B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / forced proximity / Historical / Historical fiction / lady's companion / military hero / Napoleonic wars / road-romance / Russia / Russian Series / War / Military7 Comments
He was sick of the violence, the killing In the face of the advancing might of Napoleon’s Grande Armeé, Major Lev Orlov longed for a return to normality. And the bewitching young countess, whom a bizarre twist of fate had placed in the hands of his band of battle-scarred infantrymen, ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / class differences / cookbook / cooking / Early Victorian / English Historical / female friendship / Historical / Historical fiction / identity / self discovery / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs
Before Mrs. Beeton and well before Julia Child, there was Eliza Acton, who changed the course of cookery writing forever. England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her ... more >
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A dazzling new collection of Pushkin’s fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin’s stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / anti-Semitism / France / Historical / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Peninsular-War / prejudice / Regency / road trip / second chance at love / strong heroine / trad regency11 Comments
Having refused the man her parents chose for her, Miriam Jacobson opts to travel the Continent assisting her physician uncle, but when her uncle dies, she finds herself smuggling gold across Napoleon’s France to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive young men, both of whom detest her—and each other. ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / 19th century / alcoholism / Artist / Duke / England / historical romance / joint review7 Comments
Janine: About a year ago, I read and reviewed Joanna Lowell’s Dark Season. Layla read it too and we had a fun offline conversation. I rated it a C+ and Layla liked it a bit better; we both agreed that the author had potential and that we were interested in ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / Difficult Dukes series / family relationships / historical romance / reformed hero / Scandal / women's rights4 Comments
Dear Loretta Chase, In Ten Things to I Hate About the Duke, your new historical romance, Lucius, the Duke of Ashmont meets Cassandra Pomfret when he fires a gun into the air to disperse a crowd. Cassandra’s horses to startle and her carriage crashes. Injured in the accident is her ... more >