Madeline Martin – Cannonball Read 17

Not All Books about Books are the Same

The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin

The Bookbinder by Pip Williams

January 6, 2024 by Jenny S 1 Comment

As my semester ended and the break began, I indulged in my usual ritual of checking out lots of books to binge over the holidays. I hit up both my community college library (which has a stellar YA collection) and my local library. At the library, I ended up grabbing two novels from the New Reads bookshelf that on the surface had a lot in common but ultimately were very different reads. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin is set during World War […]

A Story About How Great Books Are

The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin

May 15, 2023 by LanierHgts Leave a Comment

I found this in one of the many Free Little Library boxes in my neighborhood. Admittedly I chose it for it’s title. This story starts with Grace Bennett and her friend, Vivienne (Viv), two small town country girls arriving in London full of youth an energy and ready to live it up. They are 23. It is 1939. A series of bad family circumstances force them to leave their village. Both women move into the house of Mrs. Weatherford, Grace’s mother’s long-time friend, and her […]

Family Feud: Medieval Scotland

The Highlander's Stolen Bride by Madeline Martin

April 8, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Elspeth is on her way to wed a childhood friend when she is abducted by Calum Campbell, who hopes to use her as a bargaining chip to gain an audience with her brother. But when they begin to fall in love, they must figure out how to end the war between their clans if they hope to be together. Though it was slow going at first, I soon got sucked into this story of warring clans and unlikely romance. Calum’s gentle nature provides an interesting […]

Lust, deception, secrets, Highlanders, and a badass heroine.

February 23, 2015 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I am not so much a reader of romance, but of course I had to read this one because Madeline Martin is a wonderful person I know in actual real life and this is her first published novel! I know first-hand how hard she worked on this (really hard), and I was more than happy to read and review the pre-release. Mariel Brandon is a quick-witted English beauty who has seen more than her fair share of heartache: her parents died in the plague and she […]

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