Regency Romance

  • The Country Mouse

    The Country Mouse tells a love story at a very leisurely pace. There are books that build slowly, and books that build s-l-o-w-l-y. The Country Mouse could probably be better described as The Meandering Mouse. The country mouse in question is Miss Lavinia Taylor, who is really a town mouse who hopes to move to…

  • The Christmas Charm

    Lynn Collum’s The Christmas Charm is the first in a trilogy about the three children of Mr. Addington, a younger son of a baron who left England to make his way in business on the continent. Mrs. Addington was an Italian, and the family is close and happy, although not wealthy. This book is the…

  • The Willful Miss Winthrop

    As I read the description for this book, I was reminded of The Sergeant Major’s Daughter by Sheila Walsh. Walsh’s book was a favorite of mine for a long while because of the strength and empathy the heroine embodied. I had high hopes that Miss Winthrop, a heroine set on following the army into Spain,…

  • Stocking Stuffers

    I chose Stocking Stuffers because I was hoping for a quick, light read during the holidays. Ironically, I found it laborious and difficult to get through until the very end. As one might guess from the three kitties in stockings on the cover, each of these stories features a cat as part of the plot….

  • Belle’s Beau

    Belle’s Beau is a very uneven book. When I first started it, I thought it was terrible. The good news is that the book got better and better as it went along, but the bad news is that it took quite a bit of time to get better. Annabelle (Belle) Weatherstone is thrilled to be…

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