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The First Cut by Val Penny | Book Review
Get ready for an edge of your seat ride as Val Penny takes us to Edinburgh, Scotland and a killer who just may be related to the cop on the case. This is one book that you will want to finish in one reading because you can't wait to find out what happens.Rating: The First Cut by Val Penny Series: Jane Renwick Thriller #1 Genres: Mystery, Scottish It’s hard to escape a brutal past… A vicious serial killer is on the loose. Victims include an academic and notable members of Edinburgh’s high society. When Detective Sergeant Jane Renwick learns through DNA that a member of her family could be the…
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Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | Book Review
This was certainly a very unique story for me. Maybe not 100% unique but not something I have read in a good long while while is one the things I enjoyed.Rating: Her Previous Self by Anne Allen Series: The Guernsey Novels #8 Genres: Historical Two women, living two hundred years apart but closer than sisters. Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer and living in the newly-built family mansion in Georgian Guernsey. Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion. Lucy is haunted by Mary’s…
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Duchess If You Dare by Anabelle Bryant | Book Review
Rating: Duchess If You Dare by Anabelle Bryant Series: The Maidens of Mayhem #1 Genres: Historical Romance From the glittering ballrooms of the ton to the city's grittiest corners, London has no shortage of wrongs in need of righting—and the Maidens of Mayhem are prepared for the challenge. United by secrecy and sisterhood, these daring women from all walks of life aim to fight injustice wherever it takes them—even into the arms of unexpected love... These Regency Robin Hoods from USA Today bestselling author Anabelle Bryant are destined to storm into readers' hearts! Scarlett Wynn's tragic childhood taught her that life can be cruel to women with little power. So…
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The Mersey Mistress by Sheila Riley
Rating: The Mersey Mistress by Sheila Riley Genres: Saga 1910 LIVERPOOL DOCKS. Ruby Swift is a hard-working, straight-talking woman of substance who does not suffer fools gladly, But when tragedy strikes on a bitter Christmas Eve, Ruby and her beloved Archie take matters into their own hands when a trusted employee’s house is mysteriously engulfed by flames and lives are lost. Orphaned by the fire, Ruby welcomes heartbroken sixteen-year-old Anna Cassidy, into her home and family but circumstances conspire against them and she is unable to save Anna’s twelve-year-old brother Sam Cassidy, who is sent by the Church to Canada as a Homeboy. Can Ruby help mend a broken heart…
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