A- Reviews/ B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
audiobook, Historical, Phyllida Nash, rake
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Dear Georgette Heyer’s Ghost, I have a confession to make. Even though you’ve been dead for many years I remain intimidated by you. I have many of your books on my TBR and a few in my audiobook collection (this… more
B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
closed bedroom door, rake, reprints, Traditional Regency
Dear Laura London (Sharon and Tom Curtis): When it was announced on Twitter that several hard to find Laura London historical titles were going to be reprinted and digitized, including The Windflower, you could probably have heard our squeals from… more
Everybody’s Talkin – Scandal by Carolyn Jewel Reading is so much very about context I sometimes wonder how on earth we’re meant to sensibly assess our responses to, well, just about any book we pick up. I came to Scandal… more
C- Reviews
Historical Romances, rake
Dear Ms. Evans, I’ll begin this review with the last line of your novella, To Dare the Duke of Dangerfield. He loved, with a consuming passion, the woman who’d dared the Duke of Dangerfield. This line evokes a picture perfect happy… more
C Reviews
Avon, England, rake, Regency England, revenge-plot
Dear Ms. Campbell: In your first book, Claiming the Courtesan, I really liked the mix of angsty melodrama with a fresh review of some well-worn genre stereotypes. That mix of old and new kept me reading your books, but with… more
A Reviews
Jo-Beverley, opposites attract, rake, Regency England, spinster
In the spirit of better-late-than-never reviews, here is one of my favorite books of 2010. Dear Ms. Beverley, Before there were Mallorens, before there were Rogues, there was the Daffodil Dandy. You are justly renowned for your ability to create… more
