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Illustrated cover with blue background, in the foreground 2 men sit crouched down before a body of water. One man is white and blonde and the other man is dark with brown skin. Illustrations of plants and animals (including a fox and a hare) are up either side of the cover with the title in the middle.
March 9, 2023

REVIEW: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / interracial relationship / Kent / NetGalley / queer / smuggling4 Comments

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Content warning: child abuse, neglect Dear KJ Charles, What a delight this book was! So cleverly and tightly plotted and so very romantic. There were only a couple of things I had questions about – but given that this is billed as “the Doomsdays book 1”, I’m hoping we’ll see ... more >

November 1, 2019

REVIEW: The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter (Lilywhite Boys) by KJ Charles

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsasexual character / criminal / Historical / Late Victorian / LGBTQIAP+ / novella / thief / transgender2 Comments

Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she can pay to a notorious criminal, and now he plans to make an example of her. There’s no way out. But Christiana has an admirer. Stan Kamarzyn has watched her sing for a year ... more >

January 18, 2019

Kaetrin’s Best of 2018

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2018 / best of list / Contemporary / Fantasy Romance / Historical / m/m romance / neurodiverse / queer / Urban-Fantasy24 Comments

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I took a look at my 5 star reads for the year and created my top 10 from that. I’ve decided not to rank them; it’s too hard to do and they were all fabulous books. Iron & Magic by Ilona Andrews.  Magic Triumphs could easily have made this list ... more >

October 31, 2018

REVIEW: Band Sinister by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / m/m romance / queer / Regency11 Comments

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Dear KJ Charles, I have had an exceptionally good run with books lately and Band Sinister only compounded my blessings. Siblings Guy and Amanda Frisby live in quiet seclusion in rustic Yarlcote. 20 years earlier, their mother ran off to the continent with their neighbour, Sir James Rookwood. Their father ... more >

November 27, 2014

Reading List by Sunita for October and November

SunitaReading ListsChristmas / Contemporary romance / Harlequin / m/m romance / multicultural / Reading lists / Recommended Reads / SFF / Xuya Universe9 Comments

Make My Wish Come True by Fiona Harper I was a big fan of Fiona Harper’s categories in the Harlequin Romance line, but then I kind of lost track, Harper switched to other lines and I stopped reading her regularly. But when I saw that she had a Christmas novel ... more >

November 17, 2014

REVIEW: Think of England by K.J. Charles

WillafulA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEdwardian / England / English Historical / m/m / Recommended Reads102 Comments

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Dear K.J. Charles: Damn it, why didn’t I think of this book? (And have the willpower to write it, and the talent to make it good, and the tenacity to get it published…) For someone like me who grew up reading many popular English writers, it is such a clever ... more >

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