Genevieve Turner

A Midnight Feast by Genevieve Turner and Emma Barry
Fly Me to the Moon #6.5

Love…LOVE…L*O*V*E this series! This may be historical romance but it is my history or at least times I remember so very well. Each book brings back memories and each book has issues to explore and truths to share.

In this holiday novella we learn more about Margie and Mitch Dunsford. The two met in 1945, had a whirlwind romance, married and began the grind and glory of being in the US Air Force. Over the years show more Margie does her part to make Mitch a success while working her way to the top of the wives group. In 1965, after twenty years of marriage, their relationship seems to have lost its luster even though both seem to have reached the pinnacle of Air Force life with Mitch an astronaut and Margie featured in magazines with other astronaut wives and families. With a long Thanksgiving weekend on their own they have the opportunity to explore why and where things may have gone wrong and determine whether or not it is worth trying to make their relationship better. With flashbacks to the past the reader is given insights into why the two are not so close and why they may or may not want to be close again.

There are truths that hit close to home for me in this book. I have been married nearly twice as long as Margie and Mitch and sometimes have wondered in ways these two do in the book. Making a marriage work is not always easy and often not what one expects when embarking on the journey on one’s wedding day…and just having it “work” may not be enough…

Anyway…I loved the story and look forward to reading more in this series as soon as it is finished. I also plan to revisit some of the books already out because this book has made me want to remember again how much I enjoyed reading the previous books the first time around.

Thank you to the authors for the ARC – This is my honest review.

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4.5 stars

Read this for 12 Tasks of the Festive Season:
Task the Ninth: The Happy New Year:
- Every year you get a little bit older! Read a coming of age novel or any old favorite comfort read to start the new year right.


Y'all. Seriously.



Set in 1948 we have Frances, a nineteen year old Admiral's daughter who has basically had to take on the responsibility of wife, setting up dinners and functions, after her mother passed away. She is constantly hounded by young naval men only wanting to date show more her to get in good with her father.



In walks Joe, a midshipman who has one conversation with Frances and gets struck by love at first sight. It's a novella, so I'll forgive the insta-love but only because how the rest of the story went.



Just, gah. I don't know, it was so romantic! The way Joe pursues Frances, y'all, he gives her books...



THAT HE READ. He read a Georgette Heyer for her.



AND I DON'T EVEN LIKE KIDS!

As she watched him, he didn't touch her; He looked. Merely looked. Looked in a way that made touching beside the point. His hands were in his pockets, and her heart was in her mouth.

You're going to swoon hard for Joe. Frances was a bit of a tough cookie but oh how you understand her when she says she doesn't want to be a Navy man's wife. I loved Frances' family, sister, and father. Her father may anger you at first but with few words and one amazing scene where he sits on the floor with Frances, you'll sympathize with a man who did a tough job and maybe doesn't fully understand raising girls but loves them. I loved how the authors had Joe showing respect for the Admiral and a bit nervous but in a couple scenes show him standing up to him and for Frances. Y'all, again,



There's not too much of a holiday feel to this but who needs that when you have Joe. This story is just so romance-y and if you want your face to hurt from smiling and your heart to feel like it is going to burst out of your chest, you must read this.
Surprisingly, the only down fall was the epilogue for me. Reminder it is 1948 so their sex scene is a bit..awkward and I don't know, it kind of dented the chemistry I felt from the couple earlier. Or maybe it's just my 21st century womanhood screaming, "Get at it Frances!" cause, y'all, again,



So, I know this review is basically me telling you I have the hots for Joe but I had to let someone know, couldn't keep it to myself. Read this book if you at all like romance. show less

Cute and sweet novella, but I was mildly irked that after the heroine makes several impassioned speeches about not wanting to be a Navy wife and wanting something more out of life, she falls in love with the hero and all of that feminist talk goes out of the window. Also not sure we needed the honeymoon love scene epilogue, which didn't add anything to the plot.

The Gaucho’s Lady by Genevieve Turner

What a delightful book this was! Juan’s story is one that I have been waiting to hear since reading about him in the Las Morenas series…his sisters each had a book of their own and though I had to wait to hear what happened to him it was well worth the wait!

When the book begins Juan is ready to head home to Cabrillo, California after having spent two years traveling. His bags are packed and his time of self-imposed exile is at an end as he prepares show more to leave the Suarez estancia. He has learned, enjoyed and also suffered in the years he has been on the road but one of the biggest surprises he will experience is Eliana – a woman who will change his life – just as he will change hers.

With her sister recently deceased, her father preparing to sell her into a potentially lethal marriage and a mother wanting her to escape Eliana approaches Juan…with a pistol…and convinces him to help her get away. Their trip is fraught with perilous events. With her father hot on her heels and one disaster after another occuring it often seems that Eliana and Juan will not be able to get away from Argentina no matter how courageous they are.

What a story this couple will have to tell their children! I felt with them both as they endured what they experienced. I understood them and rooted for their success and thoroughly enjoyed this book. Also, catching up with Juan’s family was a treat :)

I have loved every book I have read by this book. The history that is woven into the stories is superb. This book takes place during a time of change and growth and epidemics. I loved Eliana’s spirit and Juan’s tenderness. I loved…well…I think I loved just about everything in this book except…Eliana’s father.

Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.

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