Love, Honor, Betray is book three in the Lexington, Alabama multicultural interest series by bestselling author, Mary Monroe. Book three begins where book two, Empty Vows, left off. Hubert and Jessie are both preoccupied with their married life and the secrets they’re keeping from each other and the world. The story is again revealed through … Continue reading Love, Honor, Betray by Mary Monroe
The Gunslinger’s Guide to Avoiding Matrimony by Michelle McLean is book two in her Gunslinger standalone book series. Notorious gunslinger, Adam Brady, has rules, but the first and most important is: avoid matrimony at all costs. Unfortunately, the town he’s fled to has rules, too: 30 days to find a job or get married. Will … Continue reading The Gunslinger’s Guide to Avoiding Matrimony by Michelle McLean
Black Cake is Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel. Ms. Wilkerson starts off winning right out of the gate. Benedetta ‘Benny’ Bennett and her brother Byron aren’t on the best of terms but must deal with their mother’s death together. Will they be destroyed or delighted by the history that confronts them? Black Cake is a definite … Continue reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley is book one in her Lady Worthing historical mystery series. Vanessa Riley has gifted us with a great new female protagonist, in Abigail Carrington Monroe, Lady Worthing. This character is fully developed, though some others seem a little one dimensional. In fact, I was so taken with Lady Worthing … Continue reading Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley
The Five Shilling Children by Lindsey Hutchinson is a nice work of historical fiction. Nine-year-old Polly Fitch and her ten-year-old brother, Adam, are sold for five shillings each to an orphanage by their abusive father, Gerald. They’re distraught, but they have each other, three filling meals a day, their own beds and a brand new … Continue reading The Five Shilling Children by Lindsey Hutchinson
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