“The thought of failure, through ignorance, immaturity, or some deep-seated but unforeseen deficiency, was abhorrent to her.”
This book started out with brilliant potential.  I loved the style and the wording.  It’s the story of three women - two of them from the 60’s - the 90’s, and a Roman living in Britain in 130 AD.  […]

This had potential.  It started out with good characters,  witty and a decent story line of a woman working to save a textile mill,  there on a job of an unknown client. 
Then the “client” and the woman fall in love,  yada yada yada.  Near the end it got not-so-good.  And every character lived happily […]

Some of the people in this book were BAD.  She wrote a very good baddy, this author.  And,  the ones that weren’t evil were incredibly bitter and cunning.  I had no idea how uncunning I am,  but I wouldn’t be able to conjure up a story like this. 
So,  there was a pretty good,  if highly […]

“She almost signed it Love, Quinn out of habit, but she stopped.  She didn’t love him.  She’d never loved him.  She liked him enough to stay with him because she hadn’t disliked him enough to leave.  How sad.”
Rather smushy stuff really,  I’ve read another of her books before,  which I liked far more.  She’s got the […]

“No, places do not lose their identity, however far one travels.  It is the heart which begins to erode after a time.  The face in the hotel mirror seems blurred some mornings, as if by too many casual looks.  By ten the sheets will be laundered, the carpet swept.  The names on the hotel registers […]