The Black Orchids by Ishita Goel

𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔰. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔱.

𝔍𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔬𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩, 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔣𝔞𝔯 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰. 𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔣𝔬𝔯. 𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔩𝔲𝔯𝔨𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔯. 𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩, 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔭𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔥 –

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

4 out of 5 stars

The Black Orchids is chilling, yet sweet.

Ellie’s past is haunting her! You can feel the terrifying memories radiating off the page. Yet her present is full of positive vibes, with new friends and a potential love.

I am honestly shocked that this is Ishita’s debut novel!

It was fantastic! Covering both your dark and eerie while having a light, fluffy side as well. The writing was crisp and smooth making it a delightfully easy read.

Keeping you on your toes. Wanting to know who or what the figure hiding in the shadows is!

I love supporting indie authors and would most definitely recommend this read!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Inspired Book Worm

-Nichole

The Silhouette by William Ray Middleton

Jack’s life couldn’t be more ideal. Great job, new home and the perfect fiance.

Anastasia’s been flushed to the dark, hiding from the world in the shadows, after a ghastly accident.

What would happen if these two connected?

𝒪𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓈𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓈, 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒜𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒶. 𝒜 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈. 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒿𝓊𝓇𝑒𝒹, 𝒜𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓁𝓊𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒪𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝑔𝓎𝓂𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝒽𝓎𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓈𝓊𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔.

𝒜𝓈 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓎 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒. 𝐼𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃-𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒶𝓂𝒾𝒹𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓁𝓋𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓇.

Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

The Silhouette has a Phantom of the Opera vibe, which of course I was completely digging.

This Lovecraftian romance will pull you in.

Jack is such a kind-hearted soul. Obviously why he is living his best life possible.

Anastasia was dealt such an unfair hand in life. Again, she has such a soft, loving soul. Seeing her feel the need to hide from the world is heart breaking.

Jack was meant to meet Anastasia. He wouldn’t stop caring, he wouldn’t give up on her. He knows Anastasia needs to stop hiding and start living her life again. The relationship these characters develop is extraordinary and truly inspiring.

The meaning of beauty truly runs deeper then skin.

The Silhouette is a fast, easy read. Packed with love able characters… and some so not love able.

William’s writing is exceptional, you won’t be able to stop reading.

The Silhouette will become a craving. Needing to know exactly what happened to Anastasia and how extensive her injuries are.

Another incredible masterpiece by an indie author.

Looking forward to future work by William Ray Middleton!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Inspired Book Worm

-Nichole

Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer

𝕀𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕚𝕗 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕦𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 ℙ𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕤, 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕤. ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟—𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤: 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝔼𝕕𝕘𝕒𝕣 𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕥 𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕪’𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕨𝕕 ℝ𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪. 𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥. 𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝’𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕, 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟.

𝔸𝕤 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝’𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤, 𝕤𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕘𝕠, 𝕞𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤. 𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒𝕙, 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪’𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕦𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔…𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪. ℍ𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪.

ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕚𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖.

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca

“What does it take to believe in the unbelievable?”

4 out of 5 stars

Lionel might be a reporter, but he would make an excellent detective.

I am a sucker for a good thriller and Ghosts of Gotham had me hooked right from the beginning, it was intense and fast paced. The twist around 30% in had me buzzing. I don’t know how Craig could have made it any more exciting, yet he did just that.

Lionel faces some extreme moments and will cross paths with some extraordinary people.

This book is hard to explain without giving any spoilers, but Craig has created a fierce world.

I truly believe so many people will admire this read.

An action packed mystery, paranormal, thriller… twisted with fantasy. How can you pass that up?

Published by: 47North on April 9, 2019 – On Shelves! Go check it out!

Thank you very much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending me this copy for review! Such an exciting read.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Paranormal Book Worm

-Nichole

A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Hamilton

London, 1810 and Miss Emmeline St. Germaine is doing right in the world!

Along side other lovely ladies, Emmeline is doing her part to save orphaned children and scullery maids who are being abused by men, for their own disgusting pleasures.

Emmeline pays a visit to knight, Sir Henry Claybourne, holding a knife to his neck. Warning him of his own wrong doing with his scullery maid.

Shortly after Emmeline’s visit, Sir Henry was murdered.

Leaving Regency London shaken with fear, knowing a murder or murders are on the loose.

Emmeline is concerned that perhaps the true assassin witnessed her at the home.

Needing to be mindful where she treads. Miss Emmeline needs to make sure her hidden identity is not revealed and that she herself is not held guilty for Claybourne’s murder.

