Rebecca Hill
Poops has been hiding at the convent since the accident that disfigured her. She hopes that she will be able to remain there, that is until Edmund comes home. When he arrives everything is thrown into disarray and her feeling for him have grown from that of a friend to love. As the feelings between the two intensify so to dontje dealings of the dukes cousin who wants to take the dukedom by any means necessary.
Pippa must overcome her fear and help Edmund before something happens and he is killed....
I loved this book! I could not put it down and read it in one sitting! Amazing!
A night of fun and games... that is all it was. Just a little bit of harmless fun, at least that is what the group gathered together thought. After the weekend is over and everyone disperses back to their homes, things begin to change, and not for the better.
Maggie bought the house looking for some peace and quiet after a horrid relationship went very wrong. Healing from her wounds, both physical and mental, she throws herself into painting. But after the Ouiji board, her life begins to spin out of control, and she begins to lose contact with her friends.
Mike is doing his best to keep busy, but his fear for what Maggie is going through continues to grow. When he goes to look for her and finds her very changed, his fear becomes something more. After discussion with his girlfriend, they go back to check on Maggie, only to find her house in ruins...
But the master has not forgotten the rest that was there...
This was a great book! I loved it! I sat and read through it in one sitting! Perfect for a rainy afternoon!
Great read, and highly enjoyable! I am not the biggest Henry VIII fan, but this book was fun and well done. It was a hard book to put down!
We see Henry VIII as never before - through the male relationships that he had in his life. Most of the time we are focused on the six wives - not the friendships and political acquaintances that would have shaped the young king and molded him as he grew older.
Worth a read!
This was an interesting and moving story. I had a hard time wanting to put the book down, but felt at times that I needed to walk away before continuing.
While the majority of the read was enjoyable, there were a few places where I felt it just bogged a little, but then would slide back in and start fresh.
Edward is chaffing under the strict rules imposed by his aunt. He would much rather prefer to do his own thing, read his books and spend his time as he wants. His aunt has other ideas. She wants him to get some exercise and try and do something with his life.
When he has finally had enough, he begins laying out plans to kill her. He wants to get away from the little town in Wales where he lives but knows that she will never leave her home. So he begins to hatch a plot to do away with her, and then inherit, and move off to live his life the way he prefers.
The entire thing is a debacle. He is so inept and not as clever as he believes himself to be. While his attempts fail at getting rid of his aunt, he does not give up and decides to try again. Little does he know that his aunt is aware of what he is doing, and laughing at him the entire time, but just when he thinks he might succeed, the tables are turned....
GREAT BOOK. It took me a little bit to get into it, but once I did, I giggled and laughed the entire way through.
Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this book!
Aethelflaed was a woman ahead of her times. The daughter of Alfred the Great, how could she be anything but fabulous!
Aethelflaed was courageous and not afraid to make her mark in the world. At a time when women were expected to stay in the background, she was determined to lead her people fairly and honestly. Married at a young age, she had only one child, a daughter. Yet this woman was more remarkable than many could have dared to hope for. She planned and executed the building of several burghs and towns, fortified to keep the townspeople safe from Viking attacks, held off Viking attacks, and even managed to bring peace throughout her realm.
Known as the Lady of the Mercians, she ruled in her own right after the death of her husband. While her brother, Edward, was her overlord after the death of their father, she ruled Mercia alone for years. After her death, her daughter ruled briefly ad the Lady of the Mercians, before Edward swept through with an army and removed her from power, where she disappears from history altogether.
Aethelflaed, had she still been alive would have fought back against her brother, but the daughter was no match for her powerful uncle. At the time of her death, she was in process of brokering peace with York, where a great Viking community was thriving. Her untimely death waylaid all plans for peace and it was almost ten years later when her nephew would finally bring York under Saxon control.
The story of Aethelflaed has not been recounted as often as it should, and many times she is afforded a footnote in the annals of history, brushed aside. But she deserves more attention than she has been given. Her layouts for the burghs reverberate through many of the towns that she founded, and still exist today.
Margaret Jones did a fantastic job in fleshing out this remarkable woman and bringing her exploits to life. This book was fantastic and one that deserves to be read!
Ned was born with no magical skills. In a world where everyone has some magic, this is a major blow. His uncle Kelver is one of the most powerful when it comes to magic, and Ned feels almost ashamed to have none. When his uncle pays for him to attend a magical school, Ned hopes that he will learn something that will help his magic increase.
But Ned is subjected to all kinds of magical taunts. He has decided to run away and bides his time. When he finally does it, he doesn't get very far before his uncle finds him. He takes him home and Ned has some time to think things over before he returns to the school. However, it does not take long for something to go wrong, and Ned might be the only person who can save everyone...
Super cute and fun read. I really enjoyed it and I know my boys are going to enjoy it as well.
Legends are just that - legends. As the stories are passed down from generation to generation, pieces of the stories get lost, but other stories are added in. But what if some of the family legends had more truth than originally thought?
Libby was drawn to the area where the legend started. With an archaeological dig planned there for the summer, she is excited to get started and uncover more about the stories that Ellen used to share. As her Nan shared the stories from Ellen, Libby was drawn in as a kid. But there are some surprises that are still waiting to be discovered.
