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from our DIK review:

Alice Diana Van Alen is the toast of Knickerbocker society, born into the illustrious Four Hundred of New York’s elite. At nineteen, she seems to have everything: position, beauty, intelligence, and scads of money. Yet there’s a huge void in her life, and all the trappings of her privileged existence only serve to remind her that she longs for a simpler way of living, one that will assuage the loneliness and grief that are at the core of her soul. Three years ago, Alana’s parents perished in a fire, leaving her virtually alone in the world. Now she harbors a terrible secret, one she’ll do anything to protect.

Self-made multimillionaire Trevor Byrne Sheridan (known as the Predator of Wall Street) becomes incensed after the Knickerbockers snub his sister Mara by refusing to attend her debut. He seeks revenge the only way he knows how: he ruins them financially, each […]

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An Invitation to the Ball…By Fifteen of Your Favorite Historical Romance Authors!

You are cordially invited to the most anticipated event of the Season — Lord and Lady Whitwell’s annual ball! This year’s theme is the most extravagant yet…A Midsummer Night’s Dream, filled with fairytale gardens and fantastical costumes, sparkling champagne, and heartwarming romance. Opportunities abound for secret trysts in the shadows of moonlit walks, mistaken identities, delicious unmaskings, and perhaps even a magical spell or two. But one thