"Kat Lane carries the grief of her long-dead father everywhere she goes. He was murdered on the street, and now Kat works with inmates in a prison as a tutor to fulfill her promise to give back. When Kat meets Wesley Carter, one of her students, sparks fly. The closer they get, the more they try to deny their connection and resist, but once Carter is released on parole, they may find it impossible to stay away from each other." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=55828

I've put off reviewing this for so long because I still don't know what I think. The writing and general story are both very engaging, but I never felt like the premise/world building is actually explained. By the end of the story, I still wasn't sure exactly what was happening, but I did enjoy reading it. I liked the romance, even with the triangle, and I got attached to the main characters as I read.

I liked this enough to read the next book and hope for more explanations about the world. There is something about the story that completely pulls you in, and I want to know what happens to the characters, even if I don't entirely understand the setting.

*3.5/5 stars

"Downtrodden Abbey has lost its heir. Now, a distant cousin, Atchew, has come to stake his claim, but the residents, the Crawfish family, do not approve. While the upstairs is filled with scandal and wealth, the downstairs servants bicker and each show their quirky characteristics. The melodrama from top to bottom of the house will leave readers curious how everything will pan out." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=43186

I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads.
A Lady's Choice follows a young woman named Sarah through her journey to fight for women's right to vote. Readers first see her in a small town in Tennessee taking care of her sick widowed mother, though she longs to return to Memphis and the suffrage group. When she meets a charming lawyer named Alex, she falls in love until she finds out he will be working at an anti-suffrage firm in Memphis. Their choices in love and the fight to vote take them in directions they never saw coming.
For the first half of this book, I honestly was not enjoying it very much. While the scenes and settings were done very well, I felt little depth in Alex and Sarah. Their love was extremely quick and with them, as well as other characters, they were all very open with their feelings, so much so that I questioned if they were lying at times. For a while, it seemed like there was no mystery to uncover or hidden feelings to be revealed. It seemed very predictable.
However, a little over halfway into the story, the plot really took off in a direction I hadn't seen coming. It really brought the historical side of it to life. The suffragists struggles became the focus, as well as a thrilling case of murder that took me by surprise. This half of the book is what got my staying-up-reading-all-night habit to kick in. It made the difference between two and three stars. If you are already reading the first half and maybe struggling with it, I would recommend sticking it out, because you're in for some nice surprises.
Overall, 3/5 stars. The second half, while enjoyable, didn't make up for the first half for me. If you like historical romances, maybe with a slower pace in plot, then this would be a good book for you.

"Once the lady Freya served as doctor to died, a lady who tells her she is her mother, Feyra is no longer safe from her half-brother, the Sultan himself, who wants her as a concubine. Now, Freya steals away on a ship headed for Venice. Unfortunately, the ship she is on is bringing something else to Venice: the Plague. Once the ship docks, Freya must find a way to survive not only the plague but as a hidden Turk among the Venetian people. With the help of doctor Annibale Carson, hopefully she can protect her identity and attempt to heal the city as well." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=44422