For some reason I thought I had read all of the books in this series until I picked up and realize I skipped over the fifth to the sixth. Going back to the fifth in the series has been refreshing. Mystical Paths covers more of Darrow's psychic powers with a twist of solving a mystery in both the ...
First started reading this book about a year ago when my friend sent it to me and recommended I read it. I got through about a quarter of the book and set it aside. I couldn't figure out why my friend had sent me a trashy, historical romance.A month or so ago he brought the book back and said I...
I'm hooked. I've read two of her books and enjoyed them both. She seems to have a system: gripping and gritty mystery involving lots of sex followed by lots of spiritual therapy that goes a little long, and then everything is figured out. She also has some common themes. So now I have to read ...
I had to create a new shelf for this one: strangely uncategorizable.The reason I bought this book of the bargain rack at B&N was because it was written by Susan Howatch, who had written several of the Gothic romances my sister and I ripped through back in the late seventies and early eighties. T...
I was eagerly anticipating my delve into this book because I really liked Jon Darrow in the previous book. In fact, the scenes in Glittering Images where Charles is working out his issues with Darrow were the best of that novel. So when I started this book, it was with much enthusiasm and the beg...
This very busy book is the sixth and concluding book of the Starbridge series. It is narrated by Charles Ashworth, Bishop of the Starbridge. By this time in the series all the characters have become real people to me and all the events have actually happened. I am very involved.Events almost happ...
My Summary: Marianne and her brother Alex had no idea that their parents had not made any plans for them in the case of their deaths. Now, orphaned and destitute, the twins have no choice but to fend for themselves. Marianne's only choices -- being the illegitimate child of a high-ranking politic...
This book is the sequel of The Rich are Different.Even if I haven's read the first book of this series, the author managed to keep track of the previous story into the present plot.This is the story of Cornelius Van Zale and his family during the period of 1949 till 1967. Each part of the book is...
Penmarric begins as Mark Castallack and his mother Maud, cheated out of their inheritance by a scheming relative, wage a years long court battle to regain possession of the lands of Penmar and the great house that sits upon it, Penmarric. After twelve years and almost losing hope, fate takes a tu...
England, 1922. Wealthy New York banker Paul Van Zale decides to entertain himself by investing in Dinah Slade's cosmetics enterprise. Despite the great difference in their ages, the two begin an affair, but Paul's past *sins* eventually call him back to his wife and the cut-throat world of Wall S...
Susan Howatch's Cashelmara is one rollercoaster of a ride! One of the blurbs on the book calls it "another blockbuster", and gauging the heftiness of Howatch's books (this one weighs in at just over 700 pages) I think I know what that means. It's the sort of story that you literally lose yourse...
Murder, madness and mayhem - oh my. The Godwins have lived at Oxmoon for generations. The story begins in 1913, and is narrated by Robert the younger (all the first born sons of the first born sons are named Robert). Robert senior struggles to bring the estate back to financial health after it wa...
"Ultimate Prizes" offers the reader a rich and fascinating view into the life of a Church of England archdeacon (Neville Aysgarth), who, at the story's outset, appears to have it all. A position of high authority with the prospect of future advancement, a loving, supportive wife and 5 children. ...