4 out of 5 stars

I will start by saying as mentioned above men are using scullery maids for their own personal pleasures. Trigger warnings for physical abuse towards young girls. I will add that Victoria does so in a very gentle way and does’t go deep into details during these parts throughout the book.

At first I found the pace of this book to be a bit slow. I was concerned I was going to lose interest quickly.

Yet again, I was wrong! It didn’t take long and I was sucked in.

Emmeline is a strong, bold, intelligent young lady. She knows the events happening around her are wrong and will not stand for it. Even when people are doing everything in their strength to turn her in an alternative direction. Believing that no women has a place in what she’s trying to accomplish. A strong female protagonist is always refreshing and enjoyable to read, and Miss Emmeline St. Germaine is exactly that!

A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder may have started out a bit slower but Victoria sends you down many different pathways throughout this book. Keeping you on your toes with each and every twist and turn.

A very enjoyable read. It gave me tons of Sherlock Holmes vibes mixed with a gentle classic.

Very well done!

Published by: Midnight Ink on February 8, 2019

Thank you very much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending me this copy for review! Very much appreciated.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Strong Female Book Worm

-Nichole

Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

𝘍𝘪𝘨, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 . . . 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca

“For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

“For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster”.

My own description would not do this breathtaking middle grade justice! The written synopsis gives you a peak at everything you need, without giving spoilers.

5 out of 5 stars!… No, scratch that! 10 out of 5 stars.

You think the cover is absolutely stunning, right? Wait until you dive in! The guts of this story! How else can I put it…. you will fall in love!

There is so much emotion packed into this novel. My heart is still so full and warm from the moment I set it down.

Fig loves her father unconditionally, but hates herself when she feels anger towards him. This is completely understandable with the situation she faces. She wants more then anything to understand her father better. To know exactly where his brain goes on the “not so great” days.

Her father knows things are not perfect but is almost blind to just how bad it really is. He loves his daughter, double that!… But it’s not until things start to unwind that he realises just how bad it’s got. He will stop at nothing to make things right, to make things better!. They may not ever be “normal” or “perfect”, but he’s willing to work as hard as he needs to make it their kind of “normal” and their kind of “perfect”.

Fig and her dad are not alone! Between Fig’s best friend and the most wonderful, softhearted neighbour that just moved in. They will succeed!.. They have to succeed!

This will be a forever favourite!

Nicole Melleby has absolutely blown me away with her fantastic writing! I can not wait to see what more hits the shelves by her.

Published by Algonquin Young Readers on May 7, 2019.

Genres: Middle Grade | LGBT | Realistic Fiction |Contemporary

Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review. Hurricane Season has quickly become one of my top favourite middle grades!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Brain Storm by Linda Ragsdale – Illustrations by Claudio Molina

𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥-𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕣𝕦𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕩𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪, 𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞.

𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕣𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕, 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠 “𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕” 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕪’𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥.

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars!

Being the avid reader I am, I have always been sceptical of wordless picture books. I couldn’t understand the reason for a wordless book. Children’s book or not, it just didn’t make any sense to me.

What is a book without words?

That is until I sat down to read “The Brain Storm” …with my two most wonderful boys!

Their expressions said it all.

A wordless book opens the story to your own interpretation.

After flipping through the book I asked my oldest who is nearing 10 years old, for his thoughts on the story and what he thought it meant. It was incredible to see just how close our ideas were.

I can’t wait till I can sit down with my youngest when he is a bit older to get his interpretation. He’s only 2… just a little too young to get feedback from just yet.

What’s even more amazing is no matter how many times you flip through this book, you will have a different story run through your imagination each time. Depending on your mood in that moment.

We will be able to enjoy this story for years to come and never get tired of it!

Wordless children books—– Perhaps my age was getting the best of me. Maybe I was losing connection with my own imagination.

One things for sure… The Brain Storm changed that!

Hardcover on shelves! Published by Flowerpot Press on March 5, 2019

Paperback coming September 20, 2019

Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review! It will bring a great amount of joy to my family!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Changed Book Worm

-Nichole

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

#𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓪

Amy Byler doesn’t know it yet, but she truly is a super Mom!

Working full time to keep the house afloat, while raising two children on her own. Until her absent husband shows up after three years! Offering to take care of the children for a time. Hoping to mend the lost relationships. Amy uses this as a moment to escape Pennsylvania and head to the big city of New York. Where she can explore a new…. or shall I say hidden personality.

