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Top 12 Fave Historical Romances of 2022

Dec 21, 2022

This year was my second year of voraciously reading historical romance books and my first year actively requesting and reviewing advance reader copies of books. That means that I was able to read many of the new releases of the year before they were published and keep up with the latest and greatest. I’ve picked out twelve of my favorites here and they’re listed in alphabetical order by author last name.

Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell

Book 3 of the Wallflowers versus Rogues series. Viola has had a massive crush on her employer for as long as she’s known him. Music teacher to his five sisters, Viola is enamored of West, even with his wicked ways. When he realizes that his behavior has tarnished his sisters’ reputations, he seeks to make amends by finding a wealthy heiress to marry and suitors for the sisters. Viola is extra protective of the sisters and argues with him on their behalf. Meanwhile, Viola has been secretly composing music and selling it as her father’s and adamantly avoiding any time in the spotlight. West sees her talent and beauty despite her plain and drab dresses but believes that he doesn’t deserve her sunshine. Overall, great dynamic between our characters and love the flirting and banter they get into.

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Some Dukes Have All the Luck by Christina Britton

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 to marry a titled gentleman and are even more abrasive after a past heartbreak and a recently lost chance at courtship by a duke. Meanwhile, Ash is trying to recover his runaway wards and shield them from his own dukedom’s cruel reputation. They literally bump into each other in the street, and unexpectedly meet again at his manor when she visits his playful and inquisitive wards. Ash gets the bright idea to marry a woman who will care for the wards and proposes to Bronwyn. We have a delightful marriage of convenience, where they do participate in the marriage bed, and a supportive friendship between the two. Loved seeing these two slowly learn to trust each other, but they’re both still hanging on the past hurts and betrayals. I love how quick Ash is to defend Bronwyn’s intelligence. Basically, any support of a partners’s aspirations as an A+ in my book.

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Indecent by Darcy Burke

Book 4 of the Phoenix Club series. Prudence (lady’s companion) gets accidentally kidnapped by Bennet (Viscount Glastonbury) because he really wanted to elope with her charge Cassandra (a duke’s daughter) so that he could claim her dowry money. Bennet is super apologetic and very sweet; he needs money very badly to support his many aunts who are mentally ill. With the weather, Pru and Bennet get stranded at an inn, and this poor guy just can’t catch a break: his carriage gets destroyed in a storm. Stuck together for the time-being, they start a friendship and a dalliance, but he needs to go marry money and she has her own personal mission to find her birth mother. Overall, this one was my fave of the Phoenix club series, mostly because you would think that a kidnapper would be a rake or some sort of scoundrel, but no, he’s just a poor bumbling nice guy who wants to take care of his family.

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Lady Meets Earl by Christy Carlyle

Historical romance set in Victorian England. Book 2 of the Love on Holiday series, but it doesn’t seem connect to the first book from what I can tell. Our poor guy James is being threatened by a loan shark after losing all his money from his shipping business; he’s inherited and earldom from his estranged uncle but finds that estate in debt with only one property potentially worth selling. In another part of town, Lady Lucy is living her ever-helpful nearly-spinster life and gets invited to visit her feisty aunt for awhile. While traveling to the estate via train, she bumps into James and they make friendly acquaintance with each other. Unfortunately, they soon find out that they’ve ended up in the same destination: Lucy’s aunt is occupying the house that James needs to sell. While it seems like this could be a major conflict, Lucy is mature about the situation and strives for transparency in communication. It’s delightful reading these two open up to each other and communicate.

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Much Ado About Dukes by Eva Devon

Book 2 of the Never a Wallflower series. Two fiery and independent people agree on their political aspirations, but William wants nothing to do with passion or love. Beatrice needs the duke’s support for her political endeavors so continues to seek him out. They are thrown together when his brother wants to marry her cousin and they strike up a friendship. When she finds her uncle has lost all her money, he proposes a marriage of convenience to help her situation. I loved reading these two very supportive friends and partners.

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A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

We have a presumed dead, best friend romance here with a trans woman who left her previous name and title away after being declared dead in the war. She’s now living as a lady’s companion to her sister-in-law and visiting her previous best friend, who has been grief-stricken since he believes his friend died. They reconnect with new understanding of each other and their identities but still have to deal with the societal expectations of him being a duke. This was a very sweet story about finding joy and love with the person you’ve been connected with your entire life. And Viola’s family is the best most supportive family ever.

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How to Steal a Scoundrel’s Heart by Vivienne Lorret

Book 4 of the Mating Habits of Scoundrels. Prue is our ruined friend who caused her friend group to want to research scoundrels in the first place, to prevent other girls from being ruined. Well, Prue found herself seduced by a gentleman, caught, and exiled by her father. She wants to reclaim the jewelry that she is owed, so she decides larceny is the way to go. On the way back to London, she runs into Leo, a rakish marquess who is drawn by the naive innocence of Prue. He offers to assist her with her heists as well as offer protection if she becomes his mistress. I liked learning about Leo’s backstory and how he became the dissolute rake that he is and I absolutely love how warm and smooshy and protective he becomes of Prue.

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Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean

Book 2 of the Hell’s Belles series. This one is a road trip romance with a starchy duke and a criminal’s daughter. Adalaide is one of our Belle’s, part of an underground Victorian girl gang network and she’s tasked with protecting a young lady who witnessed a murder. Before she can catch the girl, that girl runs off an elopes with a duke’s brother. The same duke that she had previously run into while stealing something from her old man’s warehouse. So now Adalaide and Henry are racing each other to find his brother and bride-to-be, until they need to team up together. Henry’s got a big dark and scary secret that he needs to protect, while Adalaide is also trying to hide her connection to her estranged father (and overall crime boss). My favorite part of this book is that Adalaide prides herself on being hidden in plain sight, but Henry has always noticed her everywhere and can’t understand how anyone could overlook her.

