Can't Wait Wednesday: Radiance and Revenge by Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe (A Diamond of the Ton Regency Mystery Book 3)

 

For this week's Can't Wait Wednesday hosted by Tressa at the book blog, Wishful Endings, I'm featuring, Radiance and Revenge, by Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe. This series takes place in London in the Regency era with a Lord and Duchess who are involved in "a tangled web of espionage, revenge, and political sabotage. This book will end the series and resolve the love triangle, hopefully with a happy ending.

This author has a great newsletter you can sign up for to know what is going on with her new books, and, if possible, receive advance copies. 

 https://lynnmorrisonwriter.com/ 

Hope you have found something you can't wait for! Happy reading ya'll!

Historical Mysteries/ Regency Mysteries

October 30, 2025

Book description courtesy of GoodReads

A royal threat. A dangerous love. A feud that refuses to die.

After enduring the court’s suspicion, Lord Peregrine Fitzroy has finally earned back his standing—and Charity’s heart. But the arrival of her family in London threatens to reopen old wounds and reignite a bitter feud that once made their love impossible.

Charity, Duchess Atholl, is ready to stand beside the man who was once her enemy. Yet just as they begin to build a future together, foreign royals descend on London with secrets, schemes—and ties to a powerful adversary thought to be in hiding. Determined to uncover who is harbouring their most dangerous enemy, the couple is drawn into a tangled web of espionage, revenge, and political sabotage..

As whispers swirl of a plot to upend the royal succession, Peregrine and Charity must outwit an opponent who knows exactly how to strike where it hurts most. Loyalties will be tested. One misstep could cost them their love, their lives—or the crown itself.

Note Worthy News: The History of England Podcast is back!

 

David Crowther's History of England podcast is the first one I ever listened to. It is very special to me. He is witty and super knowledgeable and taught me all the particulars about each stage of history in England from the Anglo Saxon period on. He admits when he is biased and does it all with humor. He has been on a hiatus for several months and this week has picked up with all new episodes. 

Season 9, Episode 1 (432A overall) begins with the Sun King, Louis XIV of France. He starts with French culture and its domination of European culture at that time. This is why I appreciate his show....I know almost nothing about this time period, or how anything affected anything...so when he starts here, I get the necessary background knowledge to move ahead and it makes my learning more interesting and easy. History buffs like me always want that little "extra" he gives! And being American there is always a lot I definitely don't know.

Crowther started in his shed (he still calls his work area "The Shed") on his private property just doing his thing (and sometimes his children joined him) and now has a successful show teaching us all about the history of his country. Both the website and his Facebook page also have fun things to explore, like places he visits while on vacations, challenges, and a ton of resources.

Recently I took part in his "who was the greatest Welsh ruler of all time" and it was fun if you love learning more about Wales. He and his Welsh born friend went through different stages of Welsh history and had listeners vote. Of course, Llywelyn the Great won!

You can surf some for free or choose to subscribe to other sections of the website for a yearly fee and have access to more shows like The History of Scotland.

I love promoting my favorite podcasters and so I'm excited to announce his return. It should be a fun filled fall/winter with all new episodes taking us through the mid-1600's and beyond. 

Can't Wait Wednesday: Murder Most British by Helena Dixon (The Secret Detective Agency Book 3)

 

For this week's Can't Wait Wednesday hosted by Tressa at the book blog, Wishful Endings, I'm featuring, Murder Most British, by Helena Dixon. I have featured this series before but have yet to read it. Her other series with Kitty Underhay as the heroine started off cute and I have read the first one, Murder at the Dolphin Hotel. 

Murder Most British takes place in 1941 during WW II which is typically not my favorite era to read but this series looks cute. Jane Treen investigates murders with codebreaker Arthur Cilento as they also navigate the drama of the war around them. Another fun cozy series I'd like to read. 

Hope you have found something you can't wait for! Happy reading ya'll!

