Title: The Phantom Tree Author: Nicola Cornick Release Date: December 29th, 2016 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads – Amazon – B&N – Book Depository Synopsis from Goodreads: Browsing antiques shops in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait – supposedly of Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better… The woman is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 as an unwanted orphan and presumed dead after going m

Title: The Kennedy Debutante Author: Kerri Maher Release Date: October 2nd, 2018 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads – Amazon – B&N – Book Depository Synopsis from Goodreads: London, 1938. The effervescent "It girl" of London society since her father was named the ambassador, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy moves in rarified circles, rubbing satin-covered elbows with some of the 20th century's most powerful figures. Eager to escape the watchful eye of her strict mother, Rose,

Title: The Lost Carousel of Provence Author: Juliet Blackwell Release Date: September 18, 2018 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads – Amazon – B&N – Book Depository Synopsis from Goodreads: Long, lonely years have passed for the crumbling Château Clement, nestled well beyond the rolling lavender fields and popular tourist attractions of Provence. Once a bustling and dignified ancestral estate, now all that remains is the château's gruff, elderly owner and the softly whi

Title: A Mortal Likeness Series: Victorian Mystery #2 Author: Laura Joh Rowland Release Date: 1/9/2018 Rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis from Goodreads: A photographer in Whitechapel, London, Sarah Bain is also a private detective—skilled at capturing others’ dark secrets, and expert at keeping her own. When a wealthy banker, Sir Gerald Mariner, posts a handsome reward for finding his missing infant, all of London joins in, hoping to win that money for themselves. Usually discourag

Title: The House on Foster Hill Author: Jaime Jo Wright Release Date: December 5, 2017 Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Synopsis from Goodreads: Kaine Prescott is no stranger to death. When her husband died two years ago, her pleas for further investigation into his suspicious death fell on deaf ears. In desperate need of a fresh start, Kaine purchases an old house sight unseen in her grandfather's Wisconsin hometown. But one look at the eerie, abandoned house immediately leaves her ques

Title: Slipsliding by the Bay Author: Barbara McDonald Release Date: July 18, 2017 Rating: 3/5 Stars Synopsis from Goodreads: Perched on the edge of San Francisco, Lakeside College is experiencing an identity crisis. John Gudewill is recruited as president to save the college from possible closure--but he is flummoxed at every turn. The faculty, led by secretive English professor Eliot Blanc, is determined to unionize. The alumni want Lakeside to return to its former status

Alice and the Assassin follows spirited Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, while she and her Secret Service body guard, Joseph St. Clair, attempt to solve a mystery connected to the assassination of President McKinley. While the story was well written and Alice was a very intriguing character the book dragged its way through the plot and I often fell asleep after only a few pages. There was great dialogue and the banter between Alice and her body guard