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A gleam of light for me in the blackout… a great review from Bookshelf

August 31st, 2011, 9:37 pm

So I’m battened down for Hurricane Irene and then we were without power for four days.  It’s tedious and after the first flush of “we’re all in this together” — it’s easy to get bitter when the next street over gets power back and we’re still in the dark.  In the midst of all this negativity, my lovely publicist, Lara Starr, sends me this review from Sue at Bookshelf: What We’re Reading.  It totally brightened my day (and not coincidentally I’m sure, the power came back on!)

Enjoy!

Check out The Maiden’s Court

August 25th, 2011, 3:06 pm

The Maiden’s Court is a lovely blog that focuses on historical fiction. I always find a new book to read here. I was so pleased that Heather liked Prisoners in the Palace. She gave it 4.5/5! Check out her review here.

10.3 Bookblog gives Prisoners a 9.9

August 19th, 2011, 3:15 am

Sam at 10.3 Bookblog just wrote the most heartfelt and enjoyable review of my debut novel that I’ve ever read. I was smiling the whole time.  Sam is my target reader — a young lady who HATES History (she even thinks the word is boring). But after she read Prisoners in the Palace (and despite feeling like a nerd) she actually looked up Queen Victoria. Great review and I think Sam is Awe-Spiring too!