“The Return of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Blurb  The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier’s in the United States. It was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had “died” in “The Final Problem.” Having published The Hound of the

“The Hound of the Baskerville” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Blurb  Sir Charles Baskerville is dead. His body was discovered on the grounds of his Devonshire estate, face frozen in fright, not far from the footprints of a large beast. The cause of death has been determined to be a heart attack, but family legend tells another tale, and Detective Sherlock Holmes is determined to

“Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne / « Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours » par Jules Verne

Blurb Pragmatic gambler Phileas Fogg has made a gentlemanly wager to the members of his exclusive club: that he can circle the world in just eighty days, right down to the minute. Fetching his newly appointed French valet, Fogg embarks on a fabulous journey across land and sea – by steamer, rail, and elephant –

“A Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Blurb “Up into the cherry treeWho should climb but little me?I held the trunk with both my handsAnd looked abroad on foreign lands.”Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down

“Wormwood Abbey” by Christina Baehr

Blurb As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap.When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire. Wormwood Abbey isn’t just full of curious beasts and ancient family

“The Girl from the Hidden Forest” by Hannah Linder

Blurb Eliza’s Memories Threaten to Kill HerEnjoy another Gothic Style Regency from Hannah Linder.Eliza Ellis has stayed hidden in Balfour Forest for as long as she can remember. Perhaps her only friends are the trees, or her little dog, or her story-telling father called Captain. But at least she is safe from the cruel world

“Along the Shore” by L.M. Montgomery

Synopsis  “Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea” is the second charming collection of L.M. Montgomery’s rediscovered stories to be reprinted from Rea Wilmshurst’s collection. A companion to “Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans,” this book offers a wide-ranging selection of Montgomery’s tales that exemplify her story-telling art. Linked by the presence of the

“Heart of Trust” by Kristina Hall

Blurb Two cattle barons, a rancher and his wife, and the piece of land they all want.When Jake Aymes purchases the ranch he’s long dreamed of, he doesn’t expect that he’s bought a tract of land desired by two other ranchers. Those ranchers resort to intimidation, and Jake begins to think he’s put his wife

“The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Synopsis  ‘If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own.’In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the consulting detective’s notoriety as the arch-despoiler of the schemes concocted by the criminal underworld at last gets the better of him.Though Holmes and his faithful sidekick Dr Watson

“The Eagle of the Empire” by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Synopsis  A story of Waterloo and of the man Napoleon, suffering, eary, rousing to victory as to wine, and stirring a young soldier to youth’s glory of hero worship. A clear heroic note, and a love story with all the charm of “the American Dumas.” My Review⭐⭐ & ❤︎❤︎ 2 stars. At first I loved