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 Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / ensemble / family relationships / London / Older Man/Younger Woman / Portugal8 Comments
Edmund Forth, a handsome young man in his mid-thirties (though admittedly a bit stogy and sober for his years) is engaged to the beautiful but selfish Angela Wilde. His world seems perfect until lovely Fran Nash comes riding into his life on the back of a Portuguese donkey. Fran’s sunny ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Canada / dual-timeline / England / journalist / murder-investigation / Portugal / World War II3 Comments
‘No one lives for ever. But the truth survives us all’ Kate Murray is deeply troubled. In front of her lies a dead man, a stranger who only minutes before had approached her wanting to tell her about a mystery, a long-forgotten murder. The crime was old, he’d told her, ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / mystery / Portugal2 Comments
Sam is down on her luck… Sacked by her boss and betrayed by her boyfriend in the space of a single day, she needs something to ward off her despair. Her mother believes that a job at the Casa Largo guest house is the answer to all her problems. Surrounded ... more >
B- ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Historical / Napoleonic wars / Peninsular-War / Pink Carnation / Portugal / road-romance4 Comments
Portugal, December 1807. Jack Reid, the British agent known as the Moonflower (formerly the French agent known as the Moonflower), has been stationed in Portugal and is awaiting his new contact. He does not expect to be paired with a woman—especially not the legendary Pink Carnation. All of Portugal believes ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / military hero / Paranormal / Portugal / Regency / Time-Travel6 Comments
Recently, Jane forwarded a review request email from Entangled’s publicist for Susanna Fraser’s story Christmas Past to the DA loop, and Sunita and I both expressed interest in it. We decided to review the story together. –Janine Janine: Christmas Past begins on Christmas Eve of 1810. Our heroine, Sydney, is ... more >