Category: Regency – Historical Romance
21st Aug / 3 Comments
If you’re looking for a novel set in Medieval Scotland, The Highlander’s Bride Trouble by Mary Wine is the book for you. The heroine is Nareen Grant, the daughter of a prominent laird who is now working as a lady’s maid for Abigail Ross, the very spoiled and badly behaved […]
18th Aug / 3 Comments
Where the Horses Run by Kaki Warner is a fascinating mix of Western and Victorian romance, and, unexpectedly, works very well. It is filled with a dizzying array of characters ranging from a cowboy to a Scottish Earl, and clicks together beautifully. Josephine Cathcart is a ruined woman with an illegitimate […]
11th Aug / 2 Comments
The Wickedest Lord Alive by Christina Brooke: This novel starts in the dark. A man comes into a room where a young woman is in bed, and they experience an awkward consummation. After, the man leaves, and the woman is bereft, thinking that he was going to save her from […]
1st Aug / 5 Comments
With this Ring by Celeste Bradley is a laugh-out-loud funny novel from Celeste Bradley, the 3rd in the ‘Wicked Worthingtons’ series. Lighthearted, but with a few profound moments, it is filled with deception, misunderstanding, exaggeration, cross-dressing and mistaken identitie Lord Aaron Arbogast is coming home to England after ten years […]
31st Jul / 6 Comments
Bride of a Scottish Warrior by Adrienne Basso: Set in the 1314, during the late medieval period, ‘Bride of a Scottish Warrior’ is set in the interesting period after the Battle of Bannockburn, when the Scottish forces of Robert the Bruce defeated Edward the II of England. The books starts […]
29th Jul / 2 Comments
Abducted by the Prince by Olivia Drake has little bits of fairytales mixed together. There’s a bit of Cinderella, some Rapunzel, and some “rags to riches” symbolism also. It makes for a familiar, although not uninteresting novel. Damien Burke is a powerful man who owns Demon’s Den, the most fashionable […]
22nd Jul / 3 Comments
The Captive by Grace Burrowes: There are few internet memes that are circulating that say something like “I don’t have a sleeping problem, I have a reading problem.” This generally doesn’t happen to me, I like my sleep. But just a few days ago I actually stayed up all night […]
21st Jul / 4 Comments
How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less by Elizabeth Michels: If you are in the market for a historical with a light touch and an unconventional heroine, then “How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less” is the book for you. Andrew Clifton, Lord Amberstall, […]
16th Jul / 4 Comments
Winning Miss Wakefield by Vivienne Lorret: Lorret is a new-to-me author, thus “Winning Miss Wakefield” was new to me also. This book is the second in her “The Wallflower Wedding Series” and was nice discovery. It begins with introducing Simon, called Bane, the Marquess of Knightswold, and part gypsy. He […]
11th Jul / 3 Comments
In A Dream of Desire (Daring Hearts #3) by Nina Rowan, Lady Talia Hall has had a soft heart for Lord James Forester for many years, way back to when he ran around as a young lad with her four older brothers. When Talia has the rare opportunity to meet […]