B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / dual-timeline / England / Historical / historical paranormal / Time-Travel / Tudor-England / Womens-Fiction8 Comments
Browsing an antiques shop in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait—identified as the doomed Tudor queen, Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better. The subject is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr, who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 and presumed dead after going missing as ... more >
B- ReviewsAshdown House / Bohemia / Contemporary / England / Historical / mystery / paranormal elements / time slip4 Comments
London, 1662: There was something the Winter Queen needed to tell him. She fought for the strength to speak. ‘The crystal mirror is a danger. It must be destroyed – ‘ He replied instantly. ‘It will’. Ashdown, Oxfordshire, present day: Ben Ansell is researching his family tree when he disappears. ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Listsdisability / historical romance / mystery / New Adult / Reading lists / scottish historical / Serial-Killer19 Comments
While perusing Netgalley as well as recommendations from trusted sources, I discovered that a few of the books I was interested in were the second, third, or even later installments of a series. Then my list got longer when Carina Press put a slew of their mystery series’ first volumes on sale at $ ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsArctic / historical romance / opposites attract / Recommended Reads / Regency / road-romance / unusual settings14 Comments
Dear Nicola Cornick: Jane’s resolution to read one historical romance a month resonated with me, because I’ve been reading fewer and fewer but I know I miss out on good ones as a result. A chance conversation with a friend reminded me that I had a couple of your historicals ... more >
B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / D Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsgoverness / Harlequin / Historical / Historical Romances / India / Reading lists / Regency / Scotland / Vikings8 Comments
I’m slacking off on writing a full review because I blew through these pretty quickly, and I already used up my snark quota for the month. All but Jeffries and Willingham were new-to-me authors. What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries If I didn’t own Jeffries’ entire backlist, I might ... more >
Reading ListsAustralia / Edwardian-era / European-Historical / Harlequin Medical Romance / Harlequin-Presents / m/m romance / mystery / Paranormal / Riptide Publishing17 Comments
January was kind of a bust for me, but I caught up in February. I’ve been trying to read further afield, going past the usual m/m and category and trying more historical romance. They didn’t all work perfectly, but I’ve no regrets in this batch. Twice Fallen: Ladies in Waiting ... more >