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November 13, 2019

REVIEW: Falling for a Rake by Eve Pendle

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews1870s / being true to oneself / botany / fake relationship / historical romance / politics / propriety / rake / reformed hero / ruin / Scandal / Victorian12 Comments

Dear Eve Pendle, I decided to try Falling for a Rake, your 1870s-set historical romance, after hearing great things about it from an acquaintance whose recommendations I trust. Lady Emily Ravensthorpe is a fern collector. It is the perfect hobby for a young lady, and Emily is committed to maintaining ... more >

March 19, 2018

REVIEW: His Convenient Marchioness by Elizabeth Rolls

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviewschildren / historical romance / Marquess / marriage-of-convenience / Older Man/Younger Woman / Scandal / trad regency / widow / widower14 Comments

Dear Ms. Rolls, Not long ago, I saw that Kelly (Instalove) had read and recommended your new Harlequin Historical, His Convenient Marchioness. I wasn’t familiar with your writing but Kelly mentioned that she enjoyed the book and that it had a fifty-year-old hero, and between those two factors, I decided ... more >

February 22, 2018

REVIEW: Love in the Country by Jill Barry

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1920s / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / England / holiday novella / novella / Scandal / second chance at loveComments Off on REVIEW: Love in the Country by Jill Barry

It’s December 1925 and the young Annabel Crawford is about to get a surprise. Her mother, Lily Crawford, explains that the Viscount Lassiter is unexpectedly joining them for Christmas dinner – and Annabel couldn’t be less impressed! The Viscount walks under a cloud of scandal after the infamous end of ... more >

February 5, 2018

REVIEW: Surrender to Ruin by Carolyn Jewel

JanineB Reviews / Book ReviewsEarl / Gretna Green / historical romance / Hot Read / Regency England / Scandal / unrequited-love7 Comments

Dear Ms. Jewel, As you are the author of one of Scandal, one of my favorite historical romances of this decade, I was excited when I saw that Surrender to Ruin had finally been released. This is the third book in the Sinclair Sisters trilogy, which began with Lord Ruin, ... more >

September 19, 2016

REVIEW: Miss Goodhue Lives for a Night by Kate Noble

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsattorney / historical romance / Regency England / reunited-lovers / Scandal / spinster / Winner Takes All series2 Comments

Dear Ms. Noble, I’ve enjoyed the first two books in your Winner Takes All series, The Game and the Governess and The Lie and the Lady, so when I saw that a novella about Cecilia Goodhue, a minor character in the second book, was available on Netgalley, I requested it. ... more >

November 3, 2014

REVIEW: A Notorious Ruin by Carolyn Jewel

JanineB Reviews / Recommended Readsboxing / historical romance / Regency England / Scandal11 Comments

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Dear Ms. Jewel, Although I didn’t care for or even finish your popular historical romance Lord Ruin, I picked up its sequel, A Notorious Ruin, because I have enjoyed some of your more recent historicals, most especially Scandal. Lucy Wilcott is a widow of only twenty-three years, and beautiful at ... more >

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