The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn: Generally speaking, when you see Julia Quinn’s name on the title of a book, it’s a good sign that you are going to be in for an excellent time. I will admit that I am a huge fan, and have read every […]
How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy by Vanessa Kelly: Time, male stupidity, and war can’t even kill the truest of loves. However it can force that love into a deep dark closet that only jealousy and fear can release. Evelyn, Evie, Whitney was sick of living under her […]
Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare is one of those stunningly fantastic books that Tessa Dare seems to effortlessly create. The second book in the “Castles Ever After” series (the first was “Romancing the Duke”), revolves around Clio Whitmore, a woman engaged for eight long years to Piers Brandon, […]
Scandalous Summer Nights by Anne Barton: Lady Olivia Sherbourne had been in love with the same man for ten years. The problem was he was her brother’s best friend and even she knew he wasn’t “allowed” to look at her. She was determined though and she knew she could get […]
Once Upon a Highland Christmas by Lecia Cornwall: Is there nothing that says ‘Christmas’ more than a romantic holiday themed novel set in the highlands of Scotland? Weave in a thread of magic and Lecia Cornwall’s gentle novel about duty verses self-interest becomes a delightful way to relax during the too-busy […]
Season for Desire by Theresa Romain: “Adventure!” is the catchphrase of one of the characters in Theresa Romain’s “Season for Desire,” the fourth book in her “Holiday Pleasure Series.” Not only is it a “holiday” book, stretching in time over Christmas and the New Year, but also a traveling treasure […]
A Rake By Any Other Name by Mia Marlowe: Few men would be upset by having to choose between two lovely young women as his future bride. For Richard Barrett, Lord Hartley, the handsome but somewhat socially awkward young lord, it’s not really a choice he wants to make. However, […]
Love and Let Spy by Shana Galen: In the forest of historical romance books, it’s always a delightful surprise to come across one that is funny, gender-bending, and romantic at the same time. “Love and Let Spy” is that special book. It tells the tale of Jane Bonde, spy extraordinaire, and […]
Lady Elinor’s Wicked Advertures by Lillian Marek: Victorians were enamored of travel, and of the new field of archeology. Moving out of the drawing rooms and the overstuffed and overheated parlors of Victorian England, Lillian Marek has her characters in “Lady Elinor’s Wicked Adventures” on a road trip to Rome to […]
The Trouble with Harry by Katie MacAlister: Haven’t you always wondered what happens to all those pathetic widowers with children that the young debutantes turn their noses up at? “The Trouble with Harry” is about one of those widowers who is looking for a new mother for his children, and finds […]