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December 22, 2020

REVIEW: The Snowdrop by Jayne Fresina

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / family relationships / Historical / inheritance / lawsuit / lawyer / law related / spinster / VictorianNo Comments

He was once a boy abandoned, left to make his own way in the world. She was a girl stifled by the demands of her family and constrained by the strict customs of Victorian society; a bird caged and without hope. Raised in two disparate worlds, with one fortune rising ... more >

September 17, 2019

REVIEW: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / crafts / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / Historical / spinster / Womens-Fiction4 Comments

1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a “surplus woman,” one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so many young men. Yet Violet cannot reconcile herself to a life spent caring for her ... 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 >

Sprig Muslin Georgette Heyer
January 14, 2012

REVIEW: Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer

SunitaA- Reviews / Recommended Readscountry-set / friends-to-lovers / Georgette Heyer / Regency England / second chances / spinster48 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Readers, When I reviewed The Nonesuch a few months ago during Sourcebooks’ summer Heyer sale, I mentioned in passing that I really wanted to review Sprig Muslin, but it hadn’t been digitized yet. Now it is, so as promised, here’s a review. This book wasn’t in my Top 10 Heyer ... more >

Once Upon a Winter’s Eve Tessa Dare
December 22, 2011

REVIEW: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare

lazaraspasteB+ ReviewsHistorical Romances / novella / Samhain-publishing / spinster / Tessa Dare8 Comments

Dear Ms. Dare, In the usual way of things, I am not a fan of the novella. Neither am I quite keen on the short story. I find both lacking in character, particularly in romance where that is the key to any relationship development. Neither the novella nor the short ... more >

Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
August 16, 2011

REVIEW: The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer

SunitaB- Reviewscountry-set / Georgette Heyer / Historical Romances / Regency England / spinster30 Comments

Dear Readers, When an author has published over fifty books, where do you start? I want to make the case for one of Georgette Heyer’s less frequently discussed novels. It features an on-the-shelf but still attractive spinster, a paragon of a hero, a brilliantly drawn cast of supporting characters, a ... more >

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