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November 8, 2017

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsadoption / birthmark / Earl / family-reunion / heiress / Historical / joint review / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / reversal of fortune / Westcott12 Comments

Since we reviewed the first two books in this series together, we decided to do the same with the third. ~ Janine & Kaetrin Janine:  Someone to Wed, the third novel in Mary Balogh’s Westcott series, begins with a social call. Alexander Westcott, the new Earl of Riverdale, has come ... more >

May 4, 2016

REVIEW: A Fallen Lady by Elizabeth Kingston

JanineB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsEarl / historical romance / Regency England / traumatic-past4 Comments

Dear Ms. Kingston, I saw your novels mentioned on Twitter, where some people I follow read your first book. Very shortly after that, I came across of a review of your second book, A Fallen Lady, on AAR. Caz, the AAR reviewer, mentioned that what kept A Fallen Lady from ... more >

August 27, 2014

REVIEW: A Counterfeit Betrothal by Mary Balogh

JanineBook Reviews / C- Reviewscountess / Earl / fake-fiance / infidelity / Marriage on the rocks/reunited lovers / trad regency20 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve long been a fan of your traditional regencies from the 1990s and when one I hadn’t read before was recently reissued in a 2-in-1 edition with your classic The Notorious Rake, I purchased it. A Counterfeit Betrothal contains two romances each of which affects the other. ... more >

August 20, 2014

REVIEW: The Game and the Governess by Kate Noble

JanineB ReviewsEarl / governess / historical romance / wager / Winner Takes All series9 Comments

Dear Ms. Noble, A few friends of mine have been recommending your books to me for a while now, and so this summer I got The Game and the Governess. The novel begins in 1817, at Mrs. Beveridge’s School in Surrey. Phoebe Baker, a young lady educated at the school, ... more >

July 3, 2014

REVIEW: The Gentleman Jewel Thief by Jessica Peterson

JanineDNF ReviewsEarl / historical romance / mistorical / Regency England / thief6 Comments

Dear Ms. Peterson, When I saw the title of your new book, The Gentleman Jewel Thief, I was immediately intrigued. I have a love of caper stories and I immediately thought of the caper romances I enjoyed in my youth, including Nora Roberts’ Hot Ice, Honest Illusions and Sweet Revenge, ... more >

May 15, 2014

REVIEW: Always a Stranger by Amara Royce

JanineC+ ReviewsDancer / Earl / historical romance / interracial-romance / London / Victorian era4 Comments

Dear Ms. Royce, I decided to try Always a Stranger, the second in your Victorian Era set historical romance series, because it sounded unconventional and different. The fact that I enjoy your Twitter presence did not hurt either. Set in the 1850s against the backdrop of the Great Exhibition which ... more >

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