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Convergence of Desire by Felicity Niven

Historical romance in Regency-ish era England, Book 1 of the Lovelocks of London series. I pretty much picked this up because Julia Quinn (author of the Bridgertons series) posted about it on Instagram. We have a neurodivergent heroine in this one who aims to solve a missing mathematics proof (tbh, the math in this book went over my head and I skimmed it) but her stepmother insists she participates in society. Our hero is a destitute earl who needs to marry rich to salvage his estate. It takes probably 25% of the book for them to meet and contrive a chaste marriage of convenience (which the heroine proposes). Once they start interacting and get married, we’re off to their country estate and we get to see the sweetest slow burn ever with caretaking galore. It was absolutely delightful to watch these two people slowly fall in love. And the heartbreak when they each think the other isn’t interested. The last third will have you tearing up from the longing. Such a great read. (Also, sets up the future couples in Book 2 and 3 nicely as well).

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How to Win a Wallflower by Samara Parish

Historical romance, Victorian-era England. Book 3 of the Rebels with a Cause series. We have our duke’s sister Charlotte, who’s the younger sister of the hero from Book 2 and she’s in her like 4th Season and uninterested in any suitors. She mostly spends her time helping her brother’s political causes and charitable causes. Charlotte is the ultimate do-gooder social butterfly and clearly not the wallflower in this story. That goes to our guy John who is Charlotte’s brother’s friend who has spent the past ten years away from the London scene, working on his various scientific inventions. He’s back in town though because his older brother died, leaving him as the new viscount and in a whole a lot of debt. John needs to figure out a way to pay off all these debts, so he can go back to his very solitary lifestyle in a cabin in the woods. Charlotte’s had a crush on John for years and years, so she decides to help him with his debt problem. They need to work together and they get closer, even though our dear brother duke has already warned each person away from the other. We’ll see how that actually turns out…

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A Matter of Temptation by Stacy Reid

With forced proximity, a grumpy earl, and a totally bold and intelligent ruined woman. This one had all the elements I love in a historical romance. We have a lady who disguises herself as her twin brother to fight a duel with an earl, and ends up earning his respect when he realizes how skilled she is and that she’s a woman. He hires her on as his secretary after seeing her skill and intelligence. The forced proximity here is perfect, even though she’s holding onto some secrets of her past. And of course, he’s a political do-gooder, fighting for the rights of the common man and women.

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Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

This book gets bonus points for just being really weird. We have poor sweet, kind of spoiled, Angelika who is the sister of Victor Frankenstein (the mad scientist). While she’s assisting him with his science project, she makes a creation of her own to be her suitor. The guy she creates though has a very strong moral fiber, and even though he’s attracted to her, he doesn’t act on it because he has no memory of who he is and he might be tied to someone else. So then we start the mystery part of the story where they team up to try to find this guy’s identity. In the meantime, Angelika does catch the attention of another man and there’s a bit of a love triangle thing happening. It’s just kinda crazy how we’re rooting for Angelika to get together with this monster man. And it’s really humorous. Definitely recommend this book.

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Weekly Reads: December 12 to 18, 2022

Dec 20, 2022

A bit jumpy to start with a few random fanfics, but overall a great reading week. I managed to finish a whole series by Kerrigan Byrne this week and started another series from Callie Hutton that’s available on Kindle Unlimited.

Harry Potter Fanfic: Debts by Dracosalive (livesybaby)

Draco/Hermione smutty one-shot. Hermione is married to Ron and he’s acquired many debts, the owner of all those loans is Draco, so she goes to strike a deal with him. He’s asked for a night with her to pay off the debts of her husband.

Harry Potter Fanfic: Naughty or Nice by morriganmercy

Draco/Hermione one-shot. We start with a group of friends hanging out and drinking a mysterious potion that tells the drinker if they’ve been naughty or nice this year. Hermione is curious about Draco’s results.

Harry Potter Fanfic: Then We Found Us by CindyBV

Draco/Hermione, Dark!Hermione, short story, 12k words. Hermione has found out that her weasel of a husband has bound her in an irreversible marriage. This story is how Hermione turns to dark magic to set herself free.

Lovelocks of London Bonus: Harry’s Christmas Present by Felicity Niven (2022)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Bonus short story related to Convergence of Desire, Book 1 of the Lovelocks of London series. See my review of the entire Lovelocks of London series here on Substack and on YouTube. This short story will make the most sense if you’ve already read Convergence of Desire. Consider it a bonus epilogue, taking place the second Christmas of Harry and Thomas’ marriage. Harry is a tough time reading people and doesn’t know how to give gifts; she is struggling to find the perfect present for her husband, and in this steamy story, I think she achieves success.

