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August 3, 2023

REVIEW: The Baron and the Lady Chemist by Alissa Baxter

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbusinessman / chemistry / class differences / English Historical / female friendship / Historical / London / PTSD / Regency / Regency England2 Comments

Their chemistry creates a chain reaction . . . but will love be the final result? Dorothea Grantham has always been fascinated by chemistry and spends most days conducting experiments in her laboratory at Grantham Place, staining silk with gold, silver, and other metals using chemical processes. Thea embroiders the ... more >

Rear/side view of a slim blonde woman in a short-sleeved teal Regency-style dress and a straw hat with a red ribbon looking at a small country cottage
July 5, 2021

REVIEW: Someone to Cherish by Mary Balogh

LaylaA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / feminist / historical romance / Recommended Reads / Regency England / war hero / Westcott / widow11 Comments

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Is love worth the loss of one’s freedom and independence? This is what Mrs. Tavernor must decide in the new novel in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. When Harry Westcott lost the title Earl of Riverdale after the discovery of his father’s bigamy, he ... more >

March 1, 2021

REVIEW: The Earl’s Lady Geologist by Alissa Baxter

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsfossils / geology / heroine with commitment issues / Historical / plain heroine / Regency / Regency England / Traditional Regency7 Comments

Cassandra Linfield is a lady fossil collector who declares she will never marry as no man will ever take her studies seriously. When circumstances force her to travel to Town for the Season, Cassy infiltrates the hallowed portals of the Geological Society from which she has been banned. She is ... more >

October 6, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: A House East of Regent Street by Pam Rosenthal

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbargain / BDSM / brothel / business arrangement / businessman / courtesan / Erotic-Romance / historical romance / house / joint review / novella / Regency England10 Comments

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Jennie: When Janine mentioned this expanded novella, and suggested we review it together, she asked if I’d read it when it originally came out in 2004. My book log says no, but my brain says yes. If I didn’t read it I must’ve read a lot about it back when it was ... more >

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August 26, 2020

DUELING REVIEW: Someone to Romance by Mary Balogh

JanineA- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews / Recommended Readsaristocrats / courtship / Earl / hero with a past / hidden identity / historical romance / inheritance / joint review / London / Regency England / social climbing / Westcott5 Comments

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Once again, Kaetrin and are reviewing one of Balogh’s Westcott novels together. – Janine Janine: Someone to Romance begins with Lady Jessica Archer, half-sister to the Duke of Netherby, escorted by a cavalcade of carriages to London. Jessica is twenty-five. She hasn’t met anyone special but she wants children and ... more >

March 25, 2019

REVIEW: The True Queen by Zen Cho

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / diversity / dragons / f/f / Fairyland / Fantasy / fiction with strong romantic elements / LGBTQIAP+ / Magic / magical powers / Malaysia / POC / POC author / Regency England / SFF8 Comments

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Dear Ms. Cho, Three and a half years ago, Sunita and I reviewed your first novel, a regency-set fantasy titled Sorcerer to the Crown. I liked it enough to request an ARC of the sequel, The True Queen. I have to admit, though, that I was a little apprehensive because ... more >

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