Books by Rachel Hore
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review 1: I wanted to like this, the summary was good and so was the first chapter but it soon became a chore to read. Emily didn't spark a lot of interest and Isabel (the main character from the 50s timeline) soon became annoying. Specially when she couldn't connect with her own baby and ...
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review 1: I have read all but one of Rachel's book and the cover of this one seduced me big time - I just had to walk through that gate - This intriguing storyline had me hooked from the word "go" .... part of the book was set in my beloved Suffolk which Rachel describes beautifully and th...
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review 1: This is a pretty good book with a weak title. I almost didn't pick it up to read because the title was so lame. But I'm glad I decided to try it. This combines mysteries from the 1700s and the early 1900s with some strange family actions in the present. Judith (Jude) is the h...
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review 1: I enjoyed this book, it is the story of a girl now being told as an old woman, and her friendship with a family during her teen years and then later in the war. I have to say that even though I had guessed the ending it made me very angry with the characters and I thanked this ha...
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review 1: I find this a difficult book to review. At times I found I didn't want to put it down, and times, I found I was reading it, because I just did not want to give up. I never really engaged with the cast, and could not understand truly why the lead females Fran and Laura would hav...
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review 1: This book was absolutely delightful. the writer has an incredible imagination. She develops the characters breathing life into them. they became treasured wonderfully alive. I love her exploration of memories being passed not just genes but genes with feelings connected to memori...
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review 1: I agree with the other reviews that disliked this book. I've read a couple of Rachel Hore's books, especially enjoying 'A gathering storm' and thought I'd give this a go. It was as if it was written by a different author entirely. I didn't care at all about any of the characters,...
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review 1: Jude is an auction house appraiser and get a really interesting assignment on an estate in the countryside close to where her grandmother lived years ago. Jude has creams and so does her niece Summer and these dreams go back into the past of a young girl named Esther who was the...
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review 1: As a fan of Rachel Hore's other books, I expected good things from this novel. However I found the story a bit slow-moving, as though the author had bitten off more than she could chew. I enjoyed the setting and the conflict of Beatrice's relationship with the Wincanton family,...
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review 1: Rachel has become one of my top 5 authors due to her use of history within her stories. Judy is interested in why her recently deceased father Tom was trying to find out about Rafe a great uncle. She takes up the research and stumbles on family secrets and untold bravery during W...
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review 1: I very much enjoyed Place of Secrets by the author and found this book even better. In fact once I started to read I found it difficult to put down. It's an easy read yet a compelling one. Set in both modern and Victorian times the present day story is about the restoration of a ...
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review 1: The story steps between Fran in 2003 and Laura Brownlow in the 1800's a distant relation of Fran. The novel is written around the mystery of an angel stained glass window, amongst other mysteries. It explores relationships and family tragedies. There is a theme of angels in the n...