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How To Love A Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne (2019)

Historical romance, Victorian England. Book 1 of the Devil You Know series. As expected, there was a huge amount of drama and emotional turmoil in this book. We start with a tragic prologue where Alexandra is attacked by her school headmaster, defends herself, and then needs her friends to assist her in covering things up. To help her feel better, her two best friends reveal their own tragic secrets. As expected, the two friends will make up the main characters of the other two books in this series. Chapter one starts ten years later when she’s on her way to a duke’s masquerade ball where her friend is supposed to be announced as his fiancee. What follows is a series of near-death experiences, blackmail, family destitution, and a fearful pull that Alexandra has towards her friend’s intended, Piers. Don’t worry though, her friend is not in love with him at all and it was a marriage contract from many years past. When she finds out about the allowance the future duchess will receive, she proposes that the duke marry her instead of her friend. And then we have even more drama with Piers’ backstory with his family history, being attacked and scarred, being ditched by his fiancee for his cousin, and mistrust of women. These two people have their own reasons for not trusting one another but somehow feel safe and protected when they’re together. Loved seeing them start to slowly melt towards each other.

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Bridgerton Fanfic: And All At Once (you are the one) by fade_like_starlight

Benedict/Penelope romance, post-Season 2, 23k words. Sweet little read about Benedict realizing how lovely Penelope is and decides to pursue her. It’s after the events of Season 2, Benedict is in an artistic funk, Penelope is on the outs with Eloise and has had an honest conversation with Colin, and Benedict has asked Penelope to pose for a portrait. They get to talking and seeing each other in a new light and realize they have much in common. Loved this quick read!

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Their Marchioness by Jess Michaels (2023)

Historical romance, Regency England. Book 1 of the Theirs series. A marquess plans a birthday treat for his wife of ten years. When they go to a cottage for the week, he invites the man that she was in love with as a young lady to join them in the bedroom. While the marchioness gets to live out her fantasies of enjoying the intimate attentions of both men, the marquess gives into his own desires for the other man as well. There’s not much in this book plot-wise, it’s mainly about the physical and emotional relationships between these three people and the stodgy marquess dealing with his own repressed emotions.

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All Scot and Bothered by Kerrigan Byrne (2020)

Historical romance, Victorian England. Book 2 of the Devil You Know series. This is the type of book that makes most sense when reading in series order, but still works perfectly well on its own. The prologue starts with Cecelia as a child being cruelly punished by her vicar father (who turns out not to be her father). Cecelia gets locked in an isolated cell and deprived of food and water. She ultimately gets rescued and taken away and sent to school by a mysterious benefactor. This is where she eventually meets her friends who make up the rest of the lead characters in the other books of the series. The other main character of the story is Ramsay, the older brother of the duke from Book 1. He’s also had a harsh childhood and eventually has become one of the most powerful lawmen of England. He’s very much attracted to Cecelia, but refuses to give in or to trust her. Suddenly, Cecelia inherits a gambling hell/slash women’s school from her aunt and is also accused of abducting young girls by our Lord Ramsay (even though he doesn’t know it’s her at first). These two end up in an antagonistic relationship with Ramsay being overly accusatory, but also protective at the same time. There’s eventually a need to escape the city and hide for protection and a dramatic subplot with a seven year old ward that Cecelia has also inherited. High drama, but in a good way.

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A Seduction in the Stars by Jess Michaels (2021)

Historical romance, Regency England. Long novella. Duke’s daughter Evangeline is uninterested in a typical ton marriage because she has seen her mother, sister, and sister-in-law be controlled by the men in her life. While chatting with another lady who wants to avoid marriage, she helps scheme to get the lady ruined in purpose. Evangeline has been eyeing her friend Henry, the third son of a viscount, to suit her purposes of a docile and accommodating husband. Henry has been studying astronomy and developing calculations to potentially discover a new planet; his father disapproves of his work and threatens to cut him off financially if he continues. It seems that both Henry and Evangeline will benefit from a union together; however, Henry makes it his mission to prove that a loving marriage would be worthwhile.

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My Present This Year by Sierra Simone (2022)

Contemporary smutty novella. Let’s just pretend this one is a one-shot fanfiction based on the Folgers commercial where the siblings seems to have a questionable affection for each other. But this one is a stepsibling arrangement with the stepbrother coming home from the Peace Corps and the stepsister is a grad student. Both are home for Christmas while the parents are out on a cruise vacation. What kind of trouble can these two get into while all alone?

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The Devil in Her Bed by Kerrigan Byrne (2021)

Historical romance, Victorian England. Book 3 of the Devil You Know series. We start with another tragic prologue telling us about the Mont Clair Massacre, where the entire household was slaughtered and burned. It seems that Pippa (the cook’s daughter) has survived and now assumes the identity of Francesca (the new countess) and is seeking revenge. As she gets deeper into infiltrating her enemy’s lair, she catches the attention of a spy, Chandler, who is also targeting the same enemy. It turns out that Chandler is her childhood friend who she loved and saved her, but he was in love with Francesca and believes her to have truly survived the massacre. It’s a tangle of lust and secrets here and slightly heartbreaking for the woman who is actually in front of the man she loves.

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The Elusive Wife by Callie Hutton (2013)

Historical romance, Regency England. Book 1 of the Marriage Mart Mayhem series. As a stipulation of the late earl’s will, Jason needs to fulfill an arranged marriage to inherit. He is completely drunk through the wedding and abandons his new wife immediately the next morning. The new countess Olivia is appalled and embarrassed with her new situation and goes to London to visit her friend and confront her wayward husband. When they see each other at a ball, he doesn’t recognize her at all and proceeds to flirt with her, even though he at least knows he’s married. While she is angry at him, he’s so besotted that he seeks an annulment from his wife so that he can pursue the beautiful lady from the ball (even though that woman is actually his wife!). A humorous set up and then when the truth finally tumbles out, our earl is trying very hard to woo his wife and make the marriage work, even as she is skeptical and resists.

