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The Paris Winter
by Imogen Robertson
the Paris Winter (7/14/2014)
You will yearn for a color plate of one of the paintings described in this novel.
The heroine, young English aspiring painter, goes timidly into the Paris Winter and discovers her own naiveté. Friends from the Parisian Acadamie Lafond, sashay thru their own adventures, intomore
A Paris Apartment
by Michelle Gable
Paris works its magic! (3/10/2014)
Could not put this book down! Two stories at once! What a bargain! April is the "furniture" expert for an auction company. As she discovers treasures in the apartment which has been shuttered for 70 years, she also discovers journals of the woman who owned the apartment.more
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
by Nancy Horan
Under the wide and starry sky (11/17/2013)
Having read Nancy Horan's Loving Frank, I expected to enjoy this book as much. I did not. I did not feel like I knew the characters in book. Their character development was a thin veneer. Perhaps this was because so much was written about where they were but I did not feelmore
The Jericho Deception
by Jeffrey Small
Jericho tumbling down (3/31/2013)
It was average read. Not a lot of twists and turns. Characters seemed flat without any deep development. The story jumped around. Antics of amateurs seemed unbelievable. The plot did not seem completely plausible.
I would not recommend this book.
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
by Daniel Stashower
A plot revealed from the inside! (1/4/2013)
This book was very very detailed. Knowing the outcome already it was not suspenseful even though the events could have led to the reader feeling suspense. It took me a longer time to read than usual because of the detailed accounts that were too frequently repeated. Amore
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
by Margot L. Stedman
The Light Between Oceans (7/11/2012)
Lighthouse, island and characters become alive with detailed descriptions given us by the author, M.L. Stedman. Duty and love meet moral challenges with the clash of cymbals. This is a love story gone awry because of love itself.
I could not put the book down, not becausemore
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