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Narrated by James Langton Daniel’s True Desire is the second book in Grace Burrowes’ True Gentlemen series, although the series title is perhaps a bit of a misnomer as the books are in fact linked by virtue of the fact that the heroines are the sisters of Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte. Regardless of that,…
On the Chase is the second book in Katie Ruggle’s Rocky Mountain K9 Unit series. I haven’t read the previous instalment, Run to Ground, but I didn’t have any difficulty making sense of things here. The story does reference people and events from the first book, but overall, I’d say this one can be read…
Going Dark opens with an elite team of Navy SEALS deep into a covert operation on foreign soil. Their mission could be construed as an act of aggression if discovered so the men are working under blackout conditions; no communication with their transport ship and radio silence while on the ground. When things go to…
Narrated by Elizabeth Louise with Jason Carpenter The third in Alice Clayton’s Hudson Valley series, Buns is the story of a hotel marketing expert who likes to live without ties and a hotel manager who is all about family roots and staying put. Clara Morgan had a crappy mother and spent most of her childhood…
My Fair Baron, the first book in the Romance Remade series, is the début novel by Licie Laine. It’s a delightful romp featuring a couple in a pretty unusual situation. Lady Claire leads a most unconventional life. For the past couple of years, the twenty-year-old has been living on her own, making a living writing…
One of the most famous lines in literature is the opening sentence of Gone with the Wind: Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm. I felt that way as I read through Kristi Ann Hunter’s An Inconvenient Beauty; this novel had some problems but I barely acknowledged…
Originally titled Bluestocking, Jane Ashford’s Last Gentleman Standing has been unavailable to readers for over twenty-five years, but it’s coming back into print in early September. Since I’m a fan of British historicals, I was eager to give it a try. Unfortunately, it was not an enjoyable experience by any stretch of the imagination. Miss…
One of my Goodreads friends commented on an update I made while reading this book and asked me: “Why do you carry on doing Scottish books to yourself?” I responded to the effect that, in my eternal optimism, I pick up a Scottish-set historical every so often in the hope that I’ll find a good…
I’ll say straight off that When the Scoundrel Sins, the second in Anna Harrington’s Capturing the Carlisles series is a better book than the last one of hers I read, How I Married a Marquess. Mind you, I gave that a D+, so in a sense saying that this one is an improvement might not…
One of the things I have particularly enjoyed about the books in the Hadley’s Hellions series is the way the author has woven some of the political issues of the day throughout the principal love stories in each of the books. The four Hellions are gentlemen who met at Oxford and have continued their friendship…
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