Old-school thriller/romance/gothic author Mary Stewart (possibly better-known for her Merlin trilogy beginning with The Crystal Cave) has a bunch of books on Kindle for cheap - possibly for a limited time. Nine Coaches Waiting
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When Jennifer goes to France to meet her cousin, she finds that the cousin has died mysteriously at a convent without ever mentioning that she had relatives… and after admiring blue flowers when she has that rare condition, blue-yellow colorblindness ( Read more... )

It turns out that I have two that I haven't read yet, Thunder on the Right and The Ivy Tree. Which is better and/or more cracktastic?

PS. telophase, are you familiar with the Gothic genre? If so, do you like it, hate it, and/or enjoy MST3King it?

I spent the day in the juror room. No one was called for seven hours. After a while, it looked like an airport when all the flights are snowed in. People were doing crossword puzzles and sleeping on the floor. They had a little library, which contained a nice hardcover edition of Georgette Heyer's rare and excellent Cotillion
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This enjoyably over-the-top Gothic novel is so Gothic that I will italicize all the most Gothic elements of the plot.

Linda Martin, an orphaned young Englishwoman, is engaged as a governess for nine-year-old Phillippe, the child-heir of a huge brooding isolated hilltop chateau. Because she's supposed to teach him English, she does not mention ( Read more... )

For a thriller about a woman who's had an anonymous telepathic lover her whole life without knowing which of three candidates it was, this was a surprisingly boring book ( Read more... )

Midsummer Moon, by Laura Kinsale. Sounds like an alternate history about a woman inventer, and also possibly a romantic comedy? I hope so, as I really enjoy Kinsale's sense of humor even though it doesn't come up that often. Incidentally, the heroine and hero are Merlin Lambourne and Lord Ransom Falconer. Excellent!

The Game of Kings, by Dorothy ( Read more... )