Something Like Summer (Something Like, #1)
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Knot on Her Life
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Phoenix Freed (Phoenix #3)
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Her Secret Inheritance (Isobel Key #2)
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Five years after the trip to Scotland that changed her life, Lou is back in the misty, magical...
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Under His Spell (The Rival Courts, #1)
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A beautiful love story between the Princess Royal Victoria and Fritz Wilhelm, Frederick III of...
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ClareR (6106 KP) rated The Queen of Fives in Books
Sep 30, 2025 (Updated Sep 30, 2025)
I loved this: it’s pacey, rip-roaring, the historical detail is on point and the story itself is unputdownable. The characters were fascinating, and I was cheering from the sidelines for Quinn, the Queen of Fives, even though her goal is to rip off the landed gentry (not such a bad thing, surely?!). The moral greyness of this is at peak level!
The narrator, Polly Edsel, is perfect and brings the cast of characters to life.
There’s dishonesty, family honour, independent strong women, peril, love, lies and fraud.
Highly recommended!
One Fine Voice
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All her life, Esther Hopkins has been told she has a mighty fine voice. Still, she can't believe...
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Lalji's Nairobi
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British Gujarat, 1905. Despairing of the social injustices and crippling taxes under the British...
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A Flicker in the Dark
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Chloe Davis’ father is a serial killer. He was convicted and jailed when she was twelve but the...