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
C- Reviews
France, Georgian, Historical Romances, Paris, rake
Dear Ms. Brant, When you offered DA the chance to review some of your books, I got all excited. After all, I adore mid 18th century Georgian era set novels and that seems to be your specialty. Since I try… more
B Reviews
Historical Romances, rake
Dear Ms. Stuart: Elinor Harriman is the quintessential elder sister of romance. To wit, she is desperately trying to keep her little family together by protecting, guarding and working herself to the bone. Simultaneously, she is, of course, trying not… more
A- Reviews
Contemporary, journalist, Native Americans, Pamela-Clare, rake, romantic-suspense
Dear Ms. Clare: I was given the opportunity to read The Naked Edge several months ago. I was initially reluctant because I have been all over the map with the series. The heroines, in particular, often struck me as foolish…. more
A Review Category/ A Reviews/ Book Reviews
19th century, adultery, Earl, good characterization, good-description, Good-Dialogue, lawsuits, Love-Triangle, rake, widow
Black Silk was one of the first two Romance novels I read, and to this day it remains one of my absolute favorites. Submit Channing-Downs, the woman who deeply mourns the husband who was almost three times her age, is… more
A Review Category/ A Reviews/ Book Reviews
19th century, adultery, Earl, good characterization, good-description, Good-Dialogue, lawsuits, Love-Triangle, rake, widow
On rare occasion, I come across a novel that seems so rich, so sumptuous, and so sublime, that I am afraid to reread it. The first reading experience is so close to perfect that I don’t think anything can equal… more
B Reviews Category/ B- Reviews/ Book Reviews
interracial-romance, rake, Tessa Dare
Dear Ms. Dare: A Lady of Persuasion brings home all the characters in the previous two books in the trilogy as the previous protagonists play a part in the romance of Sir Tobias Aldrige and Bel Grayson. Sir Tobias was… more
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Georgian, Historical Romances, Kalen Hughes, rake
Dear Ms. Hughes, Last year I found “Lord Sin” to be a great and happy surprise. As you’d already written a follow up to it, I was poised for more happiness. Well, I was sorta happy but, alas, not quite… more
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Beauty-and-the-Beast, Diane Gaston, Harlequin Historical, Historical Romances, one night stand, rake, scarred-people
The Rake’s Intimate Encounter by Ann Lethbridge I’m still not sure I completely understand the set-up of this novella. I realize it’s a prologue, so to speak, for Lethbridge’s historical series for Harlequin but even so I felt like I… more
A Review Category/ A- Reviews/ Book Reviews
forced-marriage, rake, Suzanne-Enoch
Dear Ms. Enoch: I’ve really enjoyed this Notorious Gentleman series which started with After the Kiss and ends with Always a Scoundrel, a book that csquared deemed one of your best in years. I agree. This is a book that… more
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Carolyn Jewel, friends-to-lovers, Historical Romances, novelist, rake, Regency England
Dear Ms. Jewel, Scandal is the first book of yours I have read, but it won’t be the last. The book begins when Gwilym, Earl of Banallt, arrives at Havenwood in autumn of 1814. Banallt is a guest of John… more
