Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie—known to her friends as Georgie—is 34th in line for the throne of England, and is heartily sick of royal life. Her Season didn’t end with a wedding, and at 21 she finds herself living in the family drafty Scottish castle with her brother and sister-in-law; the prospect of death by…
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Review: Saranormal: Ghost Town
Sara Collins is not happy. Her father has unexpectedly rooted her from her sunny California home and moved across country to an old shore town in New Jersey. Sharing a dilapidated house with a psychic who may or may not be a fraud is bad enough, but Sara’s main concern is the other occupants: the…
Review: The Last Dragonslayer
Hereford was once a magical place, full of wizards who could control the weather and bend time to their will. But that was a long time ago. The magic is dying, and now even the most powerful spellcasters are reduced to scraping by on unclogging drains and rewiring houses. Jennifer Strange, foundling and acting operator…
Review: The First Rule of Ten
(I read this book as part of the Pay it Sideways Challenge. Join in anytime, we’d love to have you!) Tenzing Norbu—Ten for for short—is feeling restless. A recent encounter with a .45 automatic means the final nail in the coffin that was his career as an LAPD detective, and he’s in no mood to…
Review: The Scarlet Pimpernel
(I read this book as part of the Back to the Classics Challenge. Click on the link or image to join in the fun!) 1792 Paris is not an ideal place to be an aristocrat. The French Revolution is well underway, and heads are rolling faster than one can count. Aristocrats, guilty or not, are…