Book Reviews 2015

January

The Housemaid’s Daughter by Barbara Mutch - 3.5

Bodo, The Apostate by Donald Michael Platt - 4.5

White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra - 3

The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell - 4.5

Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd - 4

Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb - 3.5

The Red Road by Jenni Wiltz - 4

February

Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley - 5

Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder - 3

Blood Divide by John Sadler - 4

Lost and Found by Amy Shojai - 3.5

The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell by William Klaber - 4

March

Mist at Midnight by Sandra Byrd - 4

The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman - 4.5

I Regret Everything by Seth Greenland - 5

A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear - 3.5

The Witch of Napoli by Michael Schmicker - 4.5

A Deeper Sense of Loyalty by C. James Gilbert - 3

April

An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey - 4

The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau - 4

Diamond Head by Cecily Wong - 4.5

Helen of Sparta by Amalia Carosella- 4.5

Stella Rose by Tammy Flanders Hetrick- 5

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - 4.5

Godwine Kingmaker by Mercedes Rochelle - 4.5

May

To Catch a Falling Star by Anna Belfrage - 4.5

A Pledge of Better Things by Margaret Porter - 4.5

The Vagabond Vicar by Charlotte Brentwood - 4

The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg - 3.5

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer - 4

The Residence by Kate Anderson Brower - 3

Under the Same Blue Sky by Pam Shoenewaldt - 4

Mesabi Pioneers by Russell Hill and Jeffrey Smith - 4.5

The Accidental Pilgrim by Stephen Kitsakos - 4.5

To Ride a White Horse by Pamela Ford - 4.5

The Ladies of Managua by Eleni N. Gage - 4

June

Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Bedani - 4

The Fire and the Light by Glen Craney - 4

The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy - 3.5

Heavy Weather by Normandie Fischer - 4

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie and Alyssa SheinMel - 4.5

The Grip of God by Rebecca Hazell - 4

July

The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall - 4

Farmed and Dangerous by Edith Maxwell - 4

Sword of the Gladiatrix by Faith L. Justice - 4

Essie’s Roses by Michelle Muriel - 5

Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble - 4

Down From the Mountain by Courtney Allen - 4.5

Flask of the Drunken Master by Susan Spann - 4

August

Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey - 5

Christa’s Luck by Jennifer and Michael Grais - 4.5

The Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie - 3.5

Baker’s Blues by Judith Ryan Hendricks - 4.5

If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison - 3

September

Sacrifice: Book One of Y Ddraig by Gwendolyn Beynon - 4.5

The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil - 3

Gather Around the Amish Table by Lucy Leid - 4

The Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Hettrick - 4.5

Avelynn by Marissa Campbell - 3

Roman Mask by Thomas M.D. Brooke - 5

The King’s Sisters by Sarah Kennedy - 4

October

Mistress of the Court by Laura Purcell - 4

Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart - 5

The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb - 4

The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo - 3

Tiger Heart by Katrell Christie and Shannon McCaffrey - 5

The Lady Chapel by Candace Robb - 4

Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Virginia Pye - 4.5

The Nun’s Tale by Candace Robb - 4.5

November

The Riddle of St. Leonard’s by Candace Robb - 4

Depraved Heart by Patricia Cornwell - 4

The Lake House by Kate Morton - 4

A Gift of Sanctuary by Candace Robb - 4.5

The Crescent Spy by Michael Wallace - 3.5

A Spy for the Redeemer by Candace Robb - 4

Food Whore by Jessica Tom - 4

Medici’s Daughter by Sophie Perinot - 4

Succession by Livi Michael - 3

December

The Conqueror’s Wife by Stephanie Thornton - 4.5

A Year of Ravens - 5

Game of Queens by India Edghill - 5

In the Shadow of the Storm by Anna Belfrage - 4.5

Shriver by Chris Belden - 4.5

Daughter of Sand and Stone by Libbie Hawker - 3.5