Well, Steve must be getting better -- he's cranky.
I've read over the weekend THE ASHFORD AFFAIR by Lauren Willig. It is a stand alone. Here is a description:
As a lawyer in a large Manhattan firm, just shy of making partner, Clementine Evans has finally achieved almost everything she’s been working towards—but now she’s not sure it’s enough. Her long hours have led to a broken engagement and, suddenly single at thirty-four, she feels her messy life crumbling around her. But when the family gathers for her grandmother Addie’s ninety-ninth birthday, a relative lets slip hints about a long-buried family secret, leading Clemmie on a journey into the past that could change everything. . . Growing up at Ashford Park in the early twentieth century, Addie has never quite belonged. When her parents passed away, she was taken into the grand English house by her aristocratic aunt and uncle, and raised side-by-side with her beautiful and outgoing cousin, Bea. Though they are as different as night and day, Addie and Bea are closer than sisters, through relationships and challenges, and a war that changes the face of Europe irrevocably. But what happens when something finally comes along that can’t be shared? When the love of sisterhood is tested by a bond that’s even stronger? From the inner circles of British society to the skyscrapers of Manhattan and the red-dirt hills of Kenya, the never-told secrets of a woman and a family unfurl.
It was published April 2013 and has 368 pages. This was from the library. Willig always frames her historical stories with a present-ish day female. Of the two Africa-in-the-20s books I've read in the last month, Deanna Raybourn's was better.
We have the season finale of The Game of Thrones tonight and I think the premiere of Ice Road Truckers.
Last week's episode of GoT had the Red Wedding, a slaughter of the Stark family, the good guys. There will be more deaths tonight if they stick to the book.
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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