Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine Heath: Disagreeable characters and unlikely situations are seldom the formulae for a winning novel. However, “Once More, My Darling Rogue” delightfully proves that wrong. Lady Ophelia Lyttleton is highly disagreeable, and believes and acts as if she were above most people. In particular, she […]
What A Lady Most Desires by Lecia Cornwall: War is a terrible, devastating thing, and in 1815, in Brussels, during the Battle of Waterloo, any proper English lady should not be tending the injured, sick and dying with her hands. However, that is just what Lady Delphine St. James is doing. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]