B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1880s / Across the Tracks Romance / class differences / duke in disguise / England / Farmer / farming / illegitimate-child / infertility / inheritance / joint review / slavery / social issues6 Comments
Jennie: Janine has read and reviewed two previous books in this series: Falling for a Rake and Once a Fallen Lady. When I expressed an interest in trying this author, she suggested that we might review this one together. The hero of Catch a Falling Duke is the brother of ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / disabled hero / historical romance / Quakers29 Comments
My impromptu reread and review of Laura Kinsale romances continues with this, which I think might be her sixth (or seventh? somewhere in the middle of the pack) book. In any case, it has the distinction of having once been my favorite romance ever. I still have, in my decades-old ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / Carina Press / Contemporary / MMA Fighter / novella / second chance at love8 Comments
All work and no play makes Adeline Kendrick a dull girl, so when she heads to a casino resort for a friend’s bachelorette weekend, she’s ready to have a good time. Until she runs into Brendan Quinn, professional fighter and the one who got away—the one her family drove away—and ... more >
B ReviewsAcross the Tracks Romance / American Navy / class differences / Navy / social privilege / War / Military / World War II1 Comments
She was everything he’d ever wanted . . . He was everything she’d dreamed of. It is 1941 and Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu is as close to paradise as you were likely to get. Golden sunshine, sweet ocean breezes, secluded beaches made for romance. Pearl is a ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / Auction house / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience11 Comments
Dear Ms. Duran: When I finished the first book in this series recently, I concluded my review by expressing my concerns about what kind of hero Nick O’Shea would make. In Lady Be Good, he’s the heroine’s uncle, a kingpin of the London underworld who owns a gambling den (don’t ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Reads1890s / Across the Tracks Romance / Gilded Age / Love-Triangle / Rhode Island12 Comments
Dear Ms. Williamson, A long time ago (almost seven years!), my first review for Dear Author was of your romance Once in a Blue Moon. Today, stuck in the middle of an endless historical romance malaise, I decided to turn to another one of your books that has long been ... more >