A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / Historical / Regency / short-story / Ugly Duckling3 Comments
Angelique is a short story. “The Marquise de Chabernet, her French grandmother, had fixed her with glittering eyes and told her when she was but ten years old, ‘If there is something that you want in this life, mon ange, do not believe anyone who says you cannot have it.'” ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists19th century / actor/actress / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American Navy / Art / best of lists / Biography / cats / Civil-War / class differences / Contemporary / England / epistolary / Fly Me to the Moon series / Historical / inspirational romance / Marriage-in-Trouble / murder-investigation / non-fiction / nurse / Regency / turn of the 20th century / Ugly Duckling / Western Romance27 Comments
Yeah, I have 11 books in my top ten list. Math has never been my forte. 2017 was more of a mixed reading year for me with some non-romance, non-fiction books layered in. I was also pleasantly surprised at how many A and B range reads I had. The Second ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Doctor / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Maine / Ugly Duckling / Womens-Fiction6 Comments
One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by a car and then overhearing her boyfriend hit on another doctor when she thought she was dying? Two major steps back. ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschild abuse / Contemporary / England / falconry / Ugly Duckling / Yorkshire9 Comments
Secrets, lies, carrot cake – and an owl called Skrillex! Amy Knowles has always been the plain sidekick to her pretty best friend Jules. And whilst the tearoom they both work in on the Monkpark Hall estate in Yorkshire is not exactly awash with eligible bachelors, it’s obvious where the ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadoption / cinderella / Contemporary / FBI / novella / Ugly Duckling8 Comments
The easiest—and hardest—decision she’ll ever make starts with a kiss. Coming Home, Book 1 In high school, Bianca Charleston was a nobody. An overweight wallflower, so invisible that Cole, the boy she had a crush on, never even knew she existed. Things have changed, and she’s finally ready to show ... more >
C- Reviews / Featured1920s / American historical / Harlequin Undone / second chances / Ugly Duckling3 Comments
New York City, 1920s Bootleggers are breathing down hotelier Harry McMahon’s neck. So when a beautiful, young, and very wealthy widow from Paris turns up at the Cotton Club, Henry sees it as the perfect opportunity to combine business and pleasure. First he will take her body, then her heart, ... more >