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The Butcher Bird – S.D. Sykes

It’s September, 1351, and young English lord Oswald Somerville is trying to balance a somewhat senile mother, a harridan of a pregnant sister, and a raft of grumpy and intransigent fiefs against a mere nineteen years of life and experience. … Continue reading

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Land of Shadows – Priscilla Royal

Note to self: always check a book’s position in series before requesting from Netgalley … I didn’t realize that this was the twelfth book in its series … That may account for the feeling of being lost at sea that … Continue reading

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By Royal Command – Laura Navarre

This had a terrific opening. There is nothing like being dropped directly into an 11th-century standoff between an eighteen-year-old girl and a pack of starving wolves to get your attention quickly. And when her savior isn’t the conventional Knight in … Continue reading

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