I love the Kat Holloway series to the point that I’ve recommended and purchased copies for people all around me. I knew I’d like this one, and I did, indeed. The challenge here is that this is the fifth book in the series, so identifying the audience for a review is tricky and tends to slow down my ability to write said review. Meta aside, a brief summary: Kat Holloway is still balancing her life … Continue reading Death at the Crystal Palace by Jennifer Ashley →
RECOMMENDED: The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas is $1.99! Aarya loved this one and gave it an A-:
I wholeheartedly recommend The Magnolia Sword to any reader interested in a lush, magnificent, and breathtaking retelling of The Ballad of Mulan.
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I love the Kat Holloway series. Not only is it cracking good reading, start to current installment, but it’s become one of the gifts I reach for when someone I know is experiencing bereavement and mourning. This is a very short list: the books have to be transporting and diverting to give the person a respite from the exhaustion of grief, with enough heft to be engaging, but not so much as to be nonstop … Continue reading Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley →
The first book in this series, Death Below Stairs, was a SBTB Book Club Pick, and I was so excited to receive the sequel. This is easily one of my favorite new series, and I adore so much about it. Happy for me, just about everything I love about this world is present in the new book, and I’m immensely satisfied, making all the Good Book Noise one might expect. I read it while walking on … Continue reading Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley →
It’s time, it’s time! Grab your favorite libation and ensconce yourself in your library, because tonight we’re going to chat about Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley! Tonight at 8:00pm ET, the window below will go live, and we’ll be chatting about the book, the characters, the romance – and all the other things that go along with that, like food p0rn (there’s quite a bit, isn’t there?), competence p0rn (ditto!) and the lives of belowstairs … Continue reading January Book Club Chat: Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley →
It’s our first book club selection of the new year and we’ve picked Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley! If you like historical fiction, historical romances, or historical mysteries, I think you’ll find a lot to enjoy in this book. Here’s the description: Victorian class lines are crossed when cook Kat Holloway is drawn into a murder that reaches all the way to the throne. Highly sought-after young cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair … Continue reading Book Club January Selection: Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley →
This review was written by Jess. This story was nominated in the Best Historical Romance category. The summary: A renowned rake, Cameron Mackenzie doesn't care if Ainsley Douglas has a virtuous excuse for sneaking around his bedchamber. He only cares that she's at his mercy. One kiss at a time, he plans to seduce her. But what starts out as a lusty diversion may break Cam's own rules. And here is Jess's review: First, … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley →
This RITA Reader Challenge review was written by Jenn. This book is nominated in the Best Historical Romance category. The summary: Cameron Mackenzie is a man who loves only horses and women – in that order – or so his mistresses say. Ainsley Douglas is a woman with a strong sense of justice and the desire to help others – even if that means sneaking around a rakish man's bedchamber. Which is exactly where Cam … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley →
Shout out to the commenters in our latest Whatcha Reading post! There were some great comments about “In Case of Emergency…Break Glass” books and a request for a post. We’re always happy to run requests like these! We ran a similar post in 2020, so we did our best not to duplicate suggestions. Sarah: In 2020, I mentioned the Call of Crows series, and that I always keep them with me should I need … Continue reading The Rec League: In Case of Emergency… →
I mentioned in the recent Whatcha Reading post that I think it was flchen1 (Hi! Thank you!!) who posted about Blood of a Gladiator in the comments a week or so ago, but I inhaled this book. I wrote in the post: “Ashley Gardner aka Jennifer Ashley writes great mysteries with very slow connections and growing emotional depth between the characters, and this book was excellent. It got me through some insomnia (perimenopause can fuck … Continue reading Blood of a Gladiator by Ashley Gardner →
Happy Saturday and welcome to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’ve been kicking of August: Lara: I’m finally reading new-to-me books again! I read the truly bonkers Dark Restraint by Katee Robert and now I’m wading through A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire. I thought this one would have more bite to it than the others in the series, but we’ve lapsed into tweeness, alas. It had such promise as the vampire succubus is an … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? August 2024, Part One →
