B- Reviews / Book Reviews13th century / Bath / Business woman / domestic violence / England / female agency / First-Person / found family / gender-based violence / Historical / Historical fiction / literary adaptation / London / marriage / medieval / murder / plague / prostitute / weaver / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
In the middle ages, a poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version? Who would you believe? England, The Year of Our Lord, 1364 When married off aged 12 ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Bath / class differences / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / England / Georgian / Historical / sweet romance13 Comments
She only knew that she was his to command; that her body thrilled to his lightest touch, her heart leapt at his smile; and that he was not for her. Honor Fenton was lovely, but penniless. There seemed to be little in her future but spinster-hood. Then one day she ... more >
B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsBath / England / Historical / older hero/heroine / RegencyComments Off on REVIEW: A Conformable Wife by Alice Chetwynd Ley
1814, Bath “I promise you, she’s the most delightful creature, with a quirky sense of humour very like your own. As for the other qualities you mention – birth, breeding, experience of managing a household of consequence – she has them all, with amiability and common sense besides!” So Henrietta ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBath / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Historical / Regency7 Comments
The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of a pretty runaway heiress, Miss Lucilla Carleton, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive’s uncivil and high-handed guardian, Mr. ... more >
B- Reviews / C+ ReviewsArtist / Bath / historical romance / joint review / Regency England / reversal of fortune / teacher / Westcott3 Comments
Kaetrin: Janine and I enjoyed reviewing Someone To Love together last year – we decided we’d do it again for book 2 of the Westcott series. The former Lady Camille Westcott is hiding out in Bath with her grandmother and younger sister. In Someone to Love, it was revealed that ... more >