Exquisitely Beautiful and Achingly Romantic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased What does an author do when she has a handful of short stories that can’t be fleshed out into full-length novels? Leave them to gather dust on […]

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Exquisitely Beautiful and Achingly Romantic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased What does an author do when she has a handful of short stories that can’t be fleshed out into full-length novels? Leave them to gather dust on […]
Spotlighting the Splendor, Secrets, and Spirit of Downton Abbey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Gift from Mom 🙂 This companion to Downton Abbey(seasons one and two) is filled with such lush and arresting visuals I had to do […]
Uncovering the Suppositious Secrets of Jane Austen’s Life! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher Jane Austen must have had some secrets. With information about her life being “famously scarce”1and a large majority of her correspondence […]
Was Jane Austen’s PersuasionInspired by Real-Life Events? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author What if Jane Austen’s Persuasion was more autobiographical than fiction? What if Miss Austen’s poignant and powerful novel of lost love and second […]