Here, briefly, are the books I've completed recently:
Malice at the Palace, Rhys Bowen. A cozy mystery featuring the poor heiress to the throne, Lady Georgie, as she escorts the future Duchess of Kent before her royal wedding in 1934. Of course, there's murder and the handsome Honorable Darcy O'Mara to keep the romance alive for the lovely Lady Georgie.
The Funeral Dress, Susan Gregg Gilmore. A sweet bit of women's fiction involving a young motherless mother, her friends from the Tennessee garment factory she works in, and the challenges she faces with family after her best friend and ally dies tragically. Such a lovely story about community in Appalachia in from 1955 to 1974.
Silver Linings, Debbie Macomber. Returning to the Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber continues the budding romance of widowed innkeeper Jo Marie and her handyman Marc, as well as the stories of two 28 year-olds at their 10th high school reunion. One has an axe to grind, the other an apology to make--both are reflections of the Young Adult novels Debbie Macomber has been exploring and are intriguing stories. I listened to this on CD in my car, and loved the story, but struggle with her narrator which is unfortunate.
Dishing the Dirt, M.C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin is my favorite. Why? She's of an age, colors her hair brown, loves a cocktail, and loves men. Retired to the Cotswolds after a career in PR, she is forever in love and forever tripping into murder which is why she opened her own detective agency. Not a favorite of the local police force or certainly the local vicar, she gets herself into some humorous scrapes and always gets her killer---just not in a practical or safe way. Love her!
Pretty When Your Cry, Skye Warren. A very dark romance involving a strip club owner and generally dangerous man and a headlining stripper who is a runaway from a religious cult. Two very broken people, a mystery and the next to last novel in a series. Having started in the middle, and only having read two of the books plus the prequel, I have some catching up to do. And I will. (This book was released today on Amazon.)
Wrong, Jana Aston. The debut novel by J.A. Huss' PA, about a gynecologist and a virgin. Sort of. Actually, this is a wonderful contemporary romance about a 30 something doctor who falls for a 21 year old Penn student/barista in Philadelphia. He's got money and prestige and a nasty ex-fiancee, she has nothing but grandparents who raised her after her mother passed away before her second brithday. An unlikely couple (but legal!) and a hot romance. I LOVED this book! It makes me smile.
Sweet Filthy Morning After, Christina Lauren. If you read Sweet Filthy Boy and loved Ansel, and have been dying to hear his voice, this is how you do it on Audible. The morning after in Vegas through Ansel's eyes. Yes, he sounds just like I thought he would. And I may love him more than Max Stella--well almost. My first Audible purchase, but not my last--when the CD's jam in my car, and I can no longer stand pop radio or Mark Madden, I will buy Audible for my commute home.
Thinking of bourbon and listening while commuting--If I can't drink and drive, I can get primed for that evening Jim Beam with the Bourbon Kings, J.R. Ward. The narrator with that silky Kentucky drawl and the Dynasty/Falcon Crest/Dallas plots between a bourbon distillers patriarch and his children as well as the staff who work for them has made my commute home longer because I insist on sitting in my car until either a new track or a new chapter start. I am loving this family saga, and am on the edge of my seat now--waiting to go to work tomorrow! (Say what?)
Silver Linings, Debbie Macomber. Returning to the Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber continues the budding romance of widowed innkeeper Jo Marie and her handyman Marc, as well as the stories of two 28 year-olds at their 10th high school reunion. One has an axe to grind, the other an apology to make--both are reflections of the Young Adult novels Debbie Macomber has been exploring and are intriguing stories. I listened to this on CD in my car, and loved the story, but struggle with her narrator which is unfortunate.
Dishing the Dirt, M.C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin is my favorite. Why? She's of an age, colors her hair brown, loves a cocktail, and loves men. Retired to the Cotswolds after a career in PR, she is forever in love and forever tripping into murder which is why she opened her own detective agency. Not a favorite of the local police force or certainly the local vicar, she gets herself into some humorous scrapes and always gets her killer---just not in a practical or safe way. Love her!
Pretty When Your Cry, Skye Warren. A very dark romance involving a strip club owner and generally dangerous man and a headlining stripper who is a runaway from a religious cult. Two very broken people, a mystery and the next to last novel in a series. Having started in the middle, and only having read two of the books plus the prequel, I have some catching up to do. And I will. (This book was released today on Amazon.)
Wrong, Jana Aston. The debut novel by J.A. Huss' PA, about a gynecologist and a virgin. Sort of. Actually, this is a wonderful contemporary romance about a 30 something doctor who falls for a 21 year old Penn student/barista in Philadelphia. He's got money and prestige and a nasty ex-fiancee, she has nothing but grandparents who raised her after her mother passed away before her second brithday. An unlikely couple (but legal!) and a hot romance. I LOVED this book! It makes me smile.
Sweet Filthy Morning After, Christina Lauren. If you read Sweet Filthy Boy and loved Ansel, and have been dying to hear his voice, this is how you do it on Audible. The morning after in Vegas through Ansel's eyes. Yes, he sounds just like I thought he would. And I may love him more than Max Stella--well almost. My first Audible purchase, but not my last--when the CD's jam in my car, and I can no longer stand pop radio or Mark Madden, I will buy Audible for my commute home.
Thinking of bourbon and listening while commuting--If I can't drink and drive, I can get primed for that evening Jim Beam with the Bourbon Kings, J.R. Ward. The narrator with that silky Kentucky drawl and the Dynasty/Falcon Crest/Dallas plots between a bourbon distillers patriarch and his children as well as the staff who work for them has made my commute home longer because I insist on sitting in my car until either a new track or a new chapter start. I am loving this family saga, and am on the edge of my seat now--waiting to go to work tomorrow! (Say what?)
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