Monday
Yesterday, I read in one day, JUST LAST NIGHT by Mhairi McFarlane. Standalone.
Eve, Justin, Susie, and Ed have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, the four are as close as ever, Thursday pub trivia night is sacred, and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. Maybe she should have moved on by now, but she can’t stop thinking about what could have been. And she knows Ed still thinks about it, too. But then, in an instant, their lives are changed forever. In the aftermath, Eve’s world is upended. As stunning secrets are revealed, she begins to wonder if she really knew her friends as well as she thought. And when someone from the past comes back into her life, Eve’s future veers in a surprising new direction... They say every love story starts with a single moment. What if it was just last night?
Published 2021; 412 pages. I gave it 5 stars
Currently reading THE UNKEPT WOMAN by Allison Montclair. 4th in series featuring 4th in series featuring Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau, beginning in 1946 London
London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals - Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War) and Miss Iris Sparks who worked as an intelligence agent during the recent conflict, though this is not discussed. While the agency flourishes in the post-war climate, both founders have to deal with some of the fallout that conflict created in their personal lives. Miss Sparks finds herself followed, then approached, by a young woman who has a very personal connection to a former paramour of Sparks. But something is amiss and it seems that Iris's past may well cause something far more deadly than mere disruption in her personal life. Meanwhile, Gwendolyn is struggling to regain full legal control of her life, her finances, and her son - a legal path strewn with traps and pitfalls.Together these indomitable two are determined and capable and not just of making the perfect marriage match.
Published 2022; 288 pages.
Also reading BONES BURIED DEEP by Emma Jameson. 4th in series featuring Dr. Benjamin Bones and Lady Juliet during World War II in Cornwall, England
It's June 1940, in the quaint English village of Birdswing. Amidst the chaos of World War II, Dr. Benjamin Bones and Lady Juliet find themselves embroiled in a captivating mystery. As they welcome young evacuees from London and contend with personal struggles, a sinister shadow emerges from the past. When a stranger is found murdered under the village bridge, the tranquility of Birdswing shatters. Dr. Bones must unravel the mystery surrounding the victim's death, a task made all the more challenging by the arrival of a determined detective from Plymouth. As secrets unravel and danger looms, Ben and Juliet must navigate a treacherous path to uncover the truth, all while safeguarding their secret love.
Published 2024; 303 pages.
No sprints tonight.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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