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The Duke’s Quandary by Callie Hutton (2014)

Historical romance, Regency England. Book 2 of the Marriage Mart Mayhem series. Best friend of the man from the first book, Drake, a new duke is seeking the perfect wife this Season. While chaperoning his sisters through the marriage mart, his mother is also hosting another young lady, Penelope, who is an orphaned acquaintance. Penelope is clumsy and awkward in society and she would much rather be in the garden pursuing her botany. Drake and Penelope are the worst match possible, but they are undeniably attracted to each other, so it was entertaining to see how they work out their differences.

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Second Sons of London Series by Alexa Aston / Historical Romance Book Series

Dec 19, 2022

Series overview: A group of friends meet at school. They’re all second sons and not expected to inherit their fathers’ titles. As they’re away at war, they each get called back home to take up their new titles as their elder brothers meet tragic ends. In coming back home, they seek to marry and carry on the line with heirs.

Educated by the Earl

A new earl wants to find a wife quickly and avoid all the balls of the marriage mart. He attempts to save a young woman from a thief and irritates her instead. Despite her dislike for him at first, he attempts to woo her.

Print length: 270 pages

Debating with the Duke

Shy and serious duke initially seeks a quiet and agreeable wife. He agrees to assistance from an outgoing and vivacious matchmaker, but finds himself attracted to her instead.

Print length: 254 pages

Empowered by the Earl

The new earl doesn’t want to be tied down and intends to bed as many women as he can before settling down. He meets the cousin of his friends’ wives and changes his tune quickly.

Print length: 259 pages

Made for the Marquess

One outgoing and sociable twin sister is back in England after a few years in Canada and meets a super shy and reserved new marquess. Despite their differences, opposites attract quite quickly.

Print length: 246 pages

Dubious About the Duke

The shy and quiet twin of the lady from Book 4 arrives in London. She gets along well with her brother-in-law’s cousin, but he is not looking for a bride. When our hero takes in his rowdy illegitimate nephews, he needs help caring for them and our lady steps in to save the day.

Print length: 258 pages

Valued by the Viscount

A viscount who has been rebuffed several times by women earlier in the series meets a vulnerable widow at a house party.

Print length: 255 pages

Meant for the Marquess

After her father’s death, Lady Julia’s older half-brother tossed her out and forced her to find employment. She’s now the governess to the duke’s nephews from Book 5 of the series and has accepted her place as a mere miss and upper servant, never to take her place in Polite Society again. The duke’s army friend, Devin, has appeared at the big house to visit, after having recently been injured and sent home from the army. He’s looking for a purpose now that his military career has ended and learning how to use his left hand after his right was maimed. Devin and Julia meet and are instantly attracted to each other, though neither believe they are worthy of the other’s attentions. I enjoy reading the instant attraction and I love how both characters interacted with the six-year old nephews; however, I disliked how pushy Devin was towards Julia. It all works out in the end (as it often does in these books) and there’s a sweet little epilogue to tie up the entire series.

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Olivie Blake’s Archive of Awesome: Start with Dramione. Become International Author Superstar.

Dec 16, 2022

Before Olivie Blake became the superstar best-selling author of The Atlas Six, she had written and published dozens of Harry Potter fanfics. I have read almost all of them and enjoyed so many of her works. The fun part of Olivie Blake’s work is that every fic tackles a different writing style, different trope, and different situation. It’s like she used the opportunity to write about familiar characters and familiar settings to blow it all up and stretch her skills as a writer. There are so many of her fics to love that you will spend weeks upon weeks reading her work on Archive of Our Own. Here’s my overview of my fave picks from her backlist.

Clean

Draco & Hermione (Dramione) Romance. 6th year at Hogwarts. Draco and Hermione are paired together in Potions class to make an advanced potion together. Enemies-to-lovers trope. Draco’s mission for the year complies with Half-Blood Prince. How does Hermione factor in if/when she finds out what his mission is? This story is probably very similar to other 6th year fics where Draco and Hermione somehow overcome their prejudices and get together. This one stands out as my favorite of the 6th year fics because of the depth of their relationship and what Hermione is willing to do for Draco.

Marked

Draco & Hermione (Dramione) Romance. Follows the events of Clean. Draco is presumed dead and joins the trio in the Horcrux hunt. Things take a dark turn both at Hogwarts and on the hunt. Hermione has seemingly broken down psychologically. How will our heroes recover from their situation and ultimately defeat Voldemort? It may look bleak, but keep reading.

Paradox

Draco/Hermione action-adventure romance. In this one, we find Draco and Hermione thrown into a parallel universe and having to team up with their alternate selves. We spend time in both the Potterverse (canon, as we’ve known it) and the Grindelverse (a world where Grindelwald defeats Dumbledore and sets up his militaristic regime) and follow the adventures there separately. This fic is heavy on the plot and light on the smut, but you can tell how witty and clever the writing is. It’s a fun one, but will make your brain spin.

Nightmares and Nocturnes

I meant to re-read this one before I made this post, but I know I’m not going to get to it. This one is war-time and Hermione is emotionally scarred in many ways. Somehow she’s at Malfoy Manor and remembering bits and pieces of her time in battle as fairy tale allegories. This is a complicated and emotionally wrenching fic. It was fun to try to identify the fairy tales being referenced and how they play into what actually happened to Hermione and what the current war status is. This one will keep your brain engaged.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Post-war, Draco/Hermione romance, ensemble characters. Hermione runs away from her wedding to Ron and sees Draco at a bar. There’s a cute little exchange between them, but then Hermione is basically off the grid for many years. I’ve forgotten most of the details, but I think she and Draco had sometimes crossed paths along the years, but very briefly. Years later, they’re both back in England and Hermione is an underground fighter and Draco (and his friends) are hired assassins. There’s also an interesting plot connected to the Peverell brothers. I’d consider this one an action-adventure story with a good bit of humor.

