B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican heroine / England / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / sexual-assault / wounded hero20 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke, A historical romance heroine traumatized by sexual assault is a rare and challenging plot line. We see it in contemporary romance with frequency, but in the land of manners and repressed inhibitions, where there’s an unwed duke allotted to every good soul in the British Empire (and ... more >
C ReviewsEngland / Historical Romances / New-York9 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: In a way I wish I had read Trouble at the Wedding before the first two books in the Abandoned at the Altar series. The Edwardian setting, pairing of the bourgeois heroine from the American South and the titled but impoverished English duke, and mixed cocktail of ... more >
B- ReviewsAvon / divorce / domestic abuse / friends-to-lovers2 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: Although I'm not always a fan of the back-to-back book release, in the case of Wedding of the Season and Scandal of the Year, I appreciated being able to follow up Will and Beatrix's story with Julia and Aidan's. Although their match-up was anticipated by the first ... more >
B- ReviewsAvon / Egypt / reunited-lovers12 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: When I read a couple of books in your bachelor girls series, I wasn't sure your historical voice was compatible with my reader's ear. Then Jane started urging me to read your new back-to-back releases, which are set a few (crucial) years later, starting with Wedding of ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category19th century / Historical Romances / Laura-Lee-Guhrke23 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: I enjoyed your last book, Wicked Ways of A Duke and was looking forward to Maria Martingale’s story. It is hard to resist these girl-bachelors; after all, who wouldn’t want to root for these young women who seek real independence and also find the gift of love ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Historical Romances / Laura-Lee-Guhrke11 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: Except for a quick skim of Conor's Way a year or so ago, The Wicked Ways of a Duke is the first of your books I have read. And after finishing it, I think I understand the source of your popularity: an ability to create a vivid ... more >