B- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / England / family relationships / gardening / hidden identity / Historical / servant romance / social climbing / virgin hero / working classNo Comments
Persephone “Persey” Foyle, the Dowager Marchioness of Holbrooke, leads a happy, busy existence, tending her garden, overseeing her charitable missions, feuding with her stepson’s wife, and vetting potential suitors for her stepdaughter. As far as this lively widow is concerned, her life lacks nothing. But when a young, famously-talented designer ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsChef / holiday novella / novella / Regency / servant romance / shy heroineNo Comments
As the Duchess of Haverford’s companion, Cedrica Grenford is not treated as a poor relation and is encouraged to mingle with Her Grace’s guests. Perhaps among the gentlemen gathered for the duchess’s house party, she will find a suitable husband? Marcel Fournier has only one ambition: to save enough from ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autistic character / autobiography / Best of 2019 / best of list / bookseller / Canada / Cancer / cartoons / cats / class differences / Contemporary / death / enemies to lovers / England / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / France / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Humor / immigrant fiction / mathematics / medieval / New York City / non-fiction / pilot / POC / POC author / PTSD / servant romance / Vietnam / Wales / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War I / World War II9 Comments
This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / England / falconry / Fighter / Historical / medieval / servant romance / Wales10 Comments
All he ever wanted was to go home. Leaving his life as a noble hostage behind him, Gryff has fled from one danger to another, never safe, always longing for a forbidden return to his conquered Welsh homeland. Held captive by villainous men, his unlikely savior is the most beautiful ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsEnglish Historical / internal conflict / May-December Romance / servant romance15 Comments
Dear Ms. Lerner: I read (and enjoyed) the first book in the Lively St. Lemeston series, Sweet Disorder. I hadn’t gotten around to the second book in the series yet, but when I heard that this, the third book, would feature a valet and a maid as the hero and ... more >