Spending time in the city that never sleeps may have been the best thing for Amy in a very long time!

Unit she starts feeling the guilt settle in when she has to make a very important decision. Does she want nothing more than to go home… back to reality, or for this fairy-tale to never end.

When an emergency at home helps Amy make that decision instantly! …Leaving this new episode of her life far behind.

5 out of 5 Stars!

Such a delightful read!

Adorable, fuzzy and incredibly refreshing… it will melt your heart!

Amy and her two kids are the absolute perfect trio! And each character in this novel will find a way to nuzzle into your heart.

Any Mother, single or not can relate to Amy Byler. I don’t think I have ever met a Mom that would say no to such an enchanting holiday as this…. I could only dream!

Kelly Harms has created such a encouraging read with “The Overdue Life of Amy Byler”. Taking time for yourself is never easy when you’re a Mother. Your children become your whole entire world. But know that you can and don’t feel the guilt!

Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review! It will always be cherished!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Thank You Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.

A Huge Thank You to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.

Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. has sent three new fun reads my way.

*** Please note these are not my official reviews. I have copied the synopsis’s from amazon, in order to share what the books are about.***

The Brain Storm: Written by Linda Ragsdale – Illustrations by Claudio Molina

This wordless picture book is a thought-provoking exploration of disruptive feelings. Readers may interpret these as anger, anxiety, or even a creative brain storm.

Published by: Flowerpot Press on March 5, 2019… On shelves now! Paperback edition will release September 10, 2019

A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Hamilton

Scandal and slayings among Regency London’s elite

The shocking murder of Sir Henry Claybourne leaves Regency London shaken and horror-struck. But for genteel spinster Miss Emmeline St. Germaine, the crime slices far too close to home. Just hours before the knight’s death she held a dagger to him, threatening him to stay silent as she rescued a scullery maid he had procured for his pleasure.

Did the man―or woman―who murdered the knight know of her visit? Her secret identity at risk, her reputation and life in jeopardy, Emmeline must solve the crime or face scandalous exposure and ruination, or worse―the hangman’s noose―for a crime she did not commit.

Published by: Midnight Ink on February 8, 2019… On shelves now!

Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer

Irresistibly drawn to mysteries, if only to debunk them, reporter Lionel Page exposes supernatural frauds, swindlers, and charlatans. His latest case is an obsession—at least for an ancient and wealthy heiress: verify the authenticity of a lost Edgar Allan Poe manuscript circulating through New York City’s literary underworld. But the shrewd Regina Dunkle offers more than money. It’s a pact. Fulfill her request, and Lionel’s own notorious buried past, one he’s been running from since he was a child, will remain hidden.

As Lionel’s quest begins, so do the warnings. And where rare books go, murder follows. It’s only when Lionel meets enigmatic stranger Madison Hannah, his personal usher into the city’s secret history, that he realizes he’s being guided by a force more powerful than logic…and that he isn’t just following a story. He is the story.

Now that the true purpose of his mission is revealing itself in the most terrifying ways, it may finally be time for Lionel to believe in the unbelievable.

Published by: 47North on April 9, 2019… On shelves now!

Full reviews to come as soon as I have finished these great reads!

Thank you again Thomas Allen & Son Ltd!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Red: A Short Story by Kelly Charron

ᗩᗷIGᗩIᒪ Iᔕ ᑎOT ᗩᒪᒪOᗯEᗪ TO ᒪEᗩᐯE TᕼE ᗰOTEᒪ GᖇOᑌᑎᗪᔕ E᙭ᑕEᑭT ᖴOᖇ ᑕᕼᑌᖇᑕᕼ Oᑎ ᔕᑌᑎᗪᗩYᔕ ᗩᑎᗪ TᕼE OᑕᑕᗩᔕIOᑎᗩᒪ ᖇᑌᑎ TO TᕼE ᗰᗩᖇKET. ᒪIᐯIᑎG Iᑎ TᕼE ᗰIᗪᗪᒪE Oᖴ ᑎOᗯᕼEᖇE ᗯᕼEᖇE ᔕᕼE ᖇᑌᑎᔕ ᗩ ᔕᕼᗩᗷᗷY ᗰOTEᒪ Iᔕ ᑎOT TᕼE ᒪIᖴE ᔕᕼE IᗰᗩGIᑎEᗪ. ᕼEᖇ OᑎᒪY ᔕOᑌᖇᑕE Oᖴ E᙭ᑕITEᗰEᑎT Iᔕ ᗯᗩITIᑎG ᖴOᖇ TᕼE Oᗪᗪ ᑕᗩᖇ TO Tᑌᖇᑎ ᑌᑭ EᐯEᖇY ᖴEᗯ ᗯEEKᔕ. ᗩᑎᗪ ᗩᗷIGᗩIᒪ ᑕOᑌᑎTᔕ Oᑎ TᕼEᔕE ᐯIᔕITOᖇᔕ.

