Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsattorney / historical romance / Regency England / reunited-lovers / Scandal / spinster / Winner Takes All series2 Comments
Dear Ms. Noble, I’ve enjoyed the first two books in your Winner Takes All series, The Game and the Governess and The Lie and the Lady, so when I saw that a novella about Cecilia Goodhue, a minor character in the second book, was available on Netgalley, I requested it. ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscountess / historical romance / love triangles / miller / Winner Takes All series4 Comments
Dear Ms. Noble, Last year, I read and reviewed the first book in your Winner Takes All series, The Game and the Governess. In that book, the hero and his secretary, a man whose family had once owned a flour mill, switched places for a wager. When I heard that John ... more >
B+ ReviewsEngland / Historical fiction / nobleman in disguise / prince and pauper / Regency7 Comments
Dear Ms. Noble, An egotistical hero doesn’t usually spark my interest. I didn’t need another narcissistic Prince Charming. Seen it all a million times, and my immediate reaction is: Meh. However, the success of an overused archetype is due to an author’s treatment of it. The way you painted Ned ... more >
B ReviewsEarl / governess / historical romance / wager / Winner Takes All series9 Comments
Dear Ms. Noble, A few friends of mine have been recommending your books to me for a while now, and so this summer I got The Game and the Governess. The novel begins in 1817, at Mrs. Beveridge’s School in Surrey. Phoebe Baker, a young lady educated at the school, ... more >
Book ReviewsAgency pricing / Historical Romances / Recommended Reads / scholar14 Comments
Dear Ms. Noble, This is the story of a Duke and a Scholar. But you know that already. Winnifred Crane is an art historian. She is also female, as both her name and the attached pronoun would suggest. It doesn’t matter that she’s brilliant. It doesn’t matter that she’s turned ... more >
B ReviewsHistorical Romances / Penguin / Soldier24 Comments
Dear Ms. Noble: This is not a flashy book. There is no big mystery. No serial killer running amok. There aren’t numerous romances started in this story to be carried out into the next. It is just about people trying to cope with the every day aspects of their lives ... more >