Never Spar with a Viscount by Lindsay Lovise

March 20, 2026

Lindsay Lovise’s Never Spar with a Viscount is the third in her historical romance series, The Secret Society of Governess Spies, however it works just fine as a standalone. The reader does meet the governesses from the previous two books, but those books are...

Tryst by Elswyth Thane

March 15, 2026

I have a fondness for paranormal romance-like mysteries. I say romance-like, because, despite the overall feeling, there’s no physical romance. The man in these books is dead, a ghost. Despite the attraction, there’s nothing to be done about it....

The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery

January 17, 2026

Ross Montgomery capitalizes on world fears in 1910 in his locked-room mystery, The Murder at World’s End. Montgomery, who normally writes children’s books, decided to write an adult mystery during lock-down for COVID. He successfully introduces a fun new...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

January 12, 2026

With the miserable politics last week, I needed a comfort read, so I picked up my copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. I read the entire series as they came out in the U.S., beginning with this one in 1998, but I haven’t picked...

A Grave Deception by Connie Berry

January 10, 2026

I had hoped to get to the Bexley Public Library when Connie Berry appeared there to talk about her sixth Kate Hamilton mystery, A Grave Deception. But, it poured that night, and I didn’t want to drive in the dark in the rain. I did buy a copy of the book,...