Book Review: Georgette Heyer’s The Corinthian
The disguised Penelope Creed, is discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, a man in need of his own escape, caught climbing from a window in a desperate bid to avoid marrying her fishfaced cousin.
The disguised Penelope Creed, is discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, a man in need of his own escape, caught climbing from a window in a desperate bid to avoid marrying her fishfaced cousin.
It’s the first year of true peace until the world begins to break apart at an astonishing rate and an archangel disappears. Those broken bonds Elena has may never be repaired when her father has a heart attack. Then an Ancestor stirs, but even the Cadre may not be able to stop the countdown to the end.
Sensing a misadventure by his twin brother, Evelyn, the Honourable Kit Fancot races home to find his brother has disappeared, his extravagant mother’s debts have mounted alarmingly, and the family honor is at stake.
It’s a stop-gap, this stopping in Lucky Harbor for Leah Sullivan to help out Grandma Elsie. She needs a place to hide and lick her wounds before running yet again. It’s a flight Jack Harper hopes to cancel.
The elusive Nonesuch, a famed sportsman, has inherited Broom Hall and his arrival has local society in a dither. The dazzling yet selfish Tiffany Wield sets out to charm, as her governess Ancilla Trent attempts to rein her in.
A monster hurricane, a long-lost father, the Irish mob, and a rogue vampire are all trying their darndest to smash Dead End, Florida into pieces — and then another dead body shows up. What are a pawn shop owner and tiger shifter PI to do?
A librarian finds himself in a plot right out of one of his favorite mystery novels, even as he juggles his feelings about his ex and his significant other.
It’s a tempestuous mix of demons and humans as they tiptoe into a two-week exchange program that hatreds cause to explode. It’s Logan, Death’s son, and Eva Tennant who have their own battle of prejudices to dissect.
I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child — twins, fathered by my royal guard. Not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine.
Attempting to escape her grief, Elphyra MacPherson creates a new life in Starlight Hollow with old and new friendships and new adventures.