B- ReviewsEarly Victorian / HistoricalComments Off on REVIEW: Rules for a Proper Governess by Jennifer Ashley
Dear Ms. Ashley: As many readers here know, I’ve really struggled with the historical romance genre in the past few years despite it being my favorite genre in romance. And it’s not that I haven’t been trying to read it, but it’s been hard to lose myself in the books. I ... more >
B- ReviewsParanormal / Shapeshifter6 Comments
Dear Ms. Ashley: One of my favorite historical re-reads is The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie and in Tiger Magic I think I see hints of the same character, although not the same romantic arc. This is the fifth book in the Shifters Unbound series which is an alternate reality ... more >
C Reviews19th century / Historical / reunited-lovers / Scotland5 Comments
Dear Ms. Ashley: While I love the idea of this book, I felt that there were too many shortcuts taken to get us to the emotional hits you delivered. Elliot McBride went off to India to make his fortune. While he was there, Elliot became captive to a “tribal” band. ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / Paranormal1 Comments
Dear Ms. Ashley: This shifter series has a unique world setting. It’s almost punk in some sense because the world of the shifters is anti establishment in every way. The humans are afraid of shifters and despite shifters greater strength, humans have superior power and were able to corral shifters ... more >
B- Reviews19th century / Historical Romances / Penguin / reunited-lovers21 Comments
Dear Ms. Ashley The McKenzie family epitomizes the Byronic creed of being mad, bad and dangerous to know. The MacKenzie head of the family was a horrible man who beat his kids, sent his youngest son into an insane asylum, and ultimately killed his wife. Hart MacKenzie, the eldest, did ... more >
B Reviews19th century / Historical Romances / Jennifer-Ashley6 Comments
Dear Ms. Ashley: In The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie, Mac says to Ian: Mac sighed, cutting through the memory. “We’re Mackenzies. We don’t get happy endings.” Ian wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and didn’t answer. Their father lived by the mantra that sparing the rod ... more >