![]() I thought it was going in one direction and was surprised when it didn’t. The eerie setting rounded out the gothic feel as well. The characters were all well-developed, whether they were lovable or not-so-lovable. It reminded me a bit of The Silent Companion and Jane Eyre. This gothic tale is entirely from Margaret’s pov. ![]() However, she tries to get on with her work teaching Louis, her ten-year-old charge, who has immediately captured her heart.īut the past catches up with Margaret, and it becomes impossible to ignore the strange occurrences in the house. Margaret doesn’t believe in such superstitions, but she can’t deny the noises she hears at night, nor the flashes of something seen and then gone. There are whispers that the house is cursed. Margaret quickly learns that the villagers avoid the house and its inhabitants. Margaret Lennox, recently widowed, has taken up a governess position at Heartwood Hall under the employ of Mrs. ![]() The Secrets of Hartwood Hall is an atmospheric and compelling gothic mystery. ![]()
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Unmasking Sin by Mary Lancaster5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() She suffers two robbery attempts in the same night: the first as she is leaving the Gardens and two thugs try to steal her purse and the second in the middle of the night, when someone tries to rob her house. However, it seems someone is trying to hurt more than just her reputation. Shunned by Regency London high society, cut off by her parents who disapproved of her second marriage, harassed by her in-laws, the lonely Lady Rebecca comes to the Maida Gardens “where she could be anonymous and part of society in a way she could control.” Lancaster wastes no time making us doubt Rebecca’s innocence: both of her abusive husbands died as a result of their own excesses and the rumors of her poisoning them were started by her second husband’s relatives, who want control of her young son Tom, along with his inheritance. ![]() She, in turn, is watched by Ludovic Dunne, a solicitor who has been hired by the relatives of her dead second husband to investigate her. Masked couples dance on the lantern lit lawn and, alone, on a table with no other chairs, Lady Rebecca Cornish, also known as the Black Widow, watches them. Unmasking Sin, the third book on Mary Lancaster’s “Pleasure Gardens” series, opens, fittingly enough, on the Maida Pleasure Gardens. ![]() Blessing the boats clifton5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() She was the author of several other collections of poetry, including Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000 (BOA Editions, 2000), which won the National Book Award Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 (BOA Editions, 1987), which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and Two-Headed Woman (University of Massachusetts Press, 1980), also a Pulitzer Prize nominee as well as the recipient of the University of Massachusetts Press Juniper Prize.Ĭlifton was also the author of Generations: A Memoir (Random House, 1976) and more than sixteen books for children, written expressly for an African-American audience. Her first book of poems, Good Times (Random House, 1969), was rated one of the best books of the year by the New York Times.Ĭlifton remained employed in state and federal government positions until 1971, when she became a writer in residence at Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryland, where she completed two collections: Good News About the Earth (Random House, 1972) and An Ordinary Woman (Random House, 1974). ![]() Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936. ![]() Holly Would Dream by Karen Quinn5/11/2023 ![]() “This book is a goldmine of information-an invaluable resource for parents of young children who want to ignite their children's learning. It’s just good parenting-and better test scores are icing on the cake. The activities she suggests are not about “teaching to the test.” They are about having fun while teaching to the underlying abilities every test assesses.įrom the “right” way to have a conversation to natural ways to bring out your child’s inner math geek, Quinn shares the techniques that every parent can do with their kids to give them the best chance to succeed in school and beyond. ![]() But information about intelligence tests is closely guarded, and it can be difficult to understand what your kids need to know.Īs an expert who has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to work with their own children, Karen Quinn has written the ultimate guide to preparing your child for kindergarten testing. ![]() ![]() Whether your child is going to a private kindergarten or a public school, he or she will most likely be tested-and placed in classrooms according to those results. ![]() Karen Quinn has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to prepare their children for testing, and Testing For Kindergarten is her ultimate, comprehensive guide to having fun while teaching to the underlying abilities every test assesses. ![]() Fated Forgiveness by Alanea Alder5/10/2023 ![]() This series is a paranormal romance revolving around a Warrior Compound on the outskirts of a Shifter village. She’s been Bewitched and he’s Bewildered… Bewitched and Bewildered (book list here) Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for reading my books I hope that in some small way they entertain you as much in the reading of them as I received in the writing of them. I welcome any questions and feedback so please don’t hesitate to find me on Facebook. If you read only M/F or only M/M I apologize, but it is my hope that you can fall in love with the entire town as I have and enjoy every mating story that the characters share with me. ![]() This series will have mixed sexual orientation pairings. ![]() I really don’t have much say in it, the characters are telling the stories, and I’m just typing it. It is not my intention to alienate any reader or disappoint them with how this series is written. It’s a real honor to be able to write and have my stories published so that someone else can read them.Ībove all else and before I was a writer, I will always be an AVID reader. First of all, let me thank you for reading my books. ![]() New suns original speculative fiction5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Rebellion Publishing was kind enough to also send over an advance reading copy for review.įantastic anthology with a wonderful range of stories. Unexpected brilliance shines forth from every page.Ī few months back I posted about the cover release for New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color. These are authors aware of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of stereotypes and clichés, ready to dazzle you with their daring genius. Between this book’s covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of ColorĪnthology of contemporary stories by emerging and seasoned writers of many races ![]() Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() In the revised edition, he’ll simply answer “Yes,” when Villiers asks about their relationship. Numerous people wrote me about the fact that in Chapter Forty-one Ward seems to think that he’s distantly related to Viscount Herries when, in fact, as Villiers points out, the viscount is his first cousin.In the sixth line, Ward warns about Eugenia cursing in a ballroom, when, in fact, he’s worried that his sister Lizzie will blurt out naughty words in public. ![]() ![]() Varsha pointed out a mistake on page 258, in Chapter 30.Fonthill, of course, is the house where Eugenia grew up, home to her father’s infamous house parties. Abigail discovered that Chapter Forty should be labeled Fawkes House, not Fonthill.All I can do is ask for forgiveness for disrupting my own universe. I was trying to figure out what circumstances would produce someone like Lisette, and I came up with her mother, as portrayed in this book. An early reviewer of Seven Minutes was the first-but by no means the last-to point out that Lisette’s mother is clearly mentioned in A Duke of Her Own as having died of a broken heart. ![]() Sally on the Rocks by Winifred Boggs5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Sally, hence, returns to her place of comfort and shelter – to the small village of Little Crampton under the care of her elderly guardian of sorts – Reverend Adam Loveday. The bohemian lifestyle that was supported by Sally’s dubious painting career is no longer viable. She is single, 31 years old and without means of income in war-struck Paris of 1915. ![]() Miss Salome Lunton or Sally Lunton is on the rocks. ![]() On the surface, it sounds like a mercenary tale but it is based on a unique social situation, which affected a whole generation of women, maimed by their inability to either earn a living or marry- due to so many men fighting and perishing at the Front, in the Great War of 1914. ‘Sally on the Rocks’ is the story of Miss Sally Lunton’s attempts to secure a husband for herself, to ward off future financial insecurity- in an attempt to prevent herself being flung ‘on the rocks’, as such. ![]() I’ve been sent a review copy of the book but all opinions expressed about the book are my own. I’m writing this review of ‘Sally on the Rocks’ as part of the British Library Women Writers Series Blog Tour. ![]() Christian robinson gaston5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. 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