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January 9, 2023

Layla’s Best of 2022

LaylaBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2022 / Reading lists16 Comments

Recommended Read

Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs latest’s installment in Mercy series Soul Taken was a book I anticipated because I like the author. I LOVED it. Reviewed by Kaetrin. A Contracted Spouse for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath This year I did discovered Alice Coldbreath and A Contracted Spouse ... more >

July 24, 2019

REVIEW: The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Gothic / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / Soldier / Suspense / wounded hero4 Comments

An Uncommon Beauty… Hidden away in rural Devonshire, Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been considered more odd than beautiful. But in London, her oddity has made her a sensation. Far worse, it’s caught the eye of the sinister Duke of Moreland–a notorious art collector obsessed with acquiring one-of-a-kind treasures. To escape ... more >

November 18, 2018

REVIEW: A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / arranged-marriage / Christmas / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / England / holiday novella / novella / Victorian EnglandComments Off on REVIEW: A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews

A Courtship of Convenience Sophie Appersett is quite willing to marry outside of her class to ensure the survival of her family. But the darkly handsome Mr. Edward Sharpe is no run-of-the-mill London merchant. He’s grim and silent. A man of little emotion—or perhaps no emotion at all. After two ... more >

September 4, 2018

REVIEW: The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / secrets / Victorian / Victorian EnglandComments Off on REVIEW: The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews

She Wanted Sanctuary… Helena Reynolds will do anything to escape her life in London, even if that means traveling to a remote cliffside estate on the North Devon coast and marrying a complete stranger. But Greyfriar’s Abbey isn’t the sort of refuge she imagined. And ex-army captain Justin Thornhill—though he ... more >

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