The Earl Who Isn’t is the final book in the Wedgeford Trials series about reluctant nobility in a small English enclave of people of Asian descent in the nineteenth century. I’ve enjoyed every book in this series, but this one is probably my favorite. Andrew Uchida is many things – a lover of plants and…
Marguerite Kaye’s latest novel, Uncovering the Governess’s Secrets, is a late Victorian-era historical romance set mainly in Edinburgh, in which the slow-burn love story between its principals runs alongside the gradual unfolding of a mystery and the story of a decades-old injustice. As is always the case with this author’s work, the story and historical…
I like to try as many different romance authors as possible, including those who were popular back in the day but aren’t as well-known now. You never know when you might stumble across a gem. Of course, you also never know when you might stumble across a cowpat. That said, standards back in the day…
Ne’er Duke Well is a charming little romance laden with feeling and a surefooted, breezy writing style… which also has a heavy shellacking of wallpapery behavior on it, with a plot that has way too many moving parts. Still, it’s a fun read, and those plot points do make sense – eventually. Louisiana native and…
The Ornithologists Field Guide to Love, a lovely historical fantasy romance, is the tale of two rival ornithologists that work together to find a magical bird. It’s a delight–it’s a fun rivals to lovers romance full of humor and adventure and it was truly enchanting. The story begins dramatically–Beth, an Oxford professor of ornithology…
Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily betrothed to a suitable lady—until she elopes. With no time to woo, Dominic decides to marry his fiancée’s unconventional sister. Torie isn’t perfect, but their kisses are so passionate that society thinks he’s actually chosen her. Torie has never been able to make sense of words…
This review originally appeared in 2014 When we met Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery in Andrew: Lord of Despair, he came across as rather cold, unfailingly correct and a bit stand-offish, so it was perhaps a little difficult to imagine him as the romantic hero of his own book. To be fair, he has bloody good reason…
The Duke at Hazard is a fun, fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable historical romance that is, at its heart, a story about growing up, self-discovery and finding that one person who brings out the best in you and helps you to realise your full potential. Being a KJ Charles story there is, of course, plenty of…
I interpreted this month’s prompt –“What a Wonderful World” – by reading a book set somewhere I absolutely adore, hence my jumping back into the wonderful alt-ancient Mediterranean world created by A.J. Demas. Honey & Pepper (from 2022) is billed as book one in the When in Pheme series (book two has yet to make…
The reason I picked up K. J. Charles’s Jackdaw, despite not having read any of the books in her Charm of Magpies series, is simple. On her blog, Ms. Charles said that when a reader found out who one of the heroes is, they couldn’t believe that someone they hated was going to get a…
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