B Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Gothic / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / politicians / Portugal / Regency9 Comments
Camilla Forest has fallen upon hard times since fleeing France and the tyrannical rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. When her job as a governess ends in disaster, Camilla finds herself penniless and alone, stranded on a muddy roadside. A chance encounter with the notoriously aloof Lord Leominster presents Camilla with an ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Gilded Age / Gothic / Historical / journalist / Late Victorian / murder mystery3 Comments
From New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous novel set in the Gilded Age, full of family secrets, affairs, and murder. Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life in New York: he’s the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor ... more >
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Dear Reader: I don’t remember when I first saw the film version of Rebecca – I probably caught it on Turner Classic Movies when I was in my teens. I don’t think I saw it all the way through the first ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / England / Ghost / Gothic / historical mystery / murder-investigation / Paranormal lite / post WWI / War / Military / World War I5 Comments
England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex’s wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to the family’s estate in the Sussex countryside. But there is much she never knew about her ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsBeauty-and-the-Beast / Gothic / governess / historical romance / problem child9 Comments
Dear Ms. Ridley: I don’t buy any romance novel unless I’m certain, based on past experience, that I’ll enjoy it. But you were offering a free novella and I like the price of free. I downloaded it from Amazon and read it in a quick evening. Nice story, loved the ... more >
C- ReviewsGothic / Historical2 Comments
Dear Ms. Ridley, I love Gothics. I’ve been reading them forever, since I discovered Lois Duncan’s Down a Dark Hall when I was in grade school. I think I love Jane Eyre more than Pride & Prejudice, and Virginia Coffman’s gothics are my gold standard for engrossing, smart historical fiction. ... more >
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