Sebastian Nothwell’s Fiorenzo is a standalone tale of love and triumph over adversity set in a world inspired by the Venetian Republic in what feels like the late seventeenth/early eighteenth century. The author calls it a “fantasy of manners” – which brings to mind the comedies of manners of that period, with their secret identities,…
Anyone who’s been reading my reviews for any length of time will already know I’m a massive fan of KJ Charles’ work, and for some time, have regarded her as the best author of historical romance writing today. Not only does she imbue her stories with a real sense of time and place, she creates…
Every Duke Has His Day is a charmingly mannered slice of Regency era romantic comedy. It’s light and fluffy, touched with mystery and longing. Not my absolute favorite Enoch, yet it’s still a really fine little romance. Michael Blumley, Duke of Loriton, is much more interested in scientific matters than those of the heart or…
The Art of Love And Lies is a genteel, well-researched novel about art forgery and true love, and all of it’s based around a real-life incident of art fraud. The end result is lovely romance, but some research issues kept it from getting a higher grade. Rosanna Hawkins has a unique job – she painstakingly…
I can’t remember how I stumbled across Vanora Lawless’ Imperfect Illusions, but I’m very glad I did! I was gripped from start to finish by this historical adventure/fantasy romance set amid the horrors of World War One; the stakes are high, the historical and fantasy aspects of the story are really well done, and the…
Ranya Radwan, heroine of Heba Helmy’s The Earl’s Egyptian Heiress, is the daughter of a cotton pasha whose family honor is at stake: her brother was sent to buy out the Earl of Warrington’s shares in the cotton production business, but he has disappeared with all of the town’s money. It’s now up to Ranya…
Marry Me by Midnight is a historical romance set in London during the Georgian period. It’s a Cinderella retelling set in the Jewish community, with a gender-swapped twist. Isabelle Lira is the heiress to end all heiresses. Since the death of her father, she is the wealthiest woman in London’s Sephardi Jewish community, and quite…
Strong Wine, the third instalment of A.J. Demas’ wonderful alt-ancient-world-set Sword Dance trilogy, begins around a month after the end of Saffron Alley. At the end of that book, former soldier Damiskos Temnon decided he wasn’t going to return to Pheme at the end of his week in Boukos; instead, he’s officially resigned his post…
Allie Therin returns to New York City in the 1920s with Once a Rogue, the follow up to Proper Scoundrels, a spin-off from her Magic in Manhattan series. In that book, centre stage belonged to Wesley Collins, Lord Fine, a cantankerous aristocrat and cynical, self-confessed arsehole, and powerful magic-user and dangerous marshmallow Sebastian de Leon,…
Aster Glenn Gray is, in my humble opinion, a very underrated writer. I’ve only read a handful of her books, but they’ve all been well written and innovative, both thoughtful and thought-provoking, and the author is clearly not afraid to take risks in order to tell the story she wants to tell – even if…
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