Fifteenth in the Daughters of England historical fiction series in the gothic romance vein. The focus in this one is on a Victorian-era daughter, Rebecca Mandeville and her family.My TakeA typical gothic romance with cozy overtones that thwart Carr's attempts to create tension and drama. I'm not ...
Two twin sisters are inseparable, but then one of them gets married and moves to a mansion in the depths of the country. The setting is just before the second world war. The married twin disappears and her sister decides to investigate what happened.Halfway through the book, even before she disap...
Good story, but it didn’t excite me. I needed something more special or different about the characters.Lucie was bland, passive, trusting, naive. Her friend said Lucie had a mind like a lawyer. But lawyers are smarter about analyzing things and people, not trusting as easily as Lucie did. Her...
This historical fiction set in England during the French Revolution was not what I expected at all. I wanted a ghost story but instead I received an almost trashy sort of forbidden love triangle. The protagonist whined and ranted about her sin with the forbidden brother every time they met and ...
Picked up this book randomly during an ebook sale since it was a historical fiction set in one of my favorite time periods (Tudor/Henry 8th British Era) and it was an enjoyable, although not amazing, read.The story takes place during Henry VIII's reign (The book spans from when Henry is still mar...
Philippa Carr was a favorite author of mine when I was young, and now I am rereading them in order. I didn't realize the first time that I read them that if you start with The Miracle at St. Bruno's and read them in order, the story continues on and on. It's fun to read them that way. They start...
A fabulous book about the lovely Priscilla Eversleigh. Daughter of Arabella and Carlton Eversleigh. Her father wanted a son and paid little attention to her. She sought men out early in life and when a young man comes along that is wanted by the government she and her brother hide him so they can...
I reached the middle of this novel, but I declare myself unable to finish it.One of the problems I've found with it is the little sympathy I feel for the characters. I can't stand them. All seem to be kids, inmature and not enough developed. The fact that two grown-up men can gamble their future ...
Bueno otra historia que no deja indiferente, me recuerda un poco a La Hija del Diablo, la chica renuente, el marinero arrogante y mujeriego que la acosa. Hace muchisimo que un libro no me atrapaba como este y eso que es parecidisimo a La Hija del Diablo, que no me encanto, es obvio que Jean Plaid...