Circling the Sun
Library Journal ★ 05/15/2015 Famed aviator and renowned racehorse trainer Beryl Markham is only one of the subjects of McLain's captivating new novel. The other is Kenya, the country that formed the complicated, independent woman whom Markham would become. Like her father who raised her, she falls under the spell of Kenya's lush valleys and […]
The Virgins Daughter
Since the death of her brother, William, Elizabeth I has ruled England. She’s made the necessary alliances, married Philip of Spain, and produced a successor: her only daughter, Anne Isabella, Princess of Wales. Elizabeth knows that her beloved Anabel will be a political pawn across Europe unless she can convince Philip to grant her a […]
The Guest Cottage
Library Journal 04/15/2015 Sophie's husband coolly tells her that he's having an affair and wants out. Their marriage has long been one in which she props up his architecture career and looks after their children, but still, she didn't see this coming. Shocked, Sophie takes the children to a friend's Nantucket cottage to think things […]
Last One Home
Library Journal Review In the 12 years since she left her childhood home in Spokane at age 18, Cassie has lost touch with her sisters Karen (older) and Nichole (younger) and her now-deceased parents-she didn't leave on the best of terms. She paid dearly for this youthful mistake, because the man she ran away with […]
Someone Is Watching
Booklist Review *Starred Review* Bailey Carpenter's life isn't perfect, but it's hers. She works as a private investigator, lives in one of Miami's nicest high rises, and has a close relationship with her brother. The cons? Her job's long hours, a pending lawsuit with her extended family, and an ill-advised affair with her married boss. […]