Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

In 2005, Someone Was Worried the Lesbians Would Take Over RWA

A Little Light Mischief: A Turner Novella by Cat Sebastian

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In 2005, someone was worried that the lesbian would take over RWA. Lesbians are just people and their range of competencies tracks with the rest of society’s, but if lesbians taking over RWA meant I was getting more books like that, please hand over the keys to the nearest lesbian. If you are not reading Cat Sebastian yet, you should be. She is a delight in any time period. At the very beginning of A Little Light Mischief, we learn the following things: Mrs. Wraxhall […]

A sweet & salty little f/f romance novella.

A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian

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First the blurb, for context: A seductive thief Lady’s maid Molly Wilkins is done with thieving—and cheating and stabbing and all the rest of it. She’s determined to keep her hands to herself, so she really shouldn’t be tempted to seduce her employer’s prim and proper companion, Alice. But how can she resist when Alice can’t seem to keep her eyes off Molly? Finds her own heart For the first time in her life, Alice Stapleton has absolutely nothing to do. The only thing that […]

Sex Mystery sounds like a genre I want to read much more of.

Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1) by Cat Sebastian

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Well, the sex part of this certainly wasn’t as prevalent as the mystery, but it did deliver on Sebastian’s other promise, which was “Agatha Christie, but make it gay.” Small English village, check. The mysterious murder of one of their own, check. The discovery that the small village is hiding a bunch of secrets, check. An outsider coming in to unearth those secrets, check. Lonely spy falls in love with traumatized country doctor, check. This was very sweet in terms of the romance, and pretty […]

A kissing book with SCIENCE!

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

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4.5 stars #CBR11 Bingo: Science! One of the protagonists is a scientist and his scientific experiments plays an important part throughout the story. Official book description: Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that’s what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family’s crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence’s new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned upside down. […]

My main issue with this book is that I just wanted more of it!

A Duke in Disguise (Regency Imposters, #2) by Cat Sebastian

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I’m having trouble with this one! On the one hand, I liked it. On the other, I thought it needed just a little something else. I never really cared the way I should have, the way I’ve cared about her other characters in past books. Verity Plum is a publisher and bookseller; John Ashby is an engraver. They have known one another for ages, and always a low-simmering attraction they’ve both ignored has been present. Both for different reasons have been scared to change their […]

I cannot think of a single damned thing to say that isn’t either a lie or a felony.

Hither Page by Cat Sebastian

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An English village mystery + spies + m/m romance. I received this as an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. If I have learned anything from the great British murder mystery tradition and Midsomer Murders, it’s that English villages are rife with scandal, secrets, and murder. Cat Sebastian, an avowed fan of Agatha Christie and her literary progeny, uses the British murder mystery tropes and stock characters as a back drop for a lovely romance between a war traumatized village doctor […]



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