Posts Tagged ‘England’
Perils in Yorkshire, by Emma Dakin
Perils in Yorkshire, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay’s tourists are exploring the cobbled streets of York. Her American ladies from Tucson, the couple from Bristol and the couple from London appear fascinated by Claire’s explanations of the unique architecture. All except Phillip, a younger, single man who disappears — again. Claire spots him entering the…
Read MoreThe Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson
The Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson Juliette de Flournoy refuses to be imprisoned by her past — the French Revolution that robbed her family of their heritage, and the rape that left her homeless — comforting herself with her dreams of becoming London’s premier modiste, and by her friends, the enterprising ladies off Mrs.…
Read MoreCrime in Cornwall, by Emma Dakin
Crime in Cornwall, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay is enthusiastic about her British Mystery Book Tour business. She enjoys taking her guests, usually from America, to the settings of mystery novels where bodies are long dead. Her neighbor’s plea for help to deal with a recently murdered well-known author unsettles her. She leaves the body…
Read MoreThe Unlikely Heroes, by Carla Kelly
The Unlikely Heroes, by Carla Kelly The year is 1805. Napoleon is determined to invade England. Angus Ogilvie, spy catcher, has learned more of Napoleon’s plans. He relays them to Master Able Six, instructor at St. Brendan the Navigator School, where workhouse boys of promise are training in naval service to an England that considers…
Read MoreHazards in Hampshire by Emma Dakin
Hazards in Hampshire, by Emma Dakin Claire expected her hostess to be boring, not dead. A body in the pavilion is too much reality for tour guide Claire Barclay. Her tourists are intrigued, but Claire finds her position as a suspect highly uncomfortable. Claire Barclay returns to England from her last post in Seattle, finally…
Read MoreThe Unlikely Master Genius, by Carla Kelly
The Unlikely Master Genius, by Carla Kelly Sailing Master Able Six, Royal Navy, is a man like no other. To call him a mere polymath is to sell him short. Someone with his extraordinary gifts should rise to the top, unless it is the 1800s, where pedigree and money govern Regency society, as sure as…
Read MoreThe Frenchman and the English Rose, by Carolann Camillo
The Frenchman and the English Rose, by Carolann Camillo In 1759, Catherine Bradshaw travels from London to the colony of New York to join her future husband, Jeremy Flint, a man she barely knows but already fears. Immediately after the wedding ceremony, their coach is waylaid by Rive St. Clair, a French Army captain who…
Read MoreWith This Ring, by Carla Kelly
With This Ring, by Carla Kelly The year is 1814, and Lydia Perkins is in London for the Season. Sadly, the Perkins don’t care if Lydia makes a suitable match. All her mother’s hopes lie in the beautiful but vapid Kitty, and Lydia is expected to answer her every whim. In an effort to mix…
Read MoreSeason’s Regency Greetings by Carla Kelly
Season’s Regency Greetings, by Carla Kelly “Let Nothing You Dismay”: In 1810 England, Cecilia Ambrose is an oddity at the Bath academy for young ladies where she teaches. Although gently raised, she is half-Egyptian, and at age twenty-eight believes she will never marry. With Christmas only days away, Cecilia has agreed to escort twelve-year-old Lucinda…
Read MoreMrs. McVinnie’s London Season, by Carla Kelly
Mrs. McVinnie’s London Season, by Carla Kelly Widowed at 24 by war, Jeannie McVinnie wishes to free her father-in-law to join his old regiment for a Highlands fishing trip. She practices a small deception by accepting an invitation issued to another Jeannie McVinnie: a plea for help from Captain William Summers to his former nursemaid…
Read More