B Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / aristocrats / class differences / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / England / family relationships / fashion designer / Historical / London / models / working class7 Comments
“Do you live permanently in yellow evening frocks and court gowns, or have you anything else?” Annabel laughed shakily. “Of course. My own clothes.” “Then go and put them on. Lovely ladies who fall over their trains need cocktails to restore them. And that’s just what I’m going to take ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsA Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery / Agent/Spies/Undercover / dysfunctional family / female friendship / Historical / London / mental health / murder / Post WWII / traumatic-past5 Comments
The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals – Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War) and Miss Iris Sparks who worked as an intelligence agent during the recent conflict, though this is not discussed. While the agency flourishes in ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsA Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery / London / mystery / Post WWII / short-story2 Comments
Sparks and Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau return in this short story from Allison Montclair as their expansion into a new office – and acquisition of a new desk – results in unexplainable phenomena that can only mean that their new digs are haunted! In London, 1946, The ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / First-Person / Historical fiction / London / murder mystery / POC / POC author / shipboard / singer2 Comments
The glittering RMS Queen Mary. A nightclub singer on the run. An aristocratic family with secrets worth killing for. London, 1936. Lena Aldridge wonders if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in ... more >
Book Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / Historical / London / Regency / twins5 Comments
The Season that changes everything … Henrietta Gaydon is making her debut in London society for the Season, but her popularity and apparent ease disguises the fact that she is out of her depth and that she dreads the objective of finding a husband. She longs for home, her father ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass differences / England / Historical / lesbian heroine / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / London / non binary / Regency / When the Blood Is Up seriesNo Comments
Lady Agnes is a scandal, thanks to her sister’s marriage to a prizefighter. Or rather, she should be, but as a charitable spinster-to-be, she remains firmly invisible, even to those she loves. Always dutiful, Lady Agnes should be the toast of her family, but only if she marries well. Finding ... more >