 2017 In 1944, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina, a small town struggling with racial tension and the hardships imposed…
The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner Book Review
The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Published July 12, 2106 A sweeping saga about four generations of a family who live and love on an enchanting Mediterranean island off the coast of Italy—combining the romance of Beautiful Ruins with the magical tapestry works of Isabel Allende. Castellamare is…