by Olive | Sep 26, 2023 | Book Reviews
Seducing Mr. Knightly by Maya Rodale (2012) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Writing Girls series. Annabelle has been in love with the newspaper editor and owner Derek Knightly for ages, but he has not noticed her in the least. Finally tired of...
by Olive | Sep 25, 2023 | Book Reviews
The Duke and the Dressmaker by Eva Devon (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Once Upon a Wallflower series. Newly inherited duke James attempts to rescue a young woman at a tavern and finds out that she’s the sister of his missing ward. Lily...
by Olive | Sep 21, 2023 | Book Reviews
The Duke’s Virgin Sister by Caroline Lee (2021) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 1 of the Those Kilted Bastards series. Keith, the illegitimate son of an earl, is tasked with escorting Carlotta, the duke’s sister to Scotland for her...
by Olive | Sep 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Nobody’s Lady by Annabelle Anders (2018) We have a missed connection here with Lilly and Michael falling in love in their youth, but tragic circumstances kept Michael away from offering for Lilly’s hand. Her father forced her to marry her sister’s...
by Olive | Sep 19, 2023 | Book Reviews
Just Wicked Enough by Lorraine Heath (2007) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 2 of the Rogues and Roses series. An impoverished marquess holds an auction with the wealthiest American fathers to sell himself in matrimony to the highest bidder. We end up...
by Olive | Sep 18, 2023 | Book Reviews
Indiscreet by Mary Balogh (1997) Regency-era romance. Rex Adams, Viscount Rawleigh, is riding with his friends to visit his identical twin brother Claude for a house party. His sister-in-law tries to set him up with her own sister, but Rex is more interested in the...
