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Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley

Title: Murder in Westminster Author: Vanessa Riley Series: Lady Worthing Mystery #1 Poorly written and confusing Thank you to Vanessa Riley, Tantor Audio, and NetGalley for allowing me to listen to a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. I feel meh about this book. My biggest issue with it was that, bizarrely, it often felt like I was missing information—it felt like the fourth or fifth book in the series, always referring to things that happened in the …

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The Duke and the Enchantress by Paullett Golden

Title: The Duke and the Enchantress Author: Paullett Golden Series: The Enchantresses #2 Wonderfully complex characters, minor narrative issues My thanks to Paullett Golden, who asked me to read a free copy of her novel in exchange for an honest review. I didn’t like Charlotte or Drake as they were portrayed in the first book. I thought she was a whiny woe-is-me brat and he was an obnoxious, selfish asshole. I was very curious about this second book, because I …

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Marry in Scandal (Marriage of Convenience #2) by Anne Gracie

Title: Marry in Scandal Author: Anne Gracie Series: Marriage of Convenience #2 Uninspired plot saved by endearing characters I would like to thank Anne Gracie, Berkley/Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The charm of the characters saved this novel. The plot is lazy: A man with a gambling debt absconds with a young, naive heiress to Gretna Green to marry her and inherit her fortune, but some kind …

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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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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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The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens

Title: The Untamed Bride Author: Stephanie Laurens Series: Black Cobra Quartet #1 Thoroughly confused by what Laurens was trying to do here First I’ll say that I’m not a regular Stephanie Laurens reader. While I’ve read a few, though I don’t remember which, she never caught my attention enough to find a spot on my keeper shelves. But my library’s digital selection is limited, and this happened to be available. It was not a wise choice. I was both intrigued …

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Dangerous in Diamonds by Madeline Hunter

Title: Dangerous in Diamonds Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #4 I couldn’t finish it I couldn’t finish it. I almost forced myself to reach the end just to see if we’d get to meet Sebastian and Audrianna’s baby, but I just couldn’t do it. It was so boring and so bizarre that after a few hours I couldn’t stand it anymore and switched to a Dorothy Garlock to listen to as I finished mowing the lawn. Because I didn’t …

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Sinful in Satin by Madeline Hunter

Title: Sinful in Satin Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #3 the good does not outweigh the bad I cannot tell you how many times I checked to see how close to the end I was, and how often I let out a bored groan when I saw how much was left. It…plodded…along…saving the “big” reveal for about three-quarters or perhaps two-thirds into the book. And either the reveal wasn’t all that exciting in itself or the time it took …

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