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The Oath (The Druid Chronicles, #1) by A.M. Linden

A.M. Linden

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When the last of members of a secretive Druid cult are forced to abandon their hidden sanct-uary,...

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Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

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A beautiful and often brutal coming-of-age story about the cost of dreams, war and human violence on...

What the Cluck? It’s Murder

Jacqueline Vick

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A broody hen. A dead body. The ultimate test of a relationship. Pet psychic Frankie Chandler...

The Wilderness Retreat

Jennifer Moore

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As Bella drops her son off at university, she’s devastated. It’s been the two of them ever since...

I Know Her Name: a poetry book from the pages of You Won't Know Her Name

Shanti Hershenson

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In the sixth grade, a girl’s life was turned upside down by a series of horrific bullying events. ...

poems poetry poetry collection bullying teen teens

Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated Thumb Fire Desire in Books

Aug 16, 2022

Thumb Fire Desire

Carol Nickles | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance

9.0

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Ginny has gone to live with her brother and his wife, she is moving from the city to the countryside. Her life is going to be completely turned upside down - will she be able to get used to it? Her sister-in-law doubts very much that Ginny will ever find herself a husband! Ginny is determined to do whatever she can to become useful, and then the fires came.

This is an intriguing story that has some facts about the land and the Polish settlers and how everybody just simply got on with the ways of life.

Ginny's discomfort is completely understandable she isn't used to any of the situations she's been plunged into but she adapts well.

Some of the book is heart-breaking and you feel those emotions whirling through you.

When I first started reading this book I was rather apprehensive as to whether I would enjoy it or not, I'm glad I pursued and finished it otherwise I would have missed out on a beautiful tale.

A recommended read

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Buttercream Betrayal

Kim Davis

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Intent on getting their two mischievous dogs under control, Emory Martinez and her half sister,...

ClareR (6001 KP) rated The Leviathan in Books

Feb 3, 2023

The Leviathan

Rosie Andrews | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.0

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It’s 1643 and Thomas Treadwater has returned home injured from the Civil War. His father’s farm is in Norfolk, and his sister sent Thomas a letter, accusing their maidservant of bewitching their religious father. When Thomas arrives on the family land, it is to the sight of dead livestock, a sick father (a stroke), and a servant held responsible for both occurrences by way of witchcraft. Thomas doesn’t believe in witchcraft though, and decides to investigate what has happened for himself.

This beautiful story really does evoke the time: how women were regarded as witches if they knew too much, looked to beautiful, looked too ugly, or were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. I enjoyed reading about their thoughts on religion, philosophy and how the law worked. There was even a part for John Milton himself.

There are secrets galore, a shipwreck and a real leviathan. The menace seems to be constantly radiating off the page in this dark (and it felt to me) grey and damp time!

Recommended.