B Reviews / Book ReviewsFirst-Person / Halloween / holiday novella / lumbersexual / novella / wounded heroNo Comments
It’s been a year since Zach got his heart pulverized. A year since he’s sworn off girls. But then, at the haunted house where he dresses up as a werewolf, she shows up. Samantha. Sweet, pretty, perky — totally not his type. You know, if he was even interested in ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Gothic / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / Soldier / Suspense / wounded hero4 Comments
An Uncommon Beauty… Hidden away in rural Devonshire, Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been considered more odd than beautiful. But in London, her oddity has made her a sensation. Far worse, it’s caught the eye of the sinister Duke of Moreland–a notorious art collector obsessed with acquiring one-of-a-kind treasures. To escape ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican heroine / England / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / sexual-assault / wounded hero20 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke, A historical romance heroine traumatized by sexual assault is a rare and challenging plot line. We see it in contemporary romance with frequency, but in the land of manners and repressed inhibitions, where there’s an unwed duke allotted to every good soul in the British Empire (and ... more >