Catticus Finch – Page 2 – Cannonball Read 17

A sheep in rake’s clothing

My Fake Rake by Eva Leigh

March 17, 2021 by Catticus Finch 1 Comment

This is the first book in the Union of the Rakes series, and it starts off with a scene reminiscent of The Breakfast Club. Five schoolboys are in detention, though for what is not clearly defined. It’s really just a device to have the boys form a friendship, and provide a backstory to join them together for the series. This one focuses on Sebastian Holloway – his adult self is scholarly, bespectacled, unfashionably dressed, impoverished and socially awkward. He loves his research and spending time […]

Charming the pants off a fabulous pair of thighs

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles

March 15, 2021 by Catticus Finch 1 Comment

This book is light hearted and frothy as a Regency can be in K.J. Charles’ hands. She has stated that she wrote this to take a break from writing a different one and threw in a lot of the usual tropes. And it was a lot of fun! Robin and Marianne Loxleigh of Nottinghamshire (hmmm…Locksley?) have arrived in London to find suitable marriage partners. Short on cash, they aren’t much different than the women seeking to marry a lord, they are just more honest about […]

Digging up bones

A Grave Matter by Anna Lee Huber

March 9, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

This is book three in the Lady Darby historical mystery series – she is the widow of the anatomist/physician who forced her to paint the illustrations for his textbooks. After the death of a long time friend in book two, Kiera has retreated to the home of her brother Trevor. She is still rather emotionally fragile, feeling like society will never accept her again due to the notoriety of her scandalous work. She is also still confused over feelings for Sebastian Gage, the inquiry agent […]

Anna Snow…or Snow White?

Someone to Love by Mary Balogh

February 23, 2021 by Catticus Finch 2 Comments

Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family—including the daughter no one knew he had… This is book one in the Westcott series, which I had to read after finishing book seven (wrong order, I know!). The character of Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, caught my interest in the other book so I had to find his story. This one begins with Anna Snow, left at an orphanage in Bath at […]

Romancing Lady Jessica

Someone to Romance by Mary Balogh

February 18, 2021 by Catticus Finch 2 Comments

This is book seven (!) in the Westcott series, so I was prepared for a bit of confusion over some of the characters as I hadn’t read the first six. Still, the overwhelming amount of Westcott family members, in-laws, children and family backstory was almost too much. I decided to persevere, and focus on the main characters of Jessica and Gabriel, and stress over how Aunt Matilda or Cousin Abigail et al fit into the mix. Jessica, step-sister to the Duke of Netherby, has been […]

Who started the fire?

Three Perfect Liars by Heidi Perks

February 16, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

Hailed as a riveting new suspense novel about three ambitious women whose lives are turned upside down in the aftermath of a horrifying fire, which destroys a successful advertising agency and threatens to expose a tangled web of lies. So says the blurb about this book – and I was intrigued and thought I would enjoy this. But I had issues with the main characters, and it reminded me very much of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, where you are presented with the crime […]

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