Reviews by Barbara B. (Bradenton, FL)

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Hotel Cuba
Hotel Cuba: A Novel
by Aaron Hamburger
Hotel Cuba (4/4/2023)
This is a very good book. A quick read and held my interest until the very end. I liked the story and the characters. It opened up an area that I was not aware of before. I would like to read additional books by this author.
Good Husbands
Good Husbands: A Novel
by Cate Ray
Good Husbands (4/13/2022)
I did like this book but with reservations. I feel that the rape committed by the husbands was at another time in their life and that the wives treated it much like it just happened yesterday. I am not condoning their actions but to completely destroy their families was too harsh a reaction.
The Last Grand Duchess
The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution
by Bryn Turnbull
The Last Grand Duchess (1/12/2022)
Excellent book, I always love stories about the Romanov Family and found this to be one of the best I have read. I liked how it went back and forth in the times of their lives.
Excellent book
The Last Train to Key West
The Last Train to Key West
by Chanel Cleeton
The Last train to Key West (3/21/2020)
I have been a fan of Chanel Cleeton since reading Next Year In Havana and When We Left Cuba. This book was even better than I had hoped. Being a Florida resident I have been thru several hurricanes and the description of this one took me straight back to those days. Each of …more
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
The Sun Down Motel (12/3/2019)
This is one of those books I truly needed to time to digest before I could even begin my review. The characters are interesting and the plot very clever. It should also be noted this is a mystery and a ghost story combined. Therefore one must be rather open minded to enjoy …more
Cartier's Hope
Cartier's Hope: A Novel
by M. J. Rose
Cartier's Hope (9/24/2019)
M. J. Rose once again, has written an attention keeping historical mystery. Set in Gilded Age New York with the infamous Hope diamond and it's legends and curses forming an intriguing story. There is also mystery and romance with a journalist heroine. Best of all is the …more
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