Новости. Финалисты премии RITA 2014 (чать 1)

Всем уже давно известны финалисты премии RITA 2014, но у меня только сейчас появилась возможность написать пост. В блогспоте есть чудесная, на мой взгляд, функция "Расписание". Последнее время блог работал "на автопилоте". Но пора мне снова браться за работу.

Лучший дебютный роман

Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano
 Fix You by Beck Anderson
Private Practice by Samanthe Beck
Promise to Return by Elizabeth Byler Younts
The Sweet Spot by Laura Drake

 Лучший современный роман

Along Came Trouble by Ruthie Knox
Beach House No. 9 by Christie Ridgway
Country Roads by Nancy Herkness
Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O'Keefe
Fix You by Beck Anderson
Half Moon Hill by Toni Blake
Home to Whiskey Creek by Brenda Novak
Homecoming Ranch by Julia London
It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis
Letters to Nowhere by Julie Cross
Rescued by a Stranger by Lizbeth Selvig
Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis
The Second Chance Café by Alison Kent
Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan
The Sweet Spot by Laura Drake
Talk of the Town by Beth Andrews
The Way You Look Tonight by Bella Andre
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts

Лучший исторический роман

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
The Autumn Bride by Anne Gracie
The Chieftain's Curse by Frances Housden
The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan
Darius by Grace Burrowes
Dark Angel: A Gothic Fairy Tale by T J Bennett
Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
The Lady and the Laird by Nicola Cornick
Love and Other Scandals by Caroline Linden
The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
Never Desire a Duke by Lily Dalton
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Plaid Tidings by Mia Marlowe
A Rake's Midnight Kiss by Anna Campbell
The Rogue's Proposal by Jennifer Haymore
Sins of a Ruthless Rogue by Anna Randol
Sonata for a Scoundrel by Anthea Lawson

Новости недели №113

Октябрьская новинка Валери Боумен

CAN A SCANDALOUS CHARADE
For seven long years, Lady Cassandra Monroe has waited for the man of her dreams to return from the war. Unfortunately, he happens to be engaged to her flighty cousin. What Cass wouldn’t give to take her cousin’s place! When he mistakes Cass for Patience Bunbury, a fictitious friend her cousin has invented to escape social obligations…even with her future husband, Cass thinks this is her chance.
LEAD TO TRUE AND LASTING LOVE?
After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, Captain Julian Swift is not quite ready to settle down and enter into his unwanted arranged marriage—especially when the real object of his affection turns out to be a beguiling beauty he meets at a party. Patience Bunbury is witty, independent, passionate…and, unbeknownst to him, the cousin of his current fiancée. When the truth about Cass comes out—and Julian discovers that their courtship is anything but accidental—will he surrender his heart to a woman who really is too good to be true?

Октябрьская новинка Донны Олвард. Второй роман в серии Jewell Cove

Sometimes the journey home is its own reward.
Once upon a time, Rick Sullivan had a promising future. One of Jewell Cove’s star athletes and reigning heartthrobs, he joined the Marines and had the world in the palm of his hand…until it all came crashing down.　His honorable discharge doesn’t make him the hometown hero everyone wants him to be, and there’s little reprieve from the demons that haunt him at night. Still, even though it seems that all hope is gone, fate has something else in store…
Just hearing Rick’s name is enough to give Jess Collins a headache. Years ago, they’d been close. Now she barely knows the man Rick has become since his return from service…then again, Jess isn’t that same young, naïve girl anymore either. And while there’s a powerful attraction between them—one that yields a greater passion than Jess could have ever imagined—both are wary about opening their hearts to love…and loss. But happy endings don’t come easily when long-buried secrets insist on rising to the surface. Will their pasts tear them apart—or can love find a way to heal them both?

Выставка "Королевское детство" (часть 1)

Летом жители Британии смогут увидеть игрушки, которыми в свое время играла королева Елизавета Вторая.
Y Bwthyn Bach (Маленький дом)
Домик, подаренный Елизавете жителями Уэльса.

 Королева поближе

Вместе с матерью

Кухонька

Вместе с сестрой

Вся семья британской королевы

В 2012 принцесса Беатрис, внучка Елизаветы, занялась реставрацией домика. В сети можно найти пару фотографий убранства внутри домика.

Бумажные куклы. Принцесса Александра №2

Датская принцесса Александра (первая жена младшего сына датской королевы) была популярна в свое время, о чем свидетельствует уже вторая найденная мной куколка.

Датская принцесса Александра №1

Новинки недели (01.04.14)

Книжные двойники №5

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