historical

Blackthorne’s Bride by Joan Johnston

Title: Blackthorne’s Bride Author: Joan Johnston Series: Mail-Order Brides/Bitter Creek Historical #4 Flawed upon closer inspection…only a fraction of a larger world I would like to thank Joan Johnston, Dell at Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Josephine Wentworth despises the Duke of Blackthorne. He’d saved her life, nursed her back to health, and promised to return her to her family—then shut her up in one of his …

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Once Upon a Summer Night by Nancy Scanlon

Title: Once Upon a Summer Night Author: Nancy Scanlon Series: Mists of Fate #3 a wonderful mix of staid modernism and fanciful notions I would like to thank Nancy Scanlon, Diversion Books, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Colin O’Rourke aims to expand his matchmaking business to the UK, but Miss Winifred Emsworth, a popular gossip columnist, is not a fan. She holds a lot of sway with the public, and …

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To Seduce a Stranger by Susanna Craig

Title: To Seduce a Stranger Author: Susanna Craig Series: Runaway Desires #3 Detailed, well-structured, impressive I would like to thank Susanna Craig, Kensington Books, Lyrical Press, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Charlotte Blakemore, Dowager Duchess of Langerton, is grieving the loss of not only her recently past husband, but the loss of the only person who’d ever cared about her. Her stepson is more concerned with gaining the assets the …

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A Very Ruby Christmas by Lavinia Kent

Title: A Very Ruby Christmas Author: Lavinia Kent Series: Bound and Determined #4.5? What is going on? I would like to thank Lavinia Kent, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Madam Rouge aka Ruby aka Emma Scanton finds herself with a dilemma. She’s had plans to sell her pleasure house for months now, but it’s not as easy as she’d thought. She doesn’t trust anyone to run it …

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The Governess Series by Julia Kelly (Wicked, Wanton, Wild)

I was so impressed by The Governess Was Wild that I purchased the first and second books in this series. I wanted to know the other girls’ stories, and I wanted to read more of Julia Kelly’s work. I’m still listing my review of the third installment first, because I read it first, but the other two follow. Title: The Governess Was Wild Author: Julia Kelly Series: Governess #3 Impressive I would like to thank Julia Kelly, PocketStar Books, and …

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A Night of Forever by Bronwen Evans

Title: A Night of Forever Author: Bronwen Evans Series: Disgraced Lords #6 Confusing I would like to thank Bronwen Evans, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Lady Isobel Thompson finds herself ensnared in a revenge plot when Arend Aubrey, aka Baron Labourd, begins to suspect her stepmother, Victoria Thompson, aka Lady Northumberland, of being the culprit behind the attacks on his friends, known collectively as the Libertine Scholars, …

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Lady Lost by Jane Goodger

Title: Lady Lost Author: Jane Goodger Series: Lost Heiresses #2 A sweet story buried under bland exposition I would like to thank Jane Goodger, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corp. for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Thought to have murdered the Duke of Weston, Lady Lilian Martin flees with little more than the clothes on her back. Lord Granton, aka Marcus Dunford, discovers her, weak and mostly unconscious, and reluctantly takes her to …

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His Make-Believe Bride by Martha Hix

Title: His Make-Believe Bride Author: Martha Hix Series: Texan Brides #1 Cute but shallow I would like to thank Martha Hix, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corporation for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Linnea Powell is looking to escape the scandal of her past and scavenge what she can of a good life. As she flees west, she makes the acquaintance of Ermentrude Flanders, who was headed west herself to marry Samson Kincaid, …

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A Raven’s Heart by K. C. Bateman

Title: A Raven’s Heart Author: K. C. Bateman Series: Secrets and Spies #2 Overall a smart, entertaining read I’d like to thank Ms. Bateman, Loveswept, Penguin Random House for allowing me to review this title in exchange for an honest review. Friendly enemies since Lord Ravenwood became close friends with Heloise Hampden’s brothers, the two have fought their love for each other for years. Then Heloise cracks the code of an important missive from France, and Raven, a spy for …

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Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James

Title: Lost Among the Living Author: Simone St. James Series: n/a Not as spooky or creative as previous work, but I enjoyed it 🙂 I would give this a solid four stars, except Alex wins that entire fifth star himself. I loved Alex. He was a complicated guy, torn between his duty, his pride, and his love for his wife. This book wasn’t as spooky as some of her other books–not nearly as spooky as An Inquiry Into Love and …

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