by Deanna Raybourn
around 12 in a very ugly dress; but when I got the book the cover is actually pretty and the girl doesn't look quite as young.And then secondly, this book is like the Julia Grey series but now she's called something else. There is a lot more intrigue but it felt so much like a Julia Grey book it was...
This was a fun read - reminded me alot of Mary Stewart's books! I'm not sure if this is a stand-alone or first of a series but It ended with hints of more to come so hopefully we will see more of Poppy & Sebastian. I was kind of surprised of how far in the future they aged the March family because i...
Penelope "Poppy" Hammond flees her high society wedding with the aid of a charming curate calling himself Sebastian Cantrip and persuades him to drive her to the little village in Devon where her estranged father lives. Poppy's mother, wealthy American stepfather and a large amount of the wedding gu...
I don't have many auto-buy authors, but with her recent historical novels Deanna Raybourn may soon be added to the list. Night of a Thousand Stars begins with a runaway bride who quickly puts a grand distance between herself and the altar...all the way to Damascus. With the intent of tracking down t...
I am the newest member of the passionate Deanna Raybourn fan club. This historical novel, set in 1920, has the snappy banter and flirtatious manner of 1930s screwball rom coms with the bouncy, breezy intrigues of Lauren Willig. Add a dash of Indiana Jones, and you have this delightful novel. I was ...
Another great novel from Deanna Raybourn! I just love her style, which is breezy and engaging.Like her previous novel City Of Jasmine, Night of a Thousand Stars takes us to the Middle East for another adventure. And we see characters from Raybourn's previous books pop up, and there's even a connecti...