B Reviews / Book Reviewsfarce / Historical / Regency / teacher heroine / trad regency15 Comments
When Rosellen Lockharte, penmanship teacher at a girls school, believes she is dying from influenza, she feverishly pens letters to those who have, through various misdeeds, brought her to this pass. And to forgive them. Well, most of them. Let Lord Stanford bear the responsibility for her death always. Except ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1820s / arranged-marriage / disability / Disabled Heroine / England / inheritance / inspirational / neurodiverse / Regency / teacher heroine2 Comments
Hazel Stillman is a woman of rare independence and limited opportunities. Born with a clubbed foot, she was sent away as a child and, knowing her disability means a marriage is unlikely, she devoted herself to scholarship and education. Now working as a teacher in an elite private girls’ school, ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / divorce / North-Carolina / Post WWII / single father / Small Town Romance / teacher / teacher heroineComments Off on REVIEW: All in Good Time by M.K. Chester
She wants to fade away. He can’t possibly let her. Elizabeth arrives in small, Southern Bryeton to teach first grade in 1948, hiding a painful secret that haunts her. She doesn’t count on falling for Jake, a WWII veteran struggling to raise his young son after his wife abandons them ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / enemies to lovers / family relationships / Paranormal / Paranormal lite / paranormal romance / teacher heroine / witch / witchcraft / WitchesComments Off on REVIEW: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (aka Rachel Hawkins)
Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBold Stroke Books / Contemporary / England / f/f romance / female doctor / former military / LGBTQIA+ / older MCs / religion / teacher heroineComments Off on REVIEW: Always Believe by Aimée
Lieutenant-Colonel Greyson Walsden returns to her hometown of Gloucester after a fulfilling career as an Army doctor. She takes a position as a general practitioner while pursuing ordination as an Anglican priest. Overworked and naturally reserved, she doesn’t have time or patience for socializing, let alone for falling in love. ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / African American / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / Drugs / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / POC author / second chance at love / teacher heroine5 Comments
Layla Johnson had a picture perfect life: a career as an educator, a beautiful daughter, a son on the way, and a loving husband. Only Layla didn’t count on the effect the burgeoning war on drugs would have on her family and her world. And on one rainy night, everything ... more >