Interesting historical, romance fiction that takes place in 1898 near Asheville, North Carolina which was the home of the very wealthy George and Edith Vanderbilt. Tillie, who is the main character, works as a housemaid, at the Vanderbilt mansion.This is a very interesting tale that tells the sto...
I liked it - in fact, I liked most of the book a lot - but it needs a Clear Play version where the racy scenes are cut out. The storyline and history were great; I loved hearing about how the hierarchy of those in service works compared to their British counterparts, the ridiculous rules they m...
By the title, it is obvious that this is another book about the life of a servant. A counterfeit Downton Abbey? Maybe. The biggest difference is that this one takes place in the United States, North Carolina to be specific, in an actual castle - Biltmore Manor - that still exists today. This...
This was good. I actually spent a bit of time Googling the Mercer Girls and various other side notes, as it was all new and interesting to this lifelong Pacific Northwestern girl. Unfortunately, like SO many other books, the conflict in this book was dependent on one character deciding on a cours...
When Georgie Gail, telephone operator and bird lover, meets Luke Palmer, undercover Texas Ranger hot on the trail of a train robber, sparks fly as these two tangle. A woman ahead of her time, Georgie has her own way of doing things, and you’d best not get in her way! Unfortunately, Luke has the...
Here is the deal. There are major 'pros' to this book and a 'con' warning.First of all, this book was one of the most witty stories I have read in a long time. I loved the plot, the characters, and the history behind the love story. Mystery, humor, and beauty was what this book contained... I ...
Georgie Gail is a switchmoard operator in rural Texas. She's independent, feisty, beautiful and strong-willed. Luke Palmer is a handsome Texas Ranger that goes undercover as a troubleman to try to catch a notorious train robber and outlaw.This story takes us into the lives of Georgie and Luke a...
North Carolina's Cullen McNamara is off the World's Fair in Chicago of 1893 to show his latest invention not by his own choice but by the decision and money of his father to show it off in hope that it will take him away from the life of farming in which Cullen has suffered immensely from his all...
Here you are: my first review of a book marketed as Christian Fiction. It's all about reading something new, different, outside your comfort zone, right? Well I confess this one wasn't all that much of a stretch - considering how religious the majority of the colonisers in the Americas were, refe...
Most of the time, I liked Rachel, but her black-and-white view of the world drove me batty. You either were a prostitute for life, or you were lily white, nothing in between.I could understand why Lissa saw her as a hypocrite. At every new development, Rachel seemed to be redefining the way thing...