Of Paupers and Peers is a perfectly charming book! It’s sweet and light and everything that a regency romance should be. I really loved this one. Many years ago, Lord Robert Weatherly, the second son of the 4th Duke of Montford, fell in love with a most unsuitable woman. Despite parental disapproval, he married his…
I’ve missed traditional Regency Romances, but thank goodness I have a large TBR shelf of them. I had enjoyed Marjorie Farrell’s single title romances very much and plucked her 1993 trad off the shelf. I got lucky – what a wonderful book! Lady Barbara’s Dilemma features two couples, all adults, all intelligent, and all faced…
AAR doesn’t usually review Vanity press books; we have too many books from mainstream publishers and too few reviewers to review them to do so. But every once in a while, something completely different will come along and pique someone’s interest. So it was with Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander, subtitled A Bisexual Regency…
I used to really enjoy Stephanie Laurens’ series about the Cynster family. The first book, Devil’s Bride is still one of my favorites. But as oddly named Cynster followed oddly named Cynster, I lost interest in the family. Most Cynster books follow this formula: He’s a rake, she’s feisty, they meet, they have multiple bouts…
Love in Disguise is one of Edith Layton’s finest books. Not only romantic and entertaining, this Super Regency is sheer delight for readers who love lush and playful prose. Miss Susannah Logan is the daughter of a fishmonger whose business acumen made him a fortune. Doted on from birth by a widowed father and two…
With the imminent demise of the traditional Regency, I find myself becoming more and more attached to them. I can’t help feeling nostalgic, and I keep snapping them up, paying little heed to whether I even liked the author in the past. June Calvin’s The Ruby Ghost is a fairly tepid offering, one that probably…
Lady Emma’s Dilemma is what I think of as a “quiet” Regency. It’s not one of those whippet-quick tours of the ton with brisk, snappy dialogue, and neither is it a comedy of manners or pseudo-romantic suspense. Instead, it’s a quiet story about two people who get a second chance at love, and about the…
Georgiana Marland has spent the past six years in a London girl’s school, the last two as a teacher. She has had no word from her mother in years and was left at the school to support herself. Her life changes forever when she receives a letter from Lady Escott, a distant relation, who proposes…
I have loved traditional Regencies ever since I was in high school. While I still love my old Regency favorites, one thing I enjoy about some of the newer Regencies is the willingness of some authors to feature more non-titled characters and to move away from the world of London and the ton. I still…
There is a staff review of this book as well Regency Christmas Courtship is Signet’s annual Regency romance/holiday anthology. This year it features stories by five authors, four of whom – Nancy Butler, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger, and Andrea Pickens (aka Andrea DaRif) – have gone on from trad Regencies to European Historicals. Gayle Buck…
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