Meet Jack Absolute – rogue, duelist, charmer and captain in the Light Dragoons. From the field of honor in London through the pivotal battle of Saratoga to a hunt for a double agent in wintry Philadelphia.
A free-spirited beauty with no interest in marriage who gets more than she bargained for when a seductive kiss leads to the possibility of love.
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: NetGalley Midnight at Marble Archby Anne Perry historical mystery in an eARC edition that was published by Ballantine Books on April 9, 2013 and has 353 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Death in the Devil’s Acre, Cardington Crescent, Silence in Hanover Close, Bethlehem Road, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingTwenty-eighth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Victorian mystery series. I was provided an eARC by NetGalley and Ballantine Books. My Take It’s been awhile since I’ve read this series, and I’ve recently started back up, to catch up with events because I just adore Charlotte and Thomas. Two people who hold to a sense of morality and justice no matter what. It doesn’t hurt that I enjoy reading an historical mystery! This particular story was an odd combination of melodrama, what I consider overly twisted clues — the times when everyone sat down to […]
A Roman is murdered outside a frontier province, and the new governor, Pliny, must sort through the many leads before discovering a betrayal of the highest.
Back in her hometown for a wedding, realtor and amateur sleuth Darby Farr tracks the evidence that proves that slip on the ice was murder.
From Bollinger to basic-wage, it’s a roller coaster for the ladies who lunch. When the daughters land in a heap of trouble too, it’s not surprising that their mother should worry about the next generation.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Sweatby Mark Gilleo political thriller that was published by The Story Plant on August 28, 2012 and has 366 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A political thriller that explores the dirty side of politics and business when it comes to sweatshops. Sweat was nominated in 2014 for the International Book Award for Thriller/Adventure and the National Indie Excellence Awards. Review source: The Story Plant, Stamford, Connecticut. My Take Nice set-up. Pretty long set-up, too. There wasn’t a depth of tension or drama in this. Mostly, I read on to discover what would happen next. How would Jake solve this? Who gets caught? Gilleo set up a number of subplots within that kept things interesting with some unexpected twists along the way. On the whole, I liked his characters. Yeah, even Peter Winthrop. At least Peter was honest about himself and I can appreciate that. Senator Day and the Changs…well, ya gotta have a few bad guys so you have someone to hiss at. Every time I started to feel sorry […]