Review:I enjoyed this book overall, but it was slow moving. It took more than a few chapters to get into it, and I wasn't fond of Diana. I was confused about why she didn't leave North a note when she left. Also, North didn't seem to fight for Diana, or care if she married him, until the end of the story. Read more

Review:I'm using my personal copy of this title to read and review for Wicked Reads

4 stars

Genre: Historical Romance

Eloisa James is a favorite of mine when it comes to Historical Romance. I enjoy the author's voice, the easy flow of the story, the fast pacing, and the way she gives just enough but not too much description. Most of the books feature a strong sense of family, whether it be making sacrifices for the family you already have or the quest of creating a family of your o... Read more

Review:As always with this author I find myself unable to put this book down! Such a great read with strong fabulous characters. can't wait for the next adventure. What new story and characters to fall in love with. She enacts my emotions. Read more

Review:I love her books - some more than others but overall she has always been a guaranteed buy. This was the first book of hers that I didn't finish in a day. I did not like Poppy. I enjoyed the side stories alot more than I did hers. For a grown woman to be that slow in so many ways - after 4 years - seems sad to me. I didn't understand why all of a sudden she gained a backbone and tried to make her husband pay! He never did anything wrong - he tried and she acted like a child and wouldn't speak up.... Read more

Review:It is a common enough theme in romance novels where the lucky couple get together briefly, have some fun, become tragically parted, and then regroup a few years later, older and wiser. I think the best of these books have a quick introduction line that says something like "Ten years later . . ."

Ms. James' book instead goes over the seven years that this couple is apart laboriously. The ugly duchess starts several successful businesses, while her erstwhile husband is playing pirate with a... Read more

Review:This is one of Agatha Christie's best stand alone novels - part mystery, part thriller and part espionage story - which takes us from a London tube station to revolution in Africa. It begins with Anne Beddingfeld, the daughter of a professor who longs for adventure. She spends her day trying to placate creditors and longing to 'step out' with a young man. When her father dies, she takes an opportunity to go to London, where, quite by chance, she witnesses the death of a young man at a tube stati... Read more

Review:Since I adored the movie version, I thought that I'd give this book a try. The style and flow of this book is dreadful and lackluster. As a fan of Agatha Christie, I was taken aback by the drab performance of this book. Read more

Review:If I were to have a bucket list, solving one of Ms. Christie's mysteries using all the clues she placed in the story would be on it. It's beginning to feel I have a better chance of discharging solid-gold goose eggs from my backside. I've been reading her Hercule Poirot mysteries in the order they were published. 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' is the author's twenty-third Hercule Poirot novel. It was published in 1941. There is no actual profanity in the story if you happen to be sensitive about tha... Read more

Review:I read this book many years ago and had actually forgotten the ending. What a surprise. Ms. Christie blends a little romance in as well but just enough to make it a fun read. It's mostly a good old fashioned mystery story with great characters. I think this is one of her finest, but then I always have liked her earliest books best. Read more

Review:This was a very enjoyable Agatha Christie book (as usual). I really like the short stories because you could put the book down for a while and then pick it up again and read another story. Each story was interesting and enjoyable. Thanks again for a great Agatha Christie book. Read more