My vacation has started! I’m relaxing in Bryson City for a whole week. I plan to do lots of reading, and I will enjoy the view as always. I’m going to venture out for a pedicure and maybe some shopping early in the week.
That view always takes the stress out. This is cloudy morning sunrise.
LAST WEEK
Last week I was very busy at work, preparing to be gone for a week, so I didn’t post as much. I reviewed the Audiobook of “Songbird” by Gail Meath on Monday and participated in Book Blogger Hop on Friday.
NEXT WEEK
Monday I will review Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Tuesday I will participate in Top Ten Tuesday. Tuesday falls on the Fourth of July, and the topic is: Book Covers in the Colors of Your Country’s Flag.
Wednesday I will review Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison
Thursday I will review Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber.
And on Indie Weekend I will review and spotlight Indie books.
BOOK HAUL
I picked up two historical romances via The Historical Novel Society to review for their November magazine. I don’t read a lot of romance, but these two looked interesting.
Step into the Roaring 20’s Parisian music scene.
New York darling Elizabeth Van Hoeven has everything…except freedom. But now Eliza’s traveling to study piano at the Paris Conservatoire and falling for jazz prodigy Jack Coleman in the process! A love like theirs is forbidden back home, and as they make beautiful music together under the Parisian lights, Eliza and Jack face a difficult choice: the life they’ve always known, or the possibility of a life they never could have imagined…
Manchester, England, 1857
Rosanna Hawkins is one of Manchester’s finest artists, even though no one knows her name. She reproduces “parlor versions” of classic masterpieces with near-perfect precision, which her employer then sells to the emerging upper-middle class families.
When the largest art exhibition ever to be held in England opens in Manchester, Rosanna is excited to visit. She meets the handsome Inspector Martin Harrison, who is head of security, and is immediately intrigued by his charm, confidence, and portrait-worthy good looks. The two spend many a flirtatious afternoon exploring the exhibition hall, discussing art, and sharing their secret hopes.
But when they discover the theft of some of the paintings―and all the evidence points to Rosanna―she must convince Inspector Harrison she is innocent and proposes a plan to capture the real art thief.
It is a daring race to catch the criminal before he disappears with the most priceless piece in the collection―Michaelangelo’s The Manchester Madonna. If Rosanna and Inspector Harrison fail, not only will the painting be lost forever but so will their chance to paint their own happily ever after.
Have a great Fourth of July holiday and a wonderful week!
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