Book Reviews / DNF Reviews1880s / class-difference / Con / con-artist / Duke / England / erotic photograph / historical romance / Late Victorian / London / medium / mentorship / spiritualism4 Comments
Dear Julia Bennet, Your book, set in 1888 London, sounded like something I would enjoy so I took a chance and bought it. The story starts with a séance. The titular heroine is a “medium” while the hero, Alex (a duke), has a passion for unmasking con artists. He is ... more >
B Reviews / B+ ReviewsArtist / con-artist / Frenchwoman / historical romance / older woman/younger man / Regency England3 Comments
Dear Ms. Kingston, Two years ago, I reviewed your Regency era historical romance, A Fallen Lady. Although the novel wasn’t perfect, it was memorable and emotional. Recently, I heard there was a sequel in the wings, and I wasted no time in requesting an a review copy. House of Cads ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / 1950s / 1960s / American historical / antihero / con-artist / Historical2 Comments
Robin Hood? Not these two. Meet Leroy Logan, a young man who’s going to be the best con artist ever and Katherine “Fast Kate” Mulrooney, a young woman with even bigger dreams of her own. Together and apart, for sixty years of living large, Kate and Leroy will embezzle anything, ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / con-artist / Historical / short-story1 Comments
A novelette of swindlers, dames, and a millionaire with a pig. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1925. Right before New Year’s Day. Genevra Valentine is a roper, someone who brings in marks for a team of con artists working in the basement of a soda fountain-come-speakeasy. The mark she just brought in ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / con-artist / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / War / Military4 Comments
West Point History Comes Alive in this Warmhearted Romance Trying to escape the shambles her con-man father has made of their reputation, Lucinda Curtis arrives in West Point, New York, determined to land a husband from the military academy. Campbell Conklin is first in his class and preparing to embark ... more >
B- ReviewsAmerican historical / con-artist / Historical / law-enforcement / western4 Comments
Set in Kansas, Virginia City, and San Francisco, 1879. Guinevere Pierce was raised at the knee of one of the slickest con artists in the West, but can she con her way out of this one? When Gwin and her kid brother Arthur become witnesses to murder and then targets ... more >