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 seriesComments Off on REVIEW: A Lady’s Finder by Edie Cay
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 >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAngel / biracial hero / London / Magic / POC / police procedural / pregnancy / religion / Rivers of London / UF / Urban-Fantasy2 Comments
The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. There is a world hidden underneath this great city. The London Silver Vaults—for well over a century, ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsarranged-marriage / calligraphy / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / holiday novella / Islam / London / Muslim / novella / POC / POC author / Ramadan / Ramadan Nights series2 Comments
Hafsah Simpson is different from some of the women she knows. She’s not interested in falling into someone arms, just because her parents think she should. Neither is she aching for love. Finding that the men who’ve approached her, have done so because their parents arranged the meeting, she’s fed ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsblacksmith / Boxer / found family / Historical / interracial-romance / London / orphan heroine / POC / Regency / When the Blood Is Up series / working class3 Comments
Can London’s lady champion fight for love? As London’s undefeated women’s boxer, Bess Abbott has the scars-both inside and out-to prove it. But when one of her boxing students, Violet, needs protection, Bess Abbott’s rock hard heart cracks open. And when a handsome blacksmith comes along, giving her compliments and ... more >