Divination for Skeptics

Draco/Hermione compatibility spell romance. The Weasleys have invented a charm to let users identify the percentage compatibility with their friends and partners. In her quest for the perfect mate, Hermione checks her score with everyone and ultimately lands on Draco as the highest scoring partner. It’s been awhile since I read this one, but I think it’s more lighthearted romantic comedy.

The Commoner’s Guide to Bedding a Royal

This one is a Muggle alternate universe fic where Hermione is an American exchange student and Draco is a Royal Prince. Multi-year ensemble epic story with romantic comedy vibes. Treat this one like a multi-season sitcom. There’s a sequel to this one too, but I haven’t read that yet.

Modern Romance

Multiple Pairings. Post-Deathly Hallows. Witch Weekly publishes a romance (*cough*sex*cough*) diary column from an anonymous person each week. We get to follow our favorite characters as they tell their romantic adventures in diary entries. Since it’s an anonymous column, the identity of the writer (and all their friends) is unknown. One of the most fun things in this fic is to identify the writer, the cultural reference for their choice of codenames, and the characters they interact with. It’s a massive tangle of characters and you almost want to build a crazy web of red string to keep it all straight. The other awesome thing is how true-to-character the writing for each chapter/POV feels. Expect infidelity, cross-generational romance, and triads. Even though each chapter is technically standalone, the overarching plot advances from chapter to chapter, and you will see recurring characters (with different codenames) and their romantic progress.

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Honeycotes Series by Anne Barton: Way more scandal than you’d expect / Historical Romance Book Series

Dec 15, 2022

A historical romance series with plenty of drama, but told in a low-angst sort of way. When I started the series, I thought I was reading a new-to-me author, until I went back to the Instagram post from corsetreads recommending the series to me, and realized that Anna Bennett (who I have read and adored before) was the author using a different pen name. I recommend reading this series in order because each one builds upon the previous one.

When She Was Wicked by Anne Barton (2013)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Honeycotes series. Annabelle Honeycote is an impoverished seamstress with a deathly ill mother and younger sister to support. While working at the dress shop, she overhears various gossip and uses the information to extort money. One of her victims, Owen Sherbourne, a handsome duke, catches her at the drop point and threatens to expose her, but he feels bad for her instead, and brings her home as an indentured servant to make dresses for his sisters. There’s a bunch of miscommunication and secrecy between this couple, mixed with a healthy dose of social class difference, but the insta-lust is such fun to read and this book is a great set up to the Honeycote/Sherbourne family series to come.

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To All the Rakes I’ve Loved Before by Anne Barton (2013)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 1.5 of the Honeycotes series. Novella connected to the Honeycotes, but can be read as standalone. Amelia is the daughter of a tradesperson who hides away at home after a huge embarrassment years ago at a ball. The man she was courting had eloped with someone else, and now is at her home, bringing in tow his injured friend. The friend, Stephen, had shown Amelia kindness in those trying days and now needs some nursing back to health. As a novella, this one was a pretty quick read with a very quick falling in love, but it was fun to read. I adore a cute sickbed romance.

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Once She Was Tempted by Anne Barton (2013)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Honeycotes series. This one makes a bit more sense after having read Book 1, but still fine as a standalone. Daphne, the younger sister of Annabelle from Book 1, is enjoying her first Season and the attentions of a kind viscount. However, that viscount’s mentor, Ben (a curmudgeonly earl who was injured at war) disapproves of the connection and wants to warn her off. He has a scandalous portrait of her in his possession and questions her morals. Daphne is shocked and worried for her reputation and seeks to find that portrait’s partner. When she was younger and desperate for funds, she had posed for these scandalous portraits and split the money with her artist friend. Now that she’s moving in fancier circles, she stands to be ruined if people find out. As Ben helps in her mission to locate the other painting, he revisits his opinion of her. And the kind and beautiful Daphne sees beyond the grumpy exterior Ben shows to the world.

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Scandalous Summer Nights by Anne Barton (2014)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Honeycotes series. Duke’s sister Olivia has been pining for her brother’s solicitor friend for the past decade. When she learns that he is planning to leave for a two-year expedition to Egypt, she finally declares her feelings for him and sets out to convince him of her affections. However, her impulsive nature and lack of caution land them in a series of disastrous events. While this book had its humorous moments, Olivia’s chaotic energy was awkward for me to read. Also, whenever James seemed to have something serious to talk about, they kept getting interrupted (either by external circumstances or Olivia’s distractions). It was still an enjoyable read and added more drama to the Honeycotes series, but not my fave of the series.

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One Wild Winter’s Eve by Anne Barton (2014)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Honeycotes series. Lady Rose and Charles, the estate’s stable master, have had a connection since Book 1 of the series. We start with a sweet prologue between the two, and then jump several years later. Rose is accompanying an older lady to visit another woman’s estate. While Rose claims to want to avoid the social bustle of the city, she really wants to find out information about her wayward and scandalous mother, hoping that the person they’re visiting will have more information. While there, she finds that the estate’s steward is Charles, her long ago love. They reconnect and catch up on each other’s lives a bit and begin a romance. However, the lady of the estate has designs on the young and handsome Charles as well and doesn’t take his rejection well. There’s a whole load of drama with an accusation of larceny, imprisonment, plus what we find out about Rose’s mother. This one was a lot of fun and I liked seeing Rose and Charles helping each other and acting as partners.

