This 'historic' (Victorian?) novel opens with our orphaned American heroine choking back sobs of distress at her ex-girlfriend's wedding. A pair of lovely young English aristocrats (brother and sister) help her blow her nose. Friendship ensues. Within a ridiculously short space of time, the brother proposes. Our heroine accepts, partly to get away from everything … Continue reading The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell
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Sawmill Springs by Geri Hill
In which a hotshot homicide detective and a hotshot FBI agent both turn their backs on their previous hotshot existences to go back to small town life, just in time for a series of murders to break out. I spent some of the book wondering if the murders were a result of them coming to … Continue reading Sawmill Springs by Geri Hill
Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson
Blissful page-turner of an adventure romance set at the Vancouver 2010 women's ice hockey, which culminates in the gold medal match between USA and Canada. All the scores are real, so we know Canada is going to win and the USA is going to lose. There's more intrigue and mystery thrown in to keep us on our toes! Woman … Continue reading Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson
The Heart of the Mountain by Brenda Adcock
One of those books you'll be asked about a month later and totally forgot you read. What book about a lesbian geologist / miner going undercover in homophobic Kentucky? She had a thing with woman with a kid? And made molasses. The one where she gets shot at, gets into loads of bar fights, and … Continue reading The Heart of the Mountain by Brenda Adcock
Jane Lawless Mysteries by Ellen Hart
Slightly OTT old-fashioned mystery books with gay characters dotted throughout. A larger than life attention-seeking theatre director and a born-to-sleuth restaurant owner (buddies, not a couple) go solving crime in swanky and artistic places in the Twin Cities and sometimes pop out to the summer house by the lake. These books belong to an older generation, … Continue reading Jane Lawless Mysteries by Ellen Hart