B Reviews / Book ReviewsLGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIA+ / marriage-of-convenience / pirates / POC / POC author / politics / Sci-fi / SF / Xuya UniverseNo Comments
From the author of the Xuya universe comes a rich space opera and an intensely soft romance… When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner, she expects to be tortured or killed. Instead, their leader, Rice Fish, makes Xích Si an ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsBattle of Waterloo / childhood friends / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / strong heroine4 Comments
Adventurous Lady Emilyanne had no one but Viscount Stokely to turn to when her guardian tried to force her to marry his awful stepson. So the viscount married her while on leave and returned to his army unit. Which left Lady Em to attend to estate and ton matters pretty ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1860s / complex heroine / female doctor / Historical fiction / marriage-of-convenience / Massachusetts / medical school / Ohio / post Civil War / prickly heroine / prisoner of war / PTSD / self discoveryNo Comments
A compelling novel of female perseverance and the role of women in society set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. For readers of Tracy Chevalier. In a world made for men, can one woman break free from tradition and walk a new path? It is 1865, the American ... more >
Book Reviews / Conversations / Need A Rec!marriage-of-convenience / recommendations / tropes36 Comments
Last Monday we had a conversation about the fake relationship and marriage of convenience tropes. When we were putting that post together, I asked DA contributors for recommendations and/or dis-recommendations of romances involving fake relationships and marriage of convenience. Friday’s post on recommendations for fake relationship books was published last ... more >
Book Reviews / Conversationsarranged-marriage / believability / fake relationship / forced proximity / high stakes / marriage-of-convenience / maturity / motive / tropes23 Comments
Janine: In our April open thread I lamented the omnipresence of fake relationships in contemporary romances so this seems like a good time to have a conversation about the trope. I’ve sometimes seen it discussed along with the marriage of convenience trope (readers compare them or group them under the ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / biracial heroine / Business woman / Dominican Republic / Historical / Late Victorian / LGBTQIA characters / marriage-of-convenience / Paris / POC / POC author / racism / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Paris, 1889 The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe…including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances ... more >