![]() ![]() Overall Opinion: This was a nice surprise! I have been traveling and also consumed with binge watching some tv lately, so this was my first book in a while to read. ![]() "Basso expertly combines subtly nuanced characters with an impeccably crafted Regency setting and a revenge-fueled plot deftly laced with danger and desire." -"Booklist " on "A Little Bit Sinful" "Basso has a gift for creating stories tinged with simmering passion and poignancy." -"Romantic Times " on "How to Enjoy a Scandal" Now she can't help but wonder just what it would take to go from Scottish mistress.to Scottish wife. But when Gavin proves to be a skilled and achingly sensuous teacher, Fiona doesn't want their passionate arrangement to end. Now the brooding Scottish warrior can think of nothing else but ravishing his delectable new mistress, even though he's dutybound to marry another.įiona is shocked when Gavin accepts her scandalous offer-and fretful at the thought that he will discover how little she knows of seduction. Especially when she offers herself in exchange. When newly widowed Lady Fiona Libourg flees to Scotland in need of protection, Lord Gavin McLendon is powerless to refuse the British beauty. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Book honeysuckle season![]() ![]() 'Authors don’t have a crystal ball when writing about the future, apparently. The book is otherwise averaging 4.5 stars, with 1,474 ratings on Amazon.īut it's Legge's bizarre review that is going viral. 'The author apparently wrote the book before the pandemic, and made the assumption that summer 2020 would be just like other summers, with large wedding parties, no social distancing, etc. I found that very disturbing and distracting. 'The story was enjoyable, but every time I came to a chapter set in 2020, I asked myself, "when is the author going to say something about Covid-19?" ![]() Chapters alternate between the two time periods,' she wrote. 'This novel is set in Virginia during two time periods: the early 1940's, and the summer of 2020. Production schedule: Honeysuckle Season by Mary Ellen Taylor, came out on September 1 - but it was written before the pandemic ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments The casual vacancy amazon![]() ![]() There are kids in Vacancy, but they're worlds away from Harry and his wizarding pals. Rowling is taking her first steps into the world of adult literature after the immense success of the Harry Potter series. Rowling was, famously, on a train when she had the idea for Harry Potter. "There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing," she laughs. Rowling got the idea on a plane, while touring the United States to promote the last Harry Potter book. It's not my story, but it does address themes, subjects that are very important to me." ![]() I became excited about the idea of writing it," she says. "Exactly as with Harry Potter, I knew it was something I really, really wanted to write. Rowling tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Vacancy was a book she felt a deep need to write. There's no magic in Vacancy, though readers of the Potter books may well recognize Rowling's acute and often painful observations of human nature. Having concluded that series, she's written a novel for grown-ups called The Casual Vacancy, a story of troubled teenagers and their even more troubled parents.Ī local politician in an English town drops dead, prompting not mourning, but an outbreak of speculation over his suddenly empty town council seat. She's moved away from Harry Potter, the boy wizard whose stories prompted millions of kids to obsess over books big enough to serve as doorstops. ![]() |