
The Fortune Keeper (Tofana #3)
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Count your nights by stars, not shadows ~ Italian Proverb Winter in Renaissance Venice Mia...
Historical Fiction Renaissance Italy

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2357 KP) rated The Lessons We Learn in Books
May 21, 2022 (Updated May 21, 2022)
Since Lee’s family situation has been a subplot in the first two books in this series, this book is able to jump right into the action. The result is a story that never waned. I was hooked from the first page and never wanted to put the book down. I enjoyed getting to see more of the supporting characters in this book, and the development that came with their expanded page time. Likewise, I enjoyed seeing some of the relationship growth from the previous book stick around. I hope it continues in future books. The writing helps pull us into the story, and the historical details are fantastic, as well. This is the strongest book in the series to date, and I can’t wait to visit Betty again.

Ericksen (Gen-Heirs: The Guardians of Sziveria, #5)
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Wintervail will bring more than gifts and snow… Evidence of an assassin has gone missing, along...
Paranormal Romance Science Fiction Series

Snowbody Loves Me (Christmas Falls #2)
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They say there’s no place like home for the holidays... But that isn’t true when snowbody loves...
Contemporary MM Seasonal Romance

Warning! Deep Water! by A.L. Lester
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It’s 1947. George is going through the motions, sowing seeds and tending plants and harvesting...
Historical MM Short Story 1940's England Naked Gardening Day Hurt/Comfort

Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15)
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Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day… Because as...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2357 KP) rated Spoon to be Dead in Books
Dec 16, 2023 (Updated Dec 16, 2023)
The book starts that quickly, and I got caught up in the action. The pacing was a little uneven in the middle, but things pick up for a fantastic climax. Since this is (sadly) the final book in the series, we get a wrap up for the characters. Some of that was a little abrupt, but overall, I liked it. Gabe being in town provided a great way to see different sides of several of the characters and watch their relationships grow. Considering how much I love the characters, that was nice. The Christmas setting didn’t really kick in until the second half of the book, but it was strong then. We also get some festive recipes to enjoy later. Fans of the series will be satisfied with this book, and if you haven’t started this series yet, you’ll want to do so today.

Loving the Enemy (7 Forbidden Arts #0)
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If your father is a powerful criminal, you can't trust anyone, especially not the stranger who saves...
Paranormal Romance Adult

A Home for Christmas
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Will six strangers find hope, love, and family at Christmas? A collection of three historical...
Christmas Romance Historical Western Romance Christmas Special Seasonal

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Light at the End of the Day in Books
Jan 14, 2024
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The Light at the End of the Day
By Eleanor Wasserberg
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When Jozef is commissioned to paint a portrait of the younger daughter of Kraków’s grand Oderfeldt family, it is only his desperate need for money that drives him to accept. He has no wish to indulge a pampered child-princess or her haughty, condescending parents – and almost doesn’t notice Alicia’s bookish older sister, Karolina.
But when he is ushered by a servant into their house on Kraków’s fashionable Bernadyńska street in the winter of 1937, he has no inkling of the way his life will become entangled with the Oderfeldts'. Or of the impact that the German invasion will have upon them all.
As Poland is engulfed by war, and Jozef’s painting is caught up in the tides of history, Alicia, Karolina and their parents are forced to flee – their Jewish identity transformed into something dangerous, and their comfortable lives overturned …
I struggled with this book in several places. The story was so sad and I can’t even begin to imagine living like this but the book was a tough read I’m not sure why either which is so frustrating. I couldn’t bring my to like these characters at all under the storyline the characters were hard to like.