Category Archives: Edelweiss

“Blood Sisters” by Jane Corry – Book Review @PamelaDormanBks #BloodSisters #BookReview @penguinrandom @JaneCorryAuthor

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Fictionophile

“Does bad blood run from one generation to the next?” S Alison – is in her late thirties. She lives alone and works as an art instructor in a college. Always short of funds, she strives to help her mother … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – October 12, 2021 #NewBook #TeaserTuesday @Level4Press @LiliStGermain1 #TheFieldOfWrongdoing #PublicationDay @edelweiss_squad

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the advanced reader’s copies from my own TBR. This book is a title I downloaded from Edelweiss. Today, Tuesday October 12, 2021 I … Continue reading →

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“The Woman In The Mirror” by Rebecca James – Book Review

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Fictionophile

“I know how treacherous thoughts can be. That if you are left alone with them for too long, they can turn against you.” 1947 Alice Miller – has lost her fiance in WWII and works in a legal office. She … Continue reading →

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“Rizzio” by Denise Mina – Book Review

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Fictionophile

A young Mary Queen of Scots witnesses the brutal murder of her private secretary David Rizzio during the bloody coup of Holyrood Palace in March of 1566. Ever since reading the brilliant crime trilogy ‘Garnethill‘ several years ago, I have … Continue reading →

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“Something To Hide” by Deborah Moggach – Book Review

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Fictionophile

This is a story set on four different continents featuring four different women who all have something to hide.  But then, some would argue, who doesn’t? Petra – a woman in her early sixties whose children are grown and living … Continue reading →

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“Go Ask Fannie” by Elisabeth Hyde – Book Review

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Fictionophile

In this novel we become acquainted with the Blaire family. We come to know them first when Lillian and Murray Blaire are just starting out and have a young family of four children. Murray, a lawyer has political aspirations and … Continue reading →

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“Painting The Light” by Sally Cabot Gunning – Book Review

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Fictionophile

Painting the Light is set on a sheep farm in Martha’s Vineyard in 1898. Ida Russell is an artist who lives in Beacon Hill, Boston with her parents. Then her young life is beset by loss. First her father and … Continue reading →

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“Sister, Sister” by Sue Fortin – Book Review

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Fictionophile

“I muse over how different people can have the same experience and yet totally different memories.” Clare Tennison is a hard-working solicitor who is a named partner in her Bristol law firm. She is happily married to her artist husband, … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – July 20, 2021 #NewBook #TeaserTuesday #bookbloggers @AtriaBooks #TheFamilyPlot @ImMeganCollins

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the advanced reader’s copies from my own TBR. This book is a title I downloaded from Edelweiss. Today, Tuesday July 20th, 2021 I … Continue reading →

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“The Marsh King’s Daughter” by Karen Dionne – Book Review

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Fictionophile

Helena Pelletier’s past comes back to haunt her when her criminal father escapes from prison. She has kept her past history a secret from her husband. Now, everything comes out into the open when Michigan State Police officers come to … Continue reading →

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“The Love Story Of Missy Carmichael” by Beth Morrey – Book Review

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Fictionophile

“The outcome was always the same, alone in my barren old house, thinking of the people who’d gone.” Missy Carmichael – lives alone in a large house in Stoke Newington, London. The rooms echo her loneliness. Her husband is gone. … Continue reading →

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“Someone We Know” by Shari Lapena – Book Review

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Fictionophile

This is my third time reading the work of Shari Lapena and she never disappoints. This time around we read of a suburban neighborhood in New York’s Hudson Valley. Olivia Sharpe is married to Paul and the mother of sixteen … Continue reading →

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“The Woman In The Park” by Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist- Book Review

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Fictionophile

Sarah Rock is an emotionally unstable woman in her late thirties. She is married and the mother of two children: Jason aged fourteen, and Darcy, aged twelve. From an upper class background, Sarah lives in a gothic style apartment building … Continue reading →

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“The Choice” by Gillian McAllister – Book Review

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Fictionophile

Joanna Oliva is a happily married thirty year old woman who lives in a basement flat in London. She adores her husband Reuben, and enjoys her job working on one of London’s mobile library buses. She goes out one night … Continue reading →

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“The Woman On The Stairs” by Bernhard Schlink – Book Review

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Fictionophile

One upon a time there was a wealthy man named Peter Gundlach who had a beautiful wife named Irene. He commissioned artist Karl Schwind to paint her portrait. Irene took a liking to the artist and left her husband for … Continue reading →

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