Books by Ciji Ware
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review 1: I love Ciji Ware, so when I saw this was a stand alone sequel to Cottage By the Sea, I bought it immediately. Throughout the book, I kept waiting and expecting, in Ciji Ware style, something supernatural to occur. A dream, a slip back into time, ghost appearances, something! I wa...
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review 1: A very enlightening story describing in detail the 1906 earthquake that took place in San Francisco and the efforts required to rebuild the city. In addition, learning about Julia Morgan, who was the first licensed architect in California, hired to rebuild the Fairmount hotel (an...
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review 1: It's a delightful read, especially for Scotland aficionados. I'm a big fan of this author wherever she places her characters, and I enjoyed the references back to Ware's book Island of the Swans. But they became a bit tedious after a while, maybe forced a bit too much. I didn'...
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review 1: Ciji Ware is a really good writer. The story was smooth and easy to understand. This was my second historical romance novel. I would choose this book to read in a book club, because there would be a lot to talk about. I was amazed at the series of unfortunate events that took pla...
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review 1: I loved the 19th century story. The 20th century one? It was a joke. Typical characters who are pretty one-dimensional (not to mention, as a professor, I can vouch for the fact she got that tenure thing all wrong, but hey). Corlis has no reason whatsoever to have such a chip o...
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review 1: Another historical fiction foray (of course)! The characters were wonderfully written, Sophie does her best to stay strong despite setbacks. A definite reminder of the struggles that women had - total lack of independence, having to rely on men, and often being taken advantage...
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review 1: I had a chance to have lunch with Ciji Ware during a recent writers conference. Knowing this ahead of time I thought I should read at least one of her books.A Race to Splendor seems well researched and the novel is expertly crafted. Romance is not a genre I'm much interested in, ...
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review 1: For the sake of friends that may read this in the future, I won't go into much detail about my thoughts on this book and just make them vague. Why have I been writing my thoughts down so much lately, though? Anyway, this book was not how I thought it would be as far as subject/...