Peninsular-War

REVIEW: Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly

REVIEW: Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly

Dear Ms. Kelly, At last, at last the final book in the Brandon Sisters series. Eldest sister Nan found love with a naval Captain, middle sister Laura married a naval doctor and now it’s youngest – by quite a few years – sister Polly’s turn. But instead of the Navy, the Royal Marines provide our(…)

REVIEW: An Improper Holiday by K.A. Mitchell

REVIEW: An Improper Holiday by K.A. Mitchell

Dear. Ms. Mitchell. I’ll pretty much read anything you’ve written, so I was thrilled when you posted that you’d written a historical short. An Improper Holiday was a lot of angsty fun, and I really enjoyed it, especially with the delicious little flip at the end of figuring out how two men in the early(…)

REVIEW: Simply Love by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve been on a hot streak of enjoying good books lately. All good things come to an end sometime, but I’m sorry it had to end with Simply Love. I’d been looking forward to Anne Jewell’s story since I first encountered her in Slightly Scandalous, expecting that a Mary Balogh Regency era(…)

REVIEW: Simply Love by Mary Balogh

Dear Mrs. Balogh, Most of us have been eagerly awaiting Sydnam Butler’s HEA for years. I know I have. I just wish that I could have gotten it without dragging the whole Bedwyn and Butler clans into the story as well. Having read, or in the case of Lady Morgan, attempted to read each of(…)

REVIEW: Rules of Marriage by Wilma Counts

Dear Ms. Counts, I think I’m all Peninsulared out right now. I used to love books using this setting but alas, like aristocratic English spies, it’s been done to death. I had hopes that your book would be different but once past the novelty of how the hero and heroine get together, it sank into(…)