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October 29, 2024

REVIEW: Hidden Treasures by Kathleen Buckley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / charity / Historical / Historical fiction / inheritance / London / rag-tagComments Off on REVIEW: Hidden Treasures by Kathleen Buckley

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Allan Everard, a baron’s illegitimate son, is dismissed from his employment at his father’s death but inherits a former coaching inn. Needing to make a new life in London, he begins by leasing the inn to a charity. Unexpectedly orphaned, Rosabel Stanbury and her younger sister are made wards of ... more >

February 3, 2023

REVIEW: Inherit My Heart by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / Boss-Secretary / England / inheritance / mothers and daughters / theaterComments Off on REVIEW: Inherit My Heart by Mary Burchell

Can Naomi secure her future while keeping her heart intact? England, 1962 Since the death of her father, eighteen-year-old Naomi Thurrock and her mother have relied on a quarterly allowance from a wealthy but cantankerous relative, Enoch Tenderleigh. When Enoch dies, both are shocked to be left only with a ... more >

February 2, 2023

REVIEW: Captain Ingram’s Inheritance by Carola Dunn

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsclass differences / England / inheritance / Regency / Soldier / trad regency4 Comments

Frank Ingram, an impecunious officer, is seriously wounded at Waterloo. Rescued by Lord Roworth, he meets Roworth’s sister, Lady Constantia, an angel of mercy. But Frank and Connie are each hiding a terrible secret they are sure will prevent marriage to anyone, let alone each other. Rothschild trilogy #3. Regency ... more >

December 22, 2022

REVIEW: Duke in All But Name (The Entitled Gentlemen Book 1) by Caroline Warfield

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdisabled hero / dysfunctional family / forced-marriage / Historical / inheritance / poor relation / Regency / The Entitled Gentlemen series3 Comments

Secrets and lies threaten to pull them under, but a forced marriage may be their salvation. Gideon Kendrick grew up as the despised bastard son of the Duke of Glenmoor. Exiled to the mines by his father, he has not only survived but thrived and prospered. He lives apart, wanting ... more >

November 2, 2021

REVIEW: Love and Lavender by Josi S. Kilpack

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1820s / arranged-marriage / disability / Disabled Heroine / England / inheritance / inspirational / neurodiverse / Regency / teacher heroine2 Comments

Hazel Stillman is a woman of rare independence and limited opportunities. Born with a clubbed foot, she was sent away as a child and, knowing her disability means a marriage is unlikely, she devoted herself to scholarship and education. Now working as a teacher in an elite private girls’ school, ... more >

August 27, 2021

REVIEW: The Actress and the Rake: Regency Romance by Carola Dunn

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsdysfunctional family / England / English countryside / English Historical / estranged family / family relationships / Ghost / Historical / inheritance / Paranormal / Regency / Will12 Comments

Sir Barnabas’s Will requires granddaughter Nerissa Wingate and godson Miles Courtenay to live together chastely in his house for six months in order to inherit his estate. He assumed they’ll fail. Fuming but penniless, they accept the challenge, but a host of hopeful relatives is determined to throw them into ... more >

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