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Thank you to William Morrow Books for a copy of the GIRL FROM THE SAVOY by Hazel Gaynor.  This copy was given in exchange for an honest review. I also have one copy to giveaway.   Please see the rafflecopter below. So have you ever wanted to be on stage and perform?  Could something from your past keep you from a bright future?  Or could a possibility open up a future that you never suspected? Synopsis:  Dolly Lane has worked as a maid ever since the Great War.  Now a new opportunity has arrived.  She will begin her work at one of London’s best hotels The Savoy.  There are rules to follow for her position as maid.  She still sees her friend Clover on her off days from her previous position.  So what happens when she answers an ad to be a muse for a struggling composer?   This composer also happens to be the brother of the Loretta May.  She is known on the stage as one of the biggest stars in London, but s...

Eighteen months ago, Lizzie Troutt’s husband died in his mistress’s bed, leaving her determined to never marry again….and unfortunately virginal. Eighteen years ago (give or take a few) the Honorable Oliver Berwick blackened his own soul, leaving him hardened and resolutely single. When the chance for redemption in the form of a country house party invitation comes his way, Oliver is determined to prove himself a gentleman. Until he breaks all the codes of gentlemanly behavior…once again. About the Author:   ELOISA JAMES is a New York Times best-selling author and professor of English literature who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight.  Please visit Eloisa on her Facebook page , Twitter , and her Website . To purchase the novel please visit these fine retailers.  ...

I have the grand opportunity to share the latest novel by Sara Gruen.  AT THE WATER’S EDGE is about a monster hunt for the Loch Ness Monster.  Will Hank and Ellis find this monster?  Synopsis: Hank has the perfect plan to win back the graces of Ellis’s parents.  They would go look for and get a picture of the Loch Ness Monster.  Ellis’s father had attempted but failed. Both Hank and Ellis got out of the fight in World War Two. They were diagnosed with physical ailments.  Hank has flat feet and Ellis has colorblindness.  Or does Ellis have color blindness?  He is married to Maddie.  She has been friends with Hank and Ellis for a long time. She was diagnosed in the past with psychological issues. So they all head to Scotland to find the monster.  How successful is their quest?  What will become of Maddie? Hank? And Ellis? My Thoughts: I liked this novel.  I listened to it on audiobook.  The narration was not...

Washington, D.C., May 2, 2016 — In her debut novel THE BOWL WITH GOLD SEAMS , acclaimed writer and literary critic Ellen Prentiss Campbell tells a moving, intimate story inspired by an unusual chapter in the history of the Bedford Springs Hotel in southern Pennsylvania. During the summer of 1945, the resort served as the detainment center for the Japanese ambassador to Berlin, his staff, and their families. The novel tells Hazel Shaw’s story as a young Quaker woman working at the hotel among the Japanese, and the further story of the reverberating lifelong consequences of that experience. The final events of the war challenge Hazel’s beliefs about enemies and friends, victory and defeat, love and loyalty. In the ensuing years she remains haunted by memories. Long after the end of the war, an unexpected encounter brings Hazel back to the hotel and she must confront her past, come to terms with her present life, and determine her future. Like the precious bowl she is given, broken ...