I adore Jane Graves. I loved the first book in her Rainbow Valley series. Her characters walk off the page, and her style of writing puts me in the center of her stories. It’s why I gravitated towards writing this piece in the first place. I also know that it’s hard to pull together a series, especially one with the kind of cool and quirky concept like the one the Rainbow Valley series is based … Continue reading Baby It’s You by Jane Graves →
Contemporary romances aren’t usually my thing, but Tom Hiddleston is. That made this book sound like catnip – a handsome movie star retreats to a seaside town in Scotland when he needs a break from the limelight. My mind was already picturing Hiddles in a kilt and heavy cable-knit sweater, his cheeks ruddy from the cold wind, his . . . um, yeah. I also liked that the heroine is a journalist who’s let her … Continue reading To Scotland with Love by Patience Griffin →
This is my country, The land that begat me, These windy spaces Are surely my own. and those who toil here In the sweat of their faces Are flesh of my flesh And bone of my bone. – Sir Alexander Gray Caitie MacLeod returns home to Gandiegow, a small village along Alba’s coast, after a failed marriage. The one consolation is her philandering husband died before the costly divorce. Caitie intended to escape to a … Continue reading To Scotland with Love by Patience Griffin →
