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 Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / Historical / Regency / virgin hero4 Comments
This is Metzger’s usual fun and mayhem with a bewildered hero, who often sticks his foot in his mouth, trying to keep up with all the madness into which the heroine plunges him. Courtney Choate, Viscount Chase is a pure man. If a woman should save herself for marriage, then ... more >
B Reviewsbaker / erotic / historical romance / Lively St. Lemeston series / novella / Regency England / Small-Town / virgin hero9 Comments
Dear Ms. Lerner, Back in March of 2014, I read and reviewed Sweet Disorder, the first book in the Lively St. Lemeston series of historical romances. The novel featured an unusual conflict. Phoebe Sparks, its heroine, was offered a hefty bribe to marry Robert Moon, the owner of a bakery ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / dogs / opposites attract / veteran / virgin hero / war veterans5 Comments
Recovering from his time in Afghanistan, Wes Stone prefers the company of his dogs and himself. People, especially of the female variety, are…difficult. He appreciates that Cara Pruitt doesn’t treat him like an invalid, but hiring the party girl of New Benton to help out with his dog treat business ... more >
C- Reviewsbisexual / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / exhibitionism / menage / queer / virgin hero8 Comments
Dear Cara McKenna, I enjoyed Crosstown Crush and liked Downtown Devil, the first two books in your Sins in the City series and I’d seen some early buzz about Midtown Masters – intriguingly, the blurb was extremely vague. The books in the series don’t share any characters. Rather, they share ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscabin romance / forbidden-love / holiday setting / love story / m/m / virgin hero / World War II5 Comments
Dear Amy Lane: Readers have been expressing their dissatisfaction with the lack of depictions of religion or faith in romance, outside of inspirationals. The Bells of Time Square isn’t at all preachy, but religion is very much a part of the main character’s life. By strict definition, this is a ... more >