Irene Davis

Whitford #5

Irene — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:33:54 +0000

Still clicking through to find out about future books, eh? Whitford #5 probably won’t be out until 2024, so why not review my recommended reading list while you wait? I promise you, I am typing as fast as I can whenever I have the time and all eight books will be finished eventually, but it’s a long term project.

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Book 4

Irene — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:27:53 +0000

Oh, you want to know what I’m publishing about the Whitfords in 2023? I’ll tell you this much: a certain amount of the plot will take place on board a boat.

Here’s a member of the Cornell Navy with some impressive facial hair though. His name was John N Ostrom, and the Cornell Daily Sun tells us “he was the captain of the famous ’75 & ’76 crews that swept everything before them at Saratoga and did more than anything other…to give Cornell rowing its excellent start.”

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The Words and the Bees

Irene — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:26:42 +0000

New York, 1897. The study of insects has been Cecilia Downing’s lifelong passion, but when both her professional and domestic hopes are dashed, she finds herself wondering if she is an entomologist—or merely an entomologist’s discarded mistress? Cecilia retreats to her family’s home in the Hudson Valley to rest, regroup, and maybe research ant species, only to find that her uncle has hired her childhood friend to redesign the estate grounds.

Daniel Carter hasn’t seen Cecilia in nearly twenty years, and—thanks to the terrible stray dog he’s definitely not adopting—their reunion is a rocky one. His work at her uncle’s estate is the project which will catapult his landscape design career to the next level, and he’s not about to let Cecilia, or his growing attraction to her, derail his work.

The more time Cecilia spends with Daniel, the more intrigued she is. Her childhood playmate has grown up handsome and clever, with a wicked talent for rhymes, but the innocence of their childhood days is long gone. Can Cecilia risk letting her guard down, or will she once again find herself advancing a man’s career at the expense of her own?

Highlight from here –>This book’s heroine is recovering from an abortion and a long-term sexual relationship with a man who should have been a professional mentor. Both abortion and predator are off-page.<– to here for content warnings.

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Head Over Wheels

Irene — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:25:27 +0000

The last man she wanted… was the first man she needed.

“Thrashed by a lady cyclist” is how the newspapers reported Regina Prince’s last meeting with Walter Ellis. Now the drunken lout who once tried to steal her bicycle is the only one willing to invest in her father’s bicycle motor company. Like it or lump it, she’s going to have to work with him…

Set in 1897, Worcester, Massachusetts, Head Over Wheels has its inception in a real newspaper clipping from the 1890s, and includes

Pining exacerbated by the poetry of Emily Dickinson
The worst best friend, or the best worst friend?
Rude men stabbed with hat pins
Meddlesome little sisters
Brooklyn bicycle polo
Latin conjugation in the midst of physical conjugation
Lemon cake, tamales, and strawberry jam, though not necessarily at one meal

Highlight from here –>This book includes traumatic brain injury, emotional abuse by a parent, and off-page death of a mother and infant in childbirth.<– to here for content warnings.

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Anyone But the Earl

Irene — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:13:30 +0000

She didn’t want to marry… but she did want him!

Octavia Sewell is on track to be the next New York heiress to marry into the impoverished British aristocracy. There’s just one problem: the Earl of Brackley is a detestable bore. Fortunately, she has a plan that will scuttle her marriage prospects once and for all, leaving her free to follow her own interests. All she needs is to convince one of her brother’s friends to go along, and she know just which one she wants…

Set in the Gilded Age of 1896 New York, Anyone But the Earl includes…

a scandalous text describing the reproductive process,
a best friend to help a girl out of the trouble she’s gotten herself into,
midnight escapades,
meetings under assumed names,
Victorian flower language, and
insurance fraud

Highlight from here –>This book includes attempted sexual assault, a toxic parent, and one session of heavy drinking to avoid reality.<– to here for content warnings.

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