London
Christmas, 1889
The widowed Queen Victoria reigns over an empire on which the “sun never sets,” and London is bright with holiday decorations. Detective Rudyard Bloodstone’s career is moving along well as Holborn Station’s lead investigator. And, his year had gotten even better when he met London’s celebrated music hall star, Honeysuckle Flowers.
As he and his lady embark on celebrating the holidays, Rudyard grows homesick for Wales and his family there. He makes plans to see his parents and thinks it is the perfect time to introduce Honeysuckle to them. To his unhappy surprise, his mother paints her with a trollop’s brush. His mother is firm: he is loved and missed and most welcome in the family home but not his lady. He must choose between them and to choose means the risk of losing the other.
MY REVIEW:
CHOOSING HEART OR HOME IS A TOUCHING AND MOVING HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS ROMANCE BY CHRIS KARLSEN. RUDY AND HONEYSUCKLE ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS ROM HER BLOODSTONE SERIES. RUDY WANTS TO TAKE HONEYSUCKLE HOME TO MEET HIS FAMILY. AFTER ALOT OF CONVINCING SHE FINALLY AGREES BUT EVERYTHING DOES NOT TURN OUT THE WAY RUDY THOUGHT IT WOULD. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RUDY'S FAMILY DOES NOT ACCEPT AND WELCOME HONEYSUCKLE? WILL IT BE THE END OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
CHOOSING HEART OR HOME IS TRULY A TOUCHING CHRISTMAS ROMANCE WHERE LOVE, GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS GOES ALONG WAY. I LOVED HOW HONEYSUCKLE STOOD UP FOR HERSELF BUT DIDN'T LET HER ANGER INTERFERE IN TRYING TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH RUDY'S PARENTS. THE STORY TRULY SHOWED HONEYSUCKLE'S COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY. SHE IS FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND JUST WANTS TO BE ACCEPTED. THE AUTHOR DID A GOOD JOB IN PORTRAYING HOW PEOPLE ARE JUDGED IN TODAY'S SOCIETY WITHOUT TRULY KNOWING THE PERSON.
CHRIS KARLSEN HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT STORY WITH THE STORYLINE AND CHARACTERS. THE CHARACTERS WERE TRULY BELIEVABLE AND THE STORY REALLY SHOWS THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. CHOOSING HEART OR HOME IS A MUST READ. I LOVE CHRIS KARLSEN'S WRITING, CHARACTERS AND STORYLINES. 5 STARS
Biography
Chris Karlsen is a retired police detective. She spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. The daughter of a history professor and a voracious reader, she grew up with a love of hisotry and books.
An internationally published author, Chris has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and North Africa satisfying her need to visit the places she read about. Having spent a great deal of time in England and Turkey, she has used her love of both places as settings for her books. "Heroes Live Forever," which is her debut book, is set in England as is the sequel, "Journey in Time," the third is "Knight Blindness." They are part of her Knights in Time series. All three are available as a boxed set on Kindle. She is currently working on the fourth in the "Knights in Time," series. "Golden Chariot," is set in Turkey and the sequel, "Byzantine Gold" is set Turkey, Paris and Cyprus. They are part of her Dangerous Waters series.
Her most recent release is called, "Silk" and is book one of a new series, The Bloodstone Series. It is a suspense set in Victorian London.
Published by Books to Go Now, her novels are available in digital, ebook, and Android App. and in paperback. "Heroes Live Forever" is also in audio format.
A Chicago native, Chris has lived in Paris and Los Angeles and now resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and four rescue dogs. A city girl all her life, living in a small village on a bay was a interesting adjustment. She'd never lived anywhere so quiet at night and traffic wasn't bumper to bumper 24/7.
Some of Chris's favorite authors are: Michael Connolly, John Sandford, Joseph Wambaugh, Stephen Coonts, Bernard Cornwell, Julia Quinn, Julie Anne Long, Deanna Raybourne and Steve Berry.
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