Recommended Reads
- short list -
"Lake of Dead Languages" by Carol Goodman
(delicious modern gothic)
"Patriot's Dream" by Barbara Michaels
(time travel/historical, magnificent dreamy story, I re-read it once a year)
"The Outsider" by Penelope Williamson
(excellent historical)
"The Wives of Bowie Stone" by Maggie Osborne
(what Western historicals should be)
"Summer at Willow Lake" by Susan Wiggs
(contemporary family saga, book one)
"If You Believe" by Kristin Hannah
(hard to choose only one to recommend, all emotionally gripping)
"Seal Island" by Kate Brallier
(one of the most intriguing books I've ever read, hard to describe)
"Mariana" by Susanna Kearsley
(my favorite author, her books are always finely built, perfect)