Open Sea

Visit the locations in the novel This was quite the adventure! The author’s note is impressively detailed and almost as fascinating as the fictional story but be sure not to read this until the end. There’s so much to this novel but it’s never too heavy nor overdone. The characters of Piers and Len we......more

I would like to thank the Netgalley website and Amazon Crossing Publishing for this partnership. I was immediately attracted to the blanket, you can see the beautiful Len. The story takes place in 1639 in Spain where Len's family is killed. She will be saved by an aristocratic family and fall in love......more

I couldn't put it down! It is not the first novel by María Gudín that I read, and I guess it won't be the last. I remember reading "Queen With No name" and enjoying it just as much. I had read some negative reviews on "Open Sea" which had discouraged me quite a bit. However, I am happy that I decide......more

Just when Catalina's childhood lover Piers, seems to be falling deeper in love with her, he goes off to war. Now he's dead, what is Catalina supposed to do now? But that isn't the worst of her fears. What are those strange noises in the middle of the night? What secrets does Oak Park hold so tightly......more

Outstanding novel This book takes place between England and Spain during the seventeenth century. It centers on the English civil war and it's wars waged on Spain. The book was extremely well researched and chronicles the era of piracy in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas. There was so much going......more