by Olive | Dec 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Plaid to the Bone by Caroline Lee (2021) Historical romance. Medieval Scotland. Book 1 of the Bad in Plaid series. We’re onto a new generation of the Oliphant family with a laird who has six daughters, no sons, and a scheme to declare the next laird. The first...
by Olive | Dec 19, 2023 | Book Reviews
Her Sort of Scoundrel by Christy Carlyle (2023) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 2 of the Wanton Widows Club series. Quick and easy novella. Dash is an earl who has had a lifelong crush on his older sister’s friend Fiona and somehow insulted her two...
by Olive | Dec 18, 2023 | Book Reviews
Second Duke’s the Charm by Kate Bateman (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Her Majesty’s Rebels series. How many tropes can you roll into a single book? We’ve got a virgin widow, female detectives, one-night stand in disguise, widow...
by Olive | Dec 14, 2023 | Book Reviews
Heiress for Hire by Madeline Hunter (2020) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Duke’s Heiresses series. A duke with no wife or children passes away and leaves none of his fortune to his many family members; instead, he leaves an inheritance to three...
by Olive | Dec 13, 2023 | Book Reviews
Marrying Off Morgan McBride by Amy Barry (2023) Historical romance. 1880s Montana. Book 2 of the McBrides of Montana series. Meddlesome little sister Junebug is at it again by putting an advertisement for a mail-order bride for oldest brother Morgan. She can feel...
by Olive | Dec 12, 2023 | Book Reviews
Ruin and Redemption for the Earl by Andie James (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Reluctant Lords series. Lady Elise is ruined for the dumbest reason ever when she’s caught giving medical care to a footman. Three years later, she’s living...