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Weekly Reads: December 5 to 11, 2022

Dec 13, 2022

This week was heavy on holiday historical novellas. I’ve been alternating full-length novels with novellas and bumping up my book count for the year.

Harry Potter Fanfic: Re-born by robituputup

Snape/Hermione Time-Travel Fix-It Romance. Novel length, multi-chapter. With the war lost and Harry dead, Hermione develops a ritual to go back in time with Snape. As Snape is re-born, Hermione takes a de-aging potion and lives in a nearby orphanage. Slowly regaining their memories, Hermione and Severus become childhood friends (and eventually more) and change the future. For some reason, I couldn’t put this one down. It has a lot of similar elements to other time-travel fix-it fics but it’s like my comfort food. I like reading about Hermione and Severus being equals in their intelligence and thirst for knowledge and being partners in fighting the villain of the story. Enjoyable read!

The Governess Gamble by Tracy Sumner (2022)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Novella, part of The Duchess Society series. While an American heiress is waiting for an appointment, she overhears a very handsome viscount ask for assistance in finding a governess for his new six-year old ward. Looking for the chance to sketch the man before she’s stuck in a cold and lonely marriage, she volunteers for the temporary position. This was a very sweet and quick read, with our American lady being ultra transparent and blunt about her attraction to the viscount. Plus, our impoverished lord trying to resist the lady and slowly melting for his young ward. And of course, they end up having honest conversations about the viscount’s sad financial state, his goals, his hidden profession, plus her ruination that led to her father pushing her to marry. Overall, a worthwhile read.

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Tallie’s Knight by Anne Gracie (2000)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Standalone. At this point, I’ve finished reading all of Anne Gracie’s completed series and a couple of her standalone novels. I noticed one more standalone novel on Fantastic Fiction that I haven’t read yet, so I figured I’d see if it was available at the library. With the Library Extension app, I was able to get the ebook from one of my library cards and borrowed it. In this one, we have a super grumpy earl, nicknamed The Icicle, who starts to thaw when he encounter’s his vicar friend’s young child in the prologue of the story. He decides that he wants to have children and tasks his irritating and spoiled female cousin with finding him a wife. While at the house party to help him choose a wife, he discovers all the women attending are just as annoying and spoiled as his cousin. However, when a poor relation steps up to defend a child from scolding, he decides he wants to marry that woman instead. From there, it’s a bit of a chaotic spiral of him being domineering, her being a mix of defiant and grateful, the spiteful cousin making things worse, and a whole lot of miscommunication because neither are open and honest with each other. However! Our earl slowly comes to care for his wife and display kindness and tenderness toward her. Something new and unexpected happened pretty much every chapter to keep me intrigued. I enjoyed this one a lot and couldn’t put it down.

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Buying Her Viscount by Ann Marquette (2022)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Naughtily Ever Afters series. Novella-length. A quick steamy read where a spinster orphan suddenly inherits a lot of money and proposes a marriage of convenience to a handsome and impoverished viscount. For as quick of a read this book was, the steam and emotional investment of the characters was totally believable for me. I adored how they each fell in love with each other and shying away from it because it wasn’t part of the original bargain. Definitely recommend.

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Harry Potter Fanfic: honey don’t feed me, i will come back by Nylexa

Harry/Draco, Hermione/Snape. Post-war, long one-shot. Everyone’s life is a mess and they slowly end up at Grimmauld Place to recover.

Her Christmas Rogue by Christi Caldwell (2019)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Novella. Winnie is in love with her older brother’s best friend but he has only seen her as a younger sister. Having had two unsuccessful Seasons, she fears her mother and friends intend to matchmake at an upcoming Christmas house party. Trent, second son to a marquess and all-around rogue, knows that he’s not worthy of Winnie and avoids her due to his shameful desire for her. Sweet and quick read. I loved how Winnie was direct in telling Trent how she feels.

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Bridgerton Fanfic: Long Story Short (it was a bad time) by fade_like_starlight

Anthony/Penelope romance, Season 2 retelling. Multi-chapter, novella-length. The Queen names Penelope as the diamond, and Anthony immediately comes courting. Basically fluffy sweetness.

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A Woman Entangled by Cecilia Grant (2013)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Book 3 of the Blackshear Family series. Kate is a barrister’s eldest daughter who is trying to climb out of the social chasm her family is in (her father, son of an earl, married an actress and was disowned by his family) by aiming for marrying a titled gentleman. She comes off kind of annoying here, knowing that she’s beautiful, and embarrassed by her family. Nick is also a barrister and her father’s friend; he had tried to court Kate years ago, but was rejected before he even had a chance. He has his own issues trying to rise above his family scandal (his brother married another man’s mistress in the previous book and the family disowned him). Both Kate and Nick are self-righteous and pretentious in their own ways and need to learn to accept the circumstances that they’re in an embrace the families they each have. This book had characters that had to both grow individually before being able to come together, so the romance of it felt secondary to their separate internal struggles. This book’s premise wasn’t my favorite, but I did like to see these two grow and learn.