Cozy Mystery/Historical Mysteries

November 6 , 2025

Book description courtesy of GoodReads

Big Ben chiming in the distance, chilly walks along the river Thames, cocktails at the Ritz… and a government secretary dead? Only Jane Treen can solve the case!

London, 1941. Miss Jane Treen is faced with another mysterious disappearance within her Secret Detective Agency’s team. Tabitha Moore, a government typist, was on her way to meet Jane with vital information about some secret codes. But she didn’t turn up for work and has seemingly vanished without a trace. Then Jane and her colleague, handsome codebreaker Arthur Cilento, find a body has been found, and it matches Tabitha’s description.

It quickly becomes clear that Tabitha’s death was not due to ongoing air raids as the the silk scarf tied tightly around her neck suggests otherwise. The prime suspect is Tabitha’s fiancé Leo Cavendish, a dashing government official, but there are plenty of others with a motive too. Jane and Arthur scrutinize those around Tabitha at work and at home, including a charming newsreader reporting on government affairs, a jealous pianist in love with Leo, and a known womanizer and gambler fond of causing trouble.

Together, Jane, Arthur and her fluffy ginger cat Marmaduke hole up in her London townhouse, with black coffee in plentiful supply and a roaring fire in the grate. But just as they begin to piece together the puzzle, someone else is found dead. It’s clear they need to step up and catch the killer on the loose in the big smoke, before it’s their turn next.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Could Read Again For the First Time

 

This week's theme for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl,is "Books I Wish I Could Read Again For the First Time." I seem to recall doing this one before but I'm going to resist the urge to look for a previous post. I want to see what I come up with today. Several are books I would not read now. I was in such a true crime phase in my 20's and don't like it at all now! But I tried to include all my years of reading in this list.

In no particular order here they are. If you read my blog at all, many on the list probably won't surprise you, lol.  Click on the title to link to Goodreads.

Happy Reading ya'll!

1. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (Book 3 of the Outlander series

2. The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman

3. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

4. North and South by John Jakes

5. The Courts of Love by Jean Plaidy (Eleanor of Aquitaine)

6. Queens of England by Norah Lofts

7. Susannah by Candice F. Ransom

8. The Shattered Crowns series by Christina Crofts

9. Alexandra: The Last Tsarina by Carolly Erickson

10. Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule 

Stacking the Shelves #71

 

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. It's a place to showcase any books I have purchased, borrowed, or been lucky enough to have been given an advance copy of. 

Hope you find something that looks interesting to you or that makes you remember a favorite book you need to finish. Happy reading ya'll!

Last Dance in Salzburg by Vivian Conroy (Miss Ashford Investigates #4)

Kindle Sale: 99 cents this week 

I have read the first two books in this series and enjoyed them. I have to read book three first but this is book 4 so I got it while it was only a dollar. The covers are beautiful and I love the unique location settings. Atalanta tries to uncover the truth behind the death of a convicted jewel thief. She has to sleuth among the European elite in 1930's Austria. 

A Perilous Premiere by Gail Meath (Stone and Steele Mysteries #1)

Kindle Points

Growing up with the old movies this series looked really charming to me. The author has written another successful one called Jax Diamond Mysteries, and this is her newest one. It's set in the 1930's Golden Age of Hollywood and the heroine is friends with Carole Lombard, owns a fashion boutique in Beverly Hills, and is trying to solve the recent murder of her banker husband. She has the unwanted help of Preston Stone, a man she doesn't care for at all. Should be a fun series set in an iconic period. 

Death at a Paris Hotel by Verity Bright (Lady Eleanor Swift #22)

Kindle Sale: 99 cents this week

I grab all of this series as I can. I am not up to this one yet but it was super cheap this week. Lady Eleanor and Hugh are honeymooning in Paris but just can't seem to avoid being drug into another case of murder. This time Eleanor thinks she knows the victim but isn't quite sure who he is.