The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean

February 12, 2020

“Beauty and the Beast” has always been my favorite fairy tale. And, with the Disney version, what book lover can forget that library? It’s just one more reason to fall in love with the beast. And, what do you do with a rogue who bribes the heroine...

Buried to the Brim by Jenn McKinlay

February 11, 2020

Well, Jenn McKinlay’s Hat Shop mysteries have gone to the dogs. I mean it. The sixth book in the series, Buried to the Brim, is fun, one of Jenn’s best books. And, it’s set in the world of dog shows. Scarlett Parker and her cousin, Viv...

Beautiful World Australia by Lonely Planet

February 10, 2020

Did I tell you I’m going to Australia this year? Well, we can’t see the entire continent in ten days. We’re concentrating on New South Wales and Tasmania, but Beautiful World Australia, a Lonely Planet book, covers the entire continent....

Murder at the Capitol by C.M. Gleason

February 09, 2020

Murder at the Capitol is C.M. Gleason’s third Lincoln’s White House Mystery. She writes of Washington, D.C. at the beginning of the war with images I never really thought about. D.C. was really a small town in 1861, and a southern small town even more than...

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

February 08, 2020

Do you know what I love about Sarah MacLean’s historical romances (well, other than everything)? One Good Earl Deserves a Lover: The Second Rule of Scoundrels, the second in her Rules of Scoundrels series, is the funniest one I’ve read yet. Each one is so...

Winners and a Library Lover’s Giveaway

February 07, 2020

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Mary H. from St. Louis, MO will receive Catriona McPherson’s Strangers at the Gate, and Virginia D. from Tempe, AZ won The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I’m...