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A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia Grant (2014)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Prequel novella of the Blackshear Family series, takes place years before the first book of the series. This one finds our oldest brother of the Blackshear family, Andrew, out shopping for a hunting falcon as a gift for his sister. When he visits the nobleman that sells the birds, he meets the man’s beautiful daughter, Lucy. They’re complete opposites in terms of personality and adherence to propriety. Through chance and mischief (rain, snow, broken carriages, and Christmas), these two get stuck together for longer than he anticipated, eventually necessitating a fake marriage to keep up appearances in the town where they seek shelter. Over time, Lucy enables Andrew to let go of some of his seriousness and have fun

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Rakes and Radishes by Susanna Ives (2010)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Standalone novel. Henrietta is a fanciful, foolish, and selfish girl. She basically hates the small village that she grew up in and longs for a life in London and a love like she reads in her gothic novels. When she finds out that her not-quite-betrothed is nearly betrothed to the diamond of the Season in London, she recruits her farmer neighbor best friend (the Earl of Kesseley, who is in love with her and was previously rejected) to wash up, dress better, and seduce the girl away from her beloved. Can she get any more cruel? Somehow, they all find their way to London, and there’s a back and forth of Kesseley and Henrietta fighting their feelings and fighting with each other, to the point where Kesseley is fed up and snaps. He goes to fix his clothes and hair as recommended and sets out to rake his way through London. By this point, Henrietta has realized her feelings for Kesseley, but it’s too little, too late, as he’s been heartbroken and now risen up as a terrible person. There’s drama with his mother and her past love going on in the background, plus whatever happened with Henrietta’s first love. I enjoyed the book overall, but I’ve had enough of spoiled overreaching female main characters for awhile.

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A Christmas Kiss by Jess Michaels (2015)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Short smutty novella. This quick little five chapter story finds an estranged married couple reuniting for the holidays. We find out that they had married and the next day, the lady finds out that her husband married her for the money, and she left him. Having not seen each other for six months, the husband now wants to make it a real marriage and woo her.

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Hoydens of Hyde Park Series by Eva Devon / Historical Romance Book Series

Dec 12, 2022

Series overview: A group of four friends make bold moves to change their lives.

To Have and to Hoyden

Lady proposes a marriage of convenience to a lord who needs her money so that she can avoid an arranged marriage to someone vile.

Happily Ever Hoyden

Lady heiress wants to spend her fortune to build a medical clinic for the poor. She finds a man who shares a similar dream and they build it together.

Print length: 201 pages

A Hoyden to Hold

Lady and earl meet at a house party. Even though he has a bad reputation, she elopes with him anyway.

Print length: 208 pages

How the Hoyden Won the Duke

Lady wants to visit a surgical clinic to study; she’s intercepted by a duke who later assists her inside by having her dress as a boy.

Print length: 207 pages

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The Four Hundred Series by Joanna Shupe / Historical Romance Book Series

Dec 8, 2022

This historical romance series by Joanna Shupe takes place in Gilded Age New York. The three books in the series are loosely connected, but do not need to be read in order. They’re somewhat tied together by the wealthy people involved and a lawyer that all three heroes have in common.

1. A Daring Arrangement (2017)

Lady Honora has been sent from England to New York by her father to keep her away from an unsuitable man. She decides that if she’s properly ruined, her father will bring her back home, and she can reunite with that guy. She proposes a fake engagement to Julius, who has a scandalous reputation, in hopes that her father with disapprove. But then, he starts acting like an upstanding gentleman now that he has a way into the fancy New York society. And he’s also trying to seduce dear Honora til she forgets all about the other guy.

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2. A Scandalous Deal (2018)

We start with a cross-Atlantic ship with a young woman and man meeting on the ship and having a steamy one night stand. When they meet again in New York City, they realize that he’s the owner of the hotel project that she is designing. Yikes. Our gal Eva is an architect who is working on the project, but passing it off as her father’s work, since he’s the famous architect but is very ill. Phillip is the ultra-wealthy hotel owner who is having a hard time wrangling the construction crew who don’t want to listen to a woman. There’s a lot of back and forth here with who’s in charge and keeping things professional, while the these two are so clearly attracted to each other. Plus, there is a fun bit of interaction between Eva and Phillip’s mother, who wants to hire her to work on her Newport cottage renovations.

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3. A Notorious Vow (2018)

This one has our Lady Christina who likes to go for walks in her cousin’s neighbor’s quiet garden. She slowly sort of befriends the reclusive neighbor and realizes that he’s hearing impaired as a result of an illness. When she finds herself in trouble and nearly coerced into marrying a slimy older man, she runs to Oliver’s house for protection. He ultimately offers her marriage to protect her from her family’s schemes. In this one, we have a very shy and skittish woman with a grumpy isolated recluse of a man and they slowly get to know each other and appreciate each other. Once these two start to listen to each other and team up to protect each other, it’s amazing. My favorite of the series.

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Weekly Reads: November 28 to December 4, 2022

Dec 6, 2022

Total mishmash of different books this week, mostly holiday historical novellas.

A Little Christmas Magic by Chasity Bowlin (2022)

Historical romance, Regency/Victorian-era England. Novella. A dastardly cousin is trying to evict a young woman from her home, saying that her brother has died overseas and that he has now inherited the manor. A solicitor from the evil cousin’s law firm has come to town to assist in the eviction, but a romance begins between the lawyer and the young woman instead. The young woman has the gift of sight and has predicted the romance between herself and the lawyer, but isn’t sure whether to believe it true or just wishful thinking. Also, there’s her belief that her brother hasn’t died at all. We have a fun insta-love, trapped in a snowstorm, novella here.

