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March 13, 2015

REVIEW: The Mésalliance (Rockliffe Book 2) by Stella Riley

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsclass-difference / English Historical / Georgian / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Rockliffe Series15 Comments

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Reluctantly, the Duke of Rockliffe is in the market for a wife. His requirements are simple; a lady who will occupy her position with well-bred grace and chaperone his sister, Nell – but who will not bore him to distraction. He is acquainted with a number of ladies who could ... more >

February 23, 2015

REVIEW: Twist of Honor by Karin Welss

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / class-difference / English Historical / Great-Fire-of-London / Historical / London / Restoration / Restoration England / Stuart-England4 Comments

“His design was strictly honorable: to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.” (Henry Fielding, Tom Jones) It’s the spring of 1666, and Kit Fitzgeorge, a disabled mercenary soldier, finds himself in desperate straits, unable to earn an honorable living but unwilling to beg charity. To provide ... more >

November 17, 2014

REVIEW: Think of England by K.J. Charles

WillafulA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEdwardian / England / English Historical / m/m / Recommended Reads102 Comments

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Dear K.J. Charles: Damn it, why didn’t I think of this book? (And have the willpower to write it, and the talent to make it good, and the tenacity to get it published…) For someone like me who grew up reading many popular English writers, it is such a clever ... more >

August 5, 2014

REVIEW: My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas

JennieA- Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial heroine / China / English Historical / flashbacks / historical romance / POC / POC author24 Comments

Dear Ms. Thomas, Given the current (rocky) state of my relationship with historical romance, I approached your latest book with a certain amount of trepidation. When I’m in a slump, I’m always afraid that my mood will extend to the next book and jinx it somehow (while of course simultaneously ... more >

May 29, 2014

REVIEW: Between the Devil and Ian Eversea by Julie Anne Long

JennieB- ReviewsEnglish Historical / Pennyroyal Green series9 Comments

Dear Ms. Long: Does it sound negative to say that it feels like your Pennyroyal Green series has been going on for ages? I don’t mean for it to – I was surprised to see that the publication date of book one in the series, The Perils of Pleasure, was ... more >

May 14, 2014

REVIEW: Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran

JennieB+ ReviewsEnglish Historical / heroine in disguise / historical romance / tortured hero10 Comments

Dear Ms. Duran: When I read the blurb for this book, I was a little uneasy: “Running for her life, exhausted and out of options, Olivia Holladay wants nothing more than the chance to make a home for herself. So when she realizes that the infamous Duke of Marwick might ... more >

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