The Burton Review is honored to have had the opportunity to ask author Julianne Lee a few questions regarding her newest novel, "HER MOTHER'S DAUGHTER: A NOVEL OF QUEEN MARY TUDOR". Keep reading for details on the giveaway sponsored by her publishers at Berkely!In your previous novel, "A Question of Guilt: A Novel of...

Her Mother's Daughter: A Novel of Mary Tudor by Julianne LeeISBN: 0-425-23008-2/978-0-425-23008-4Publisher: Berkley, December 1, 2009Paperback, Historical Fiction, 336 pages. Amazon page.Review copy provided by publisherThe Burton Review Rating:Synopsis:"A new novel of sixteenth-century royalty from the author of A Question...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc.I've received an interesting mix of topics this week. From an American favorite to a murderess, and the tried and true classics of Austen:From Paperbackswap:Mary...

(*Newsletter subscribers: You received a shorter version of this post.)Hello friends! I hope that all of your Thanksgiving meals were AWESOME! I was blessed this Thanksgiving to have all the food I cooked turn out wonderfully edible. This is not counting the banana mush I made the night before Thanksgiving; that didn't...

Susan at Rocks n' Reads West of Mars hosts Women on Wednesday.This is a new meme to spotlight favorite FEMALE authors, as Publisher's Weekly has recently published their Best Reads of 2009, without a single female writer on their list.So now we get to give the Women a Weekly Meme!Susan says:"WOW — Women on Wednesday.Every...

TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by ShouldBeReading and asks you to:♠Grab your current read.♠Let the book fall open to a random page.♠Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page.♠You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc.From Paperbackswap:Daphne: A Novel by Justine Picardie"It is 1957. The author Daphne du Maurier, beautiful, famous, despairing as her marriage falls apart,...

Wow. This will be the last Sunday Salon before Thanksgiving comes.. that was fast! I can't decide if this week went so fast because I was so busy, or perhaps my brain is just fried. It is probably for both reasons I feel so scatter-brained. This Thanksgiving will mark the first anniversary of my father's death. Despite...

Join in the Friday Fill-In Fun~ They provide the basics and we fill-in the blanks with whatever we want! So that means I get to use famous dead people or fave characters..Who is this king?1. We need to restore authority after the unstable reign of my father.2. I was given a nickname for my height and it made me smile.3....

Booking Through Thursday is hosted by Deb:Today’s question was suggested by Barbara:Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era might be read 100 years from now?Some disagree...

My Unfair Lady by Kathryne KennedyMass Market Paperback: 384 pages; Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (December 1, 2009) Read my Review of My Unfair Lady. See below for giveaway details of this new title by Kathryne Kennedy.Please welcome KATHRYNE KENNEDY, HISTORICAL ROMANCE AUTHOR:Thank you so much for having me as your...

Susan at Rocks n' Reads West of Mars hosts Women on Wednesday.This is a new meme to spotlight favorite FEMALE authors, as Publisher's Weekly has recently published their Best Reads of 2009, without a single female writer on their list.So now we get to give the Women a Weekly Meme!Susan says:"WOW — Women on Wednesday.Every...

TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by ShouldBeReading and asks you to:♠Grab your current read.♠Let the book fall open to a random page.♠Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page.♠You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations...

My Unfair Lady by Kathryne KennedyMass Market Paperback: 384 pagesPublisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (December 1, 2009)Historical RomanceISBN-10: 1402229909Review copy from the publisherThe Burton Review Rating:Synopsis:"A wild west heiress, Summer Wine Lee knows that she's not an acceptable bride for her fiance's knickerbocker...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc. Okay, so last week I had gotten one book, which was a new Heyer, and now well I've gotten a few more. I bought the following used books: (All by Georgette...