by Olive | Nov 15, 2023 | Book Reviews
The Devil’s Own Duke by Lenora Bell (2021) Book 2 of the Wallflowers vs Rogues series. Hetty’s father is a totally uninterested duke who is overjoyed to find that a distantly related heir has appeared. Somehow her father comes up with the idea that Hetty and Ash...
by Olive | Nov 14, 2023 | Book Reviews
A Deal with the Earl by Sadie Bosque (2021) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Necessary Arrangements series. Julie is the daughter of a cruel and oppressive marquess and avoiding marriage during her Seasons while she waits for her childhood...
by Olive | Nov 13, 2023 | Book Reviews
A Groom of One’s Own by Maya Rodale (2010) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Writing Girls series. Sophie gets jilted on her wedding day in a horribly embarrassing prologue. A year later, Sophie has become a well-known newspaper writer with...
by Olive | Nov 9, 2023 | Book Reviews
Scandalous Wager by Christy Carlyle (2014) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 1 of the Whitechapel Wagers series. Super quick novella with Elizabeth, the police boss’ daughter, going to proposition Ian for a tryst. Elizabeth would like to prioritize...
by Olive | Nov 8, 2023 | Book Reviews
A Duke of Her Own by Lorraine Heath (2009) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 1 of the Rogues and Roses series. At twenty-six years old, Louisa determines that she has no marital prospects as the impoverished sister of an earl so she takes a job as a...
by Olive | Nov 7, 2023 | Book Reviews
Six Degrees of Scandal by Caroline Linden (2016) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Scandalous series. This book starts with a heartbreaking prologue where Olivia and James meet as youths, are nearly engaged, and then Olivia is married off in...
