Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
–Confucius
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15321.Confucius

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
–Confucius
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15321.Confucius

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
–John Locke
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51746.John_Locke

Ever wonder why, in all his portraits, Napoleon has his hand inside his coat? Or where the term “half-nelson” came from? Find out with this week’s Favorite, as Mr. Peabody and Sherman meet Emperor Napoleon I and Admiral Lord Nelson!
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/237027/Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe

Not that anyone needs more books–we’re supposed to be reading from our TBR piles, after all 😀 But free books–good free books–are hard to resist. And who knows how long they’ll remain free?
The following books are for Kindle in the US, not because I am affiliated in any way with Amazon, but because that’s where I shop.
Undeniable Rogue by Annette Blair–The first in the Rogues Club series, this is a Regency like no other I’ve read. Yes, there’s a handsome Duke and a woman to be rescued, but that’s only part of the story. The fabulousness of this book lies in its characters. I connected with them pretty quickly and rather strongly–so much so that even when the story was less than exciting, I wanted to keep reading to see what happened to Gideon and Sabrina!
Silver Storm (The Raveneau Novels Book 1) by Cynthia Wright–One from my TBR pile. The e-book has a publication date of November 2013, but it looks like a re-release of an older title. Set during the Revolutionary War, the blurb promises history, romance, and pirates! It’s the first in a sort of double series totaling nine books.
A Grosvenor Square Christmas by Shana Galen, Vanessa Kelly, Anna Campbell, and Kate Nobel–Not a full-length novel, but a collection of four Christmas-themed Regency novellas all centered around a common event. All four were well-written and fun, yet short enough to read each in one sitting…without neglecting housework, meals, or children 😉
Twelfth Night (A Lady Julia Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn–I haven’t read this one myself, but there are so many positive reviews of the Lady Julia books it has to be worth reading. This is the newest novella in the Lady Julia series. Her family gathers together for Twelfth Night revels when an abandoned infant is found, and seems to be connected to a haunted cottage. It’s only 51 pages, but it’s now on my TBR list.
Secrets of Midnight by Miriam Minger–Another one from my TBR pile (hence the Challenge!). A lord must find a bride per his father’s will, and ends up with a parson’s daughter in Cornwall. A marriage of convenience is one of my favorite storylines, so I’m totally looking forward to this one. And it doesn’t hurt that the heroine’s name is Corie 🙂
Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
–Winston Churchill
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Our Friday Favorite this week is a swashbuckling adventure. Starring Howard Charles, Santiago Cabrera, Tom Burke, and Luke Pasqualino as the four elite French soldiers, Musketeers is a treat Britons and Canadians have already sampled. And this Sunday (June 22) at 9 pm ET we finally get our chance in the US!
I’ve never read the original book, but fell head-over-heals for the Musketeers way back in 1993 when Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, and Chris O’Donnell took on the rolls of the fierce foursome. It will be interesting to see how this version compares, and how it stands on its own. I’m nearly hooked just looking at the photos 😀