Nicola Cornick’s writing continues to suck me in and it’s very difficult for me to put her books down. The writing is atmospheric in a way that’s both vivid and eerie, as are the descriptions of place and of slightly menacing suspense, which is often formed within the history of a location repeating itself in multiple timelines. The Woman in the Lake follows three women in two different timelines. Fenella Brightwell is in the present … Continue reading The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick →
Today I’m chatting with author Nicola Cornick, whose newest timeslip novel, The Phantom Tree, recently kept Elyse and I reading nonstop. In this interview, we talk about the transition she made from writing romance to writing historical fiction, and the challenge and opportunity of basing historical fiction on a real person, and placing her amid fictional characters. We also discuss the real challenges of being an unprotected woman in the Tudor era, the ways in … Continue reading 317. Time May Not Be Linear: An Interview with Nicola Cornick →
Sarah and I both read and enjoyed The Phantom Tree by Nicola Cornick, which is interesting as our reading tastes are fairly divergent. I finished the book in one day, and I was super excited to talk to her about it later. Sarah: I finished it in a day and a half and shamelessly bothered Elyse for a week or more to ask if she’d read it yet, had she? Huh? Had she read it? (FINALLY SHE … Continue reading The Phantom Tree by Nicola Cornick →
A Sword for His Lady by Mary Wine is $1.99! This historical romance is first in the Courtly Love series and I’m digging the cover. Readers loved the heroine, but found some of the couple’s problems seemed to be solved by the hero’s magic wang. Have you read this one?
Continue reading →
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Lainey T. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Historical Romance category. The summary: An Indecent Proposal! Lady Lucy MacMorlan may have forsworn men and marriage, but that doesn't mean she won't agree to profit from writing love letters for her brother's friends – letters that become increasingly racy as her fame grows. That is, until she deliberately ruins the betrothal of a notorious … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: The Lady and the Laird by Nicola Cornick →
There was no review submitted for the RITA® Reader Challenge, so out we go! Plot summary: Once the toast of the ton, Lottie Cummings is now notorious for being divorced. Shunned by society, the destitute beauty is lured to become a Covent Garden courtesan. Until a dangerous rake saves her with a scandalous offer. The illegitimate son of a duke, Ethan Ryder rose to the ranks of Napoleon’s most trusted cavalry officer—until his capture landed … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge Roundup: One Wicked Sin by Nicola Cornick →
Part four of my liveblogging an Historical Undone. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Chapter Four: The Night before Christmas Bliss is the word for it: they’ve “gotten to know” each other now that the hot sex has cleared the air, and it’s time for a merry Christmas and a merrier denouement and conclusion. Lord Alex WALON has even offered to help with the chores. HOLY CRAP. But oh, noes! … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick →
Part three of my liveblogging of my reading of this Historical Undone. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Chapter three: Melicent tries to concentrate on her mutton, but her hot husband is distracting her, to say nothing of her wastrel brother, the Feckless Aloysius, and her tyrant harpy of a mother. Her stomach squirmed with sensuous longing. She wondered what on earth was happening to her…. Better check the mutton, … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick →
Part two of my liveblogging of my reading of this Historical Undone. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Ok, their estate in Yorkshire? Peacock Oak. Poor Alex WALON, I hope that’s not an endorsement of his endowment, or the sexual preferences of his brother. Melicent’s mother apparently feels “sick as cushion,” whatever that means, and is a pain in the ass. Melicent is hiding downstairs writing. Writing the scandalous gossip? … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick →
I’m attempting to liveblog my reading of this Historical Undone. It remains to be seen whether I’ll be able to read and annotate by the end of the day, but I shall give it a shot. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Lord Alexander whatever a lot of names Beaumont entered White’s, found no one would look at or speak to him, and challenged his friend Wheeler to inform him … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick →
This Rec League comes from our SBTB Patreon Discord, from user LyricLorelei: Does anyone have any good time loop story recs? Or things with showing multiple options/versions of life choices? Amanda: There were a bunch of great recs in the Discord, but I thought opening it up to the larger community would be even better. We had a Rec League on Dual Timelines that may have some overlap here. Elyse: Yes! The Darkness Outside Us … Continue reading The Rec League: Time Loops →