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A Wicked Game by Kate Bateman (2022)

Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Ruthless Rivals series. The Davies and Montgomery families have been rivals for centuries. But it’s a friendly sort of rivalry where the kids played together growing up and mostly just bickered with each other. When Morgan is ready to go out to sea, Harriet gives him a reason to come back, by allowing him three kisses if he survives and returns. A few years later, he survives torture and imprisonment and wants only one thing when he returns: Harriet’s hand in marriage. However, with their history of fighting and dares, he knows that she won’t believe him if he proposes outright, so he plans to seduce her and wear her down. This book was fun and low-angst between our two rivals, aside from a few little brushes with dastardly villains. Overall, I loved seeing Morgan scheme to bring Harriet into his arms and her trying to resist him. And I loved that both of their families were supportive and knew that these two loved each other even before they did.

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An Improper Proposition by Amy Rose Bennett (2014)

Historical romance, Regency-ish era England. Novella. Short and smutty encounter between a widowed countess and her younger and handsome footman. Super quick read.

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Bridgerton Fanfic: a night at the opera by blondie1010

Anthony/Kate, years after Season 2. They go to the opera and see Siena on stage and then have an honest conversation about Anthony’s past. Quick little one-shot and nice seeing Anthony’s character growth.

Bridgerton Fanfic: closer to heaven above and closer to you by alljustrunaways

Anthony/Kate, after Season 2. Five open honest conversations they need to have. Similar to the idea of the fic I linked above. It’s just two people having mature conversations.

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No Marriage of Convenience by Elizabeth Boyle (2000)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Standalone novel. I had read a previous series by Elizabeth Boyle that I enjoyed, so I happened across this standalone novel and figured I’d give it a try. The plot here doesn’t fit the typical sort of tropes. We have a new earl who has inherited a lot of debt from his older brother, he’s got three very brash and ill-mannered nieces to bring out to society, a meddlesome kooky older cousin, and all he wants to do is go back to being a professor at Oxford. Meanwhile, we have a famous actress who owes this earl money, but she’s got her own backstory (being abandoned as a child) and possibly a stalker/murderer afoot. And these two are attracted to each other, but can’t really do anything about it, or shouldn’t do anything about it. It was a slow start, but once the nieces started behaving a bit more and interacting with other people in town, it got more entertaining. This one is just kind of awkward chaos in a book.

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A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant (2011)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Book 1 of the Blackshear Family series. The blurb on the back tells a story of a desperate widow (Martha) in need of an heir to protect her household from the man who stands to inherit and that she propositions a scoundrel of a man (Theo) to assist her. Going into this book, I expected it to jump straight into high steam, but I surprisingly found a rather cold and industrious woman completely uninterested in the pleasure that her partner could (and is willing to) provide. I started to feel pretty bad for the guy around the 30% mark since it cannot be any fun at all to have an indifferent partner in bed. Our guy has been exiled to this lesser property of his baronet father’s so that he can make some use of himself, rather than be a wastrel in town. And so we have our two very opposite personalities in a business arrangement involving coldly intimate relations. But somehow this book makes it all work… it is a delightful slow burn, with Theo slowly learning to care for the well-being of the laborers on his land, conversing with Martha about land management and his good works, and Martha slowly coming to admire him.

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Maid Under the Mistletoe by Annabelle Anders (2020)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Novella. Eligible earl is courting a neighboring viscount’s daughter and expects to announce their engagement at their Christmas house party. However, he finds himself attracted to the girl’s maid instead, who was a vicar’s daughter now in service. Sweet and funny quick read!

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My Mistletoe Beau by Anna Bennett (2022)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Novella. Young lady breaks into an earl’s apartments to steal back her father’s pocket watch. The earl has a grudge against her father since his own father’s intended eloped with him and left the jilted man heartbroken. However, he has been telling his grandmother that he is courting a girl and will give back the watch in exchange for a fake fiancee. And of course, these two grow closer together, despite the antagonistic start.

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Cinderella and the Duke by Lydia Drake (2022)

Historical romance, Regency-ish era England. Julia is the Cinderella in the story, escorting her younger stepsister to a ball while her stepmother is ill. This is Julia’s one chance to find a husband, since her stepmother refuses to let Julia go to any balls. While protecting a rake from being compromised by a lady and called out in a duel by her husband, she kisses him and then runs away, thinking that she’s ruined. When the rake, our duke Gregory, comes to call the next day with her lost slipper, she proposes a marriage of convenience to him: He helps her get out from under her stepmother’s control and she helps him avoid the lecherous women of the ton. Both of these people are deeply insecure and play an emotionally detached role to protect themselves from being hurt. However, they have great chemistry together and enjoy each other’s company. I really enjoyed this debut novel from this author and am looking forward to reading more.

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An Improper Christmas by Amy Rose Bennett (2018)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Smutty novella. Young lady catches her fiancee with another woman and runs away from a house party. She ends up riding in a carriage with a notorious rake and then spends the night in his home. Quick and smutty, with a nice little change of heart for our rake.

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A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant (2012)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Book 2 of the Blackshear Family series. Younger brother, Will has returned from his time at war feeling guilty over the death of one of his soldiers. He aims to fulfill a promise to care for the man’s widow and child. In order to do that, he has been gambling to earn some extra cash. While at a gambling party, he meets another man’s mistress, Lydia, who has seemingly swindled him out of money, and he confronts her. Eventually, these two team up to improve their odds of winning. This one is another slow burn from this author, with these two having an antagonistic relationship, moving on to being partners in crime, and fighting their attraction for each other.

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