by Olive | May 1, 2025 | Book Reviews
Summer in the City by Alex Aster (2025) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. Lots of witty banter here and a very fun fake-dating story. Elle pretty much hates New York City and especially hates it when a stairwell hook-up at a club goes wrong. Two years later, she...
by Olive | Apr 30, 2025 | Book Reviews
An Impulsive Kiss by Alexa Aston (2025) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Captivating Kisses series. Judson has a tragic backstory here with being bullied at school and then beaten and punished by his guardian uncle at home, to the point where he...
by Olive | Apr 29, 2025 | Book Reviews
Hardly a Gentleman by Eloisa James (2025) Historical romance. Georgian-era England. Book 2 of the Accidental Brides series. Clara is a walking scandal after hitting the prince with her reticule. On her way to Scotland to stay with her aunt, she hitches a ride with...
by Olive | Apr 23, 2025 | Book Reviews
Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese (2022) Contemporary romance. Book 1 of the Wilmot Sisters series. Everyone gets off on the wrong foot here when autistic Bea and anxious Jamie are pushed towards each other at a party. He basically says the wrong thing all the...
by Olive | Apr 22, 2025 | Book Reviews
Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart by Sabrina Jeffries (2025) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Lords of Hazards series. Jon comes back from a French prison after being detained for 11 years to find himself a duke. And the daughter of his mentor...
by Olive | Apr 16, 2025 | Book Reviews
Masks of Desire by Fenna Edgewood (2021) Historical Romance. Victorian-era England. Book 0 of the Gardner Girls series. This book was crazypants in all the best ways. We start off with Caroline’s cruel and villainous father telling her to break her longtime engagement...
