by Shelley Gray
Just months after the closure of the Chicago World’s Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a single person. All she knows about him is that he loves books as much as she d...
So many disjointed things to say about this book. First from the synopsis: Just months after the closure of the Chicago World’s Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a...
4 Stars! #WhispersintheReadingRoom @Zondervan @ShelleySGrayI really liked this book a lot. I'm not sure what it is, but I love books set in the late 19th century. Of course, I definitely would not have wanted to live then.This book is a romance, but there is absolutely no sex. The showing of one'...
I fell for the cover but realized while I read that this just wasn't a book for me. I usually like historical fiction, and this book looked to be an interesting mix of romance and mystery, but frankly it's just too much romance and not even a romantic story that appeals to me. I have read (well skim...