I am honored to post the following article as submitted to me by Mary Tod to celebrate the release of her newest novel. Time and Regret releases August 16 2016 Synopsis:When Grace Hansen finds a box belonging to her beloved grandfather, she has no idea it holds the key to his past—and to long buried secrets. In...

From June 2016 onwards I picked up some great reads from the library, and we all know how annoying it is to feel forced to write a review. But I did want to highlight some of them because they were very good reads. I no longer review "for others" so all these were either purchased or were library loans. released...

The Lake House by Kate Morton Atria Books, October 2015 606 pages Source- Kindle Library Loan Burton Book Review Rating: 5 stars One of People magazine's Best Books of Fall—"Morton's moody, suspenseful latest is the perfect page-turner for a chilly night." From the New York Times and internationally bestselling...

A well-known favorite for many.. Redeeming Love  by Francine Rivers Multnomah Books, pub. 2004Personal copy California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution...

Doc: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell Published May 3 2011, 389 pages eBook library loan Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally...

Adored this novel! Mariana by Susanna Kearsley Sourcebooks re-issue 2012 Source eBook plus own personal autographed copy My previous Susanna Kearsley posts and reviews can be found here. The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last...

                                The Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Daynard Published April 7, 2015 426 pages Source: free eBook via Kindle Lending Library "On a dark night in 1775, Lizzie Boylston is awakened by the sound of cannons....

Absolutely captivating novel on Wyatt Earp and his life Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral by Mary Doria Russell March 2015 Borrowed from library Burton Book Review Rating: 5 stars Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed...

Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen Berkley, July 2015 Source- borrowed from my library Burton Book Review Rating: 4.5 stars In the new novel by the three-time Christy Award-winning author of The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, a woman’s startling secrets lead her into unexpected danger and romance in Regency England… One...

A look at the machine of media, politics, and cover-ups Prophet by Frank E. Peretti first published 1992, my edition published 2003 Living Books 575 pages Personal copy Burton Book Review Rating: 4 stars Read my review of Peretti's Illusion here A thriller that penetrates to the very heart of a vast struggle that...

Lament for a Lost Lover by Philippa Carr Various editions, circa 1977 Daughters of England Series, book 5 My previous reviews from this series I edited this synopsis myself to avoid spoilers:  Arabella Tolsworthy Against the background of an England torn by civil war, religious persecution, and political treachery...

Sage's Eyes by V.C. Andrews Simon and Schuster, January 26 2016 Review copy provided by the publisher, thank you. Burton Book Review Rating: 3 stars From V.C. Andrews, bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic (the first in a series of Lifetime movie events about the Dollanganger family), comes the tale of a young...

Mary Magdalene: A Novel by Diana Wallis Taylor published June 2012 by Revell personal kindle copy Burton Book Review Rating: 4 stars Long maligned as a prostitute or a woman of questionable reputation, Mary Magdalene's murky story seems lost to the sands of time. Now a portrait of this enigmatic woman comes to...