I have discovered a new, delightful heroine, and it's time I introduced her: everyone, meet Saffron Everleigh! She's a spunky, witty botanist working as a research assistant at the University College in London in the 1920s where she suddenly finds herself mixed up in a murder scheme when the wife of a professor drops dead at a dinner party. Though at first she might seem like the awkward, bookish type, she quickly finds her footing in the throes of the chase as she first tries to acquit her ...
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WOMS: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
If all books about the fae were more like Emily Wilde's adventures, I might read more stories about them. Emily and Bambleby are back in this second installment, Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, of Heather Fawcett's series reminiscent of Marie Brennan's Lady Trent series, just with excursions to discover and research the fae in their natural habitats, not dragons. Perhaps that is what I love most about this series, though I'm sure I already shared the same sentiments in my previous ...
WOMS: The Last Heir of Blackwood Library
I wasn't looking for a ghost story, but I am so glad I stumbled upon The Last Heiress of Blackwood Library by Hester Fox. Introducing mysteries back into my rotations of genres has allowed me to branch out a little, especially since so many I read are historically inspired. Okay, all of them are, but what I'm trying to get to is that I have found myself "accidentally" reading historical novels I wouldn't have necessarily picked up at first had it not hinted at some sort of mystery within its ...
WOMS: A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril
How is it that Manda Collins never ceases to delight me? Her latest installment (and maybe final?) in her Ladies Most Scandalous series, A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril, is no exception to the reputation she's established as a charming author of historical romances, even when there's a murder to be solved. With all the chaos my life has been over the last four years, I've never been able to review one of her books, which is a shame because they're so deserving of all the ...
WOMS: The Gentleman’s Gambit
There are few books, especially works of fiction, I read where I desire to annotate little notes or underline sentences because of how deeply they resonate with me. I can only think of five books where I have done so, and they are my five most favourite and beloved novels. I have now read another I would add to that list. Evie Dunmore's The Gentleman's Gambit possessed every bit of charm and passion as her other books in her League of Extraordinary Women series. However, this book felt ...
