We adored this early St.James. You can read our DIK review here. We said:

Where to begin? This book has a delicious gothic feeling to it that just screams authentic. I loved the use of the post-WWI setting. The atmospheric groundwork laid by Ms. St. James is exquisite, and the suspense palpable. This reader almost felt as if she were a part of the book, so well did the author describe her world.

Ellie and James are both fully fleshed out characters with deep secrets that contribute to the overall feeling of mystery in the book. The author keeps us guessing for the entire book and the villain comes out of nowhere. That would be my only quibble with this book: that the villain was a little too out there. However, that is a very minor quibble.

The budding romance between Ellie and James felt entirely believable and both are drawn as empathic characters. James has to earn Ellie’s trust, but Ellie also has to earn his. Both have been burned and these two scarred souls finding one another makes for very poignant reading. I really loved their story and highly recommend this book.

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This is also a DIK. We wrote: 

At nearly five-hundred pages, The Summer Country may seem intimidating to some readers, but please don’t let its size put you off. The pacing is wonderful and I found myself flying through the story, both eager to reach the end and unwilling to say goodbye to these characters at the same time. It’s an odd dichotomy that doesn’t occur very often, but for me, it’s the mark of a truly fantastic book.

If you love large, sprawling novels rich with enough historical detail to make the setting itself feel like a character in the story, you won’t want to miss The Summer Country. It’s one of my favorite books of 2019, and I can’t wait for the rest of the world to embrace it the way I have.

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This sounds like many of your jam. Chadwick is a strong author and readers give this a 4.5 review. Here’s the blurb:

Ireland, 1152

The King of Leinster, awaiting news of his newborn child, is disappointed to hear he has a daughter. Diarmait MacMurchada wanted another strapping son to shoulder a spear, wield a sword, and protect his kingdom. But from the moment Diarmait held the newborn Aoife knew she would be his most precious treasure.

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Forced into exile Aoife and her family find themselves at the mercy of Henry II. Aoife – aware of her beauty but not its power – intrigues and beguiles Henry in equal measure. For Aoife he agrees to help her father, an alliance that leads the MacMurchadas to the charismatic Richard de Clare, a man dissatisfied with his lot and open to new horizons.

Diarmit promises Richard Aoife’s hand in marriage in return for his aid in Ireland, but Aoife has her own thoughts on the matter. She may be a prize, but she is not a pawn, and she will play the men at their own game. For herself, for her family, and for her country.

From the royal halls of scheming kings, to staunch Welsh border fortresses and the wild green kingdoms of Ireland, The Irish Princess is a sumptuous, journey of ambition and desire, love and loss, heartbreak and survival.

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