by Olive | Feb 21, 2024 | Book Reviews
The Duke’s Unexpected Love by Alexa Aston (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Strongs of Shadowcrest series. We start with a tragic prologue for James, who is a duke’s heir that gets abducted by sailors and forced onto a ship with...
by Olive | Feb 20, 2024 | Book Reviews
Give the Devil His Duke by Anna Bradley (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Drop Dead Dukes series. After a huge scandal that killed her father and cast out her mother many years ago, Lady Francesca is back in London for the Season, looking...
by Olive | Feb 19, 2024 | Book Reviews
Some Dukes Have All the Luck by Christina Britton (2022) Historical romance in Regency-ish era England; Book 1 of the Synneful Spinsters series. Odd-girl Bronwyn aspires to be a published entomologist, much to the dismay of her social-climbing parents. They push her...
by Olive | Feb 15, 2024 | Book Reviews
Claiming the Duchess by Sherry Thomas (2014) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Prequel to the Fitzhugh Trilogy. Clarissa is a widowed duchess throwing a house party to find herself a new husband when she’s out of mourning. She invites one of her late...
by Olive | Feb 14, 2024 | Book Reviews
Lady Saves the Duke by Annabelle Anders (2019) Book 3 of the Lord Love a Lady series. Abigail and Alex somehow get stuck in a boat together during a house party, where Abigail suffers a scandalous wardrobe malfunction. Alex, being the upstanding duke that he is,...