Rodri is managing the estate for his brother, the current baronet. Yet there are things on his end that still shrouded in mystery. His brother has been absent for many years, and his wife, the Lady Sturrock is obsessed with wealth and material items. She is trying to sell off the estate a piece at a time, while Rodri tries to keep it intact.
What starts as an innocent encounter, quickly turns into much more. A body is revealed, but one that is much later than the time period Libby is studying, and yet, there is so much more than archaeology drawing her time and time again to the house...
The Women Of The Dunes drew me in from the beginning. Ulla, Ellen, and Libby all draw together to bring this story that spans centuries to a thrilling and exciting conclusion.
I honestly LOVED this book. I started and finished in one sitting. I could NOT put it down! Perfect for a weekend read!
Maud the dragon is not the other dragons. She is constantly made fun of and left out of things. But she has one little friend who believes in her and convinces her to move outside of her comfort zone and into something bigger.
This is a cute little story about finding your self-confidence and expanding into greater and bigger things! My boys enjoyed this story as well.
Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children's for an advanced electronic copy for a review.
When Suzanne finds a young girl on the side of the Blue Ridge Parkway, everything in her perfect world comes to a crashing halt. Iris has been living in the woods for years, and the materialistic world that she stumbles into has her feeling confused and scared.
As Suzanne gets more involved with Iris, she is about to find that many of her long held beliefs are going to be challenged and shaken. While she is attempting to save Iris, it may be Suzanne who is saved instead...
Great book and an interesting read! I was hooked from the beginning!
If you have kids interested in learning to code, this is the book for you! I read through it and realized that it could even teach me what I needed to get a basic start in coding. I am excited to use this book with my kids this fall. and e homeschool, so they will be learning some basic coding methods.
Great read, informative, and super easy to follow! Get ready for some hands on fun!!
Josh and his friends are determined to save the town from a greedy crook who is determined to make the town his own personal property. As he plans to put a railroad in, the three friends are desperately racing the clock to save their town and Josh's ranch.
But what can three kids do against a bunch of grownups, huge stegosauruses and a crooked judge?
Join the adventure and see if the friends can save their beloved town!
I loved this book! Super cute and a lot of fun. My kids thought it was hilarious that they were riding Dino's like horses! Huge thumbs up!
This book publishes in November. Thank you Edelweiss for an advanced electronic copy for a honest review.
If your kids love the night sky - and who doesn't - check out this book! We were blown away by the stunning images in the book. We sat for over an hour under a blanket (to make it more dark according to the kids) and oohed and sighed over the book. We loved it! Full of great tips, facts and information - this book is great for your budding astronomer!
Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy!
Mother Teresa is a well-known figure in the world, however, many do not know where she got her start.
In this book, kids will get a short look at the life of Mother Teresa, and how she got her start in the world, becoming one of the most well-known nuns in the modern age.
Great for beginning readers and those who are wanting a jumping off point for learning more about Mother Teresa.
Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for an electronic copy for an honest review.
Eleanor Herman takes us on a tour of one of the areas in history that are talked about, yet not. While that sounds a little weird - it is. Poison is something that we read about it books, suspected deaths and uses, but not really discussed and brought to the forefront.
From germs that were unknown and illnesses that today could be cured with simple remedies - life was not that simple back in the medieval ages. Doctors killed as many patients as they saved. Dirty hands and instruments were some of the leading killers, yet, their concoctions were just as unsafe. Now, there are going to be times within this book, that you might not want to eat before, during, or after... these “recipes” for medicines were NASTY. I have a very strong stomach, and there were a few times that I felt a tad queasy just reading through the ingredients that would go into a balm or drink for a cure.
Doctors though were not the only ones to blame. Cosmetics were also a leading cause of death. Women have always been very vain about their looks, and it was no different 600 years ago. Lead-based products, mercury, arsenic... the list goes on and on. Arsenic was used in just about everything! From clothing, cosmetics, fruit washes, and more. There was no test to see how deadly the many uses were at the time, and these were seen as agents that could “help” and “preserve” items. Little did they know that they were killing themselves slowly.
Mercury was used as a medicine, although in small doses. One of the main uses was for the treatment of syphilis, yet it would kill you just as quickly as the actual disease. It could be used though to kill someone if that was your intent. The Medici family perfected the art of poison and used it most effectively to eliminate many of their rivals. Yet, they were not the only ones to do so. While they are most commonly associated with poisoning - it was used on a far wider scale than many realize. England, France, Germany and many of the other world powers at the time had their own ways of poisoning a rival. Lady Francis Howard was convicted of murder in England, after removing a rival for her lover's affections.
Kings, queens, ambassadors, and many others were liable to fall victim to poison, just as easily as they could fall victim to the many germs that were rampant. Cleanliness was not as prevalent as it is today, and bathing was seen as opening the pores of your body too bad humor. They would bathe just a few times per year (depending on the person, they might never bathe). King James I was known to boast that he had never bathed in his life, and the smell that his body emanated certainly backed up that fact.
I absolutely LOVED this book! From murder to daily products that could kill you, ancient to more modern times, I was hooked! I love a good mystery, and these cases draw you in. Eleanor Herman really draws you in and takes you down the many facets that made up the known world at the time, from famous figures to some lesser known ones as well. You can read about Napolean, Mozart, and so many more.
This book is now available! You can search for it at your local library or favorite book spot! I give this book 4/5 stars!