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December 17, 2018

REVIEW: The Desperate Duke by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsCommoner Aristocracy pairing / England / Historical / Regency / Weaver series / working class4 Comments

A duke in disguise . . . a damsel in distress . . . a match made in—Manchester? When 23-year-old Theodore Radney becomes the Duke of Reddington after his father dies, the weight of his new responsibilities is enough to send him into a panic. Theo soon accumulates a pile ... more >

December 3, 2018

REVIEW: Lord Calne’s Christmas Ruby by Jude Knight

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / engineer / England / holiday novella / novella / Regency2 Comments

Fashionable London holds nothing for wealthy merchant’s niece, Lalamani Finchurch. Except perhaps for an earl with a twisted hand and a charming smile. Why, for all the fortune hunters she has fended off since returning from India, is the one man who seems to like her so against marrying for ... more >

Winter scene of back view of a fair-haired woman in a blue bonnet with red trim and a white dress with dark blue sleeves wearing a red cloak and holding a red rose walking toward a church in the snow
November 27, 2018

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Trust by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- ReviewsBaron / England / Historical / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Regency / slow burn / widow17 Comments

Kaetrin: I admit the Westcott family tree is a little confusing to me at times so I appreciated that Balogh went back over the relevant history just enough for me to remember who Colin Handrich, Lord Hodges, was to Wren, the Countess of Riverdale and why they had been estranged ... more >

November 15, 2018

REVIEW: Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBath / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Historical / Regency7 Comments

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The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of a pretty runaway heiress, Miss Lucilla Carleton, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive’s uncivil and high-handed guardian, Mr. ... more >

November 5, 2018

REVIEW: Clarissa and the Poor Relations by Alicia Cameron

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / England / female friendship / Historical / Regency / sweet romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Clarissa and the Poor Relations by Alicia Cameron

In Regency England Mrs Thorne’s School for Young Ladies is about to close due to the death of young Clarissa’s mother a year ago.This leaves eighteen-year-old Clarissa Thorne and her three school mistress friends no option but to return to the bosom of their families as despised ‘poor relations’ – ... more >

October 31, 2018

REVIEW: Band Sinister by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / m/m romance / queer / Regency11 Comments

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Dear KJ Charles, I have had an exceptionally good run with books lately and Band Sinister only compounded my blessings. Siblings Guy and Amanda Frisby live in quiet seclusion in rustic Yarlcote. 20 years earlier, their mother ran off to the continent with their neighbour, Sir James Rookwood. Their father ... more >

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