mandag 17. februar 2014

It's Monday - What are you reading?

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IN MY BAG

The Midwife of Venice

Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers using her secret "birthing spoons." When a count implores her to attend his dying wife and save their unborn son, she is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but his payment is enough to ransom her husband Isaac, who has been captured at sea. Can she refuse her duty to a woman who is suffering? Hannah's choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the child and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. 


ON MY PHONE

Bad Girls

They met in rehab - but some of them had rather more therapy than they bargained for. Supermodel Amber Peters should have the world at her feet. But her secret addiction has led her down a dangerous path. Lap dancer Skye Ellwood is desperate to get out of the life she's living, but has no idea how - until a client makes her an unusual proposition. Following an ultimatum from his fiance, A-list movie star Joe Jeffreys is finally heading to rehab to sort out his sex addiction - and save his squeaky-clean image. Spoiled daughter of a legendary rock god, Petal Gold is convinced she's a huge star in waiting, and she'll trample on anyone she thinks is standing in her way. Passion, jealousy, betrayal, revenge and scandal: during their tumultuous thirty days at Cascabel clinic, the lives of Amber, Skye, Joe and Petal will be transformed forever. But for one of them, the stakes could not be higher - or more dangerous


AT MY BEDSIDE

In the Land of the Long White Cloud

Hardworking London governess Helen Davenport longs for a family of her own but knows the prospect of finding a suitable husband grows dimmer each year. Then she spots an advertisement seeking wives for the churchgoing bachelors of colonial New Zealand and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer. Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, society life bores Gwyneira Silkham, beautiful, daring daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder. She finds an unexpected escape when her father loses a blackjack hand to a mysterious New Zealand baron, and Gwyn's hand in marriage goes to the baron's son. The women cross paths on the ship to Christchurch. Helen traveling steerage, Gwyn first class, and form an unlikely friendship, one they'll rely on when the husbands awaiting them turn out very different than they'd imagined.


What are you reading right now?









4 kommentarer:

  1. Doesn't Midwife sound compelling?! Thanks for sharing these with us.

    Here's my It's Monday!

    SvarSlett
  2. Bad Girls and Midwife of Venice both sound like books I would enjoy. Come see my Monday report if you get a chance. Happy reading!

    SvarSlett
  3. Ooohh Midwife of Venice sounds AMAZING! I will need to pick that one up!

    Enjoy your reading week!

    SvarSlett
  4. Midwife Of Venice is on my wishlist, hope it's a great read. And I'm keen to see what you think of In The Land Of The Long White Cloud, have been meaning to read something set in NZ and this does sound good. Happy reading :)

    SvarSlett