TᕼE ᑕOᑌᑭᒪEᔕ, TᕼE ᖴᗩᗰIᒪIEᔕ, ᗩᑎᗪ TᕼE ᗯOᗰEᑎ GET TO ᒪEᗩᐯE.

TᕼE ᔕIᑎGᒪE ᗰEᑎ ᗩᖇEᑎ’T TᕼᗩT ᒪᑌᑕKY.

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5 out or 5 stars

Starting Red I immediately started to feel my anxiety raise. Abigail gave me such an over whelming feeling of unease. That feeling quickly increased to panic and terror. When reading you can’t just simply cover your eyes during a scary part like you can during a movie. I found myself terrified to go on but yet needing to know how it ends.

Red kept me on the edge of me set and my heart pounding so hard, as if it was trying to leap right out of my chest.

Red certainly packs a haunting punch and will leave you completely filled with jitters. How it is even possible to deliver this much horror in a merely 51 pages is astounding!

Kelly’s writing will inject your brain with all sorts of new fears!

If your love is psychological thrillers, Kelly will easily become a new favourite.

A perfect read for around the Halloween season especially, if you are into that seasonal reading.

Enjoy!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Terrified Book Worm

-Nichole

Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒹 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒜𝒷𝓇𝒶𝒽𝒶𝓂 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒮𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟪𝟦𝟢, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓃𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝒜 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓁𝒶𝓌𝓎𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒹𝓇𝓎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓅, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎, 𝒶 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝒸𝓀, 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒷𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝒷𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒾𝑔𝓂𝒶. “𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒,” 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒, 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒥𝑜𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒶 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹, “𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝓇𝓊𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅.”

𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈: 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓂𝒾𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒, 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜, 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓌𝓀𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑔𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹.

𝒯𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒥𝑜𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒶 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈, 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝓇. 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓎𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓍 𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒; 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓂𝑒𝓃; 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃’𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈. 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝓈 𝐵𝒶𝓎𝒶𝓇𝒹, 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇, 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝑔𝑒-𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒷𝒾𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈.

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“Men don’t always know what they need, that’s why God made Women”.

5 out of 5 stars! – Incredibly charming!

I adore novels written in a past setting, exactly what I was expecting Courting Mr. Lincoln to be… since it’s based in the 1800’s, but this was completely different. Louis has written a book in the modern day, set in the past, yet reads as a genuine classic……Brillant!

Miss Todd is smart, independent and has such a strong knowledge of politics. Truly a well rounded young lady.

Lincoln’s also smart, determined and very hardworking. He has goals and is working towards them. Although he is missing proper manners and does not have the perfect gentlemen style, just yet. Lack of funds doesn’t help with that situation, but a great friend could become very helpful with that.

This is where Joshua Speed comes in. He is truly wonderful! (Spoiler… I think Speed was my favourite character!). Speed is an incredible man, with so much warmth in his heart. Speed keeps a great pride for those he is close to, especially Lincoln.

Louis Bayard has created such a marvellous read! and I couldn’t be happier to have this wonderful addition to my shelves.

Published by Algonquin Books on April 23, 2019

On Shelves!… Go check it out.

Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me an arc copy!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

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“What does it take to believe in the unbelievable?”

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

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“For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

“For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster”.

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#𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓪

Amy Byler doesn’t know it yet, but she truly is a super Mom!

A Huge Thank You to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.

The Brain Storm: Written by Linda Ragsdale – Illustrations by Claudio Molina

A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Hamilton

Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer

TᕼE ᑕOᑌᑭᒪEᔕ, TᕼE ᖴᗩᗰIᒪIEᔕ, ᗩᑎᗪ TᕼE ᗯOᗰEᑎ GET TO ᒪEᗩᐯE.

TᕼE ᔕIᑎGᒪE ᗰEᑎ ᗩᖇEᑎ’T TᕼᗩT ᒪᑌᑕKY.

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“Men don’t always know what they need, that’s why God made Women”.

5 out of 5 stars! – Incredibly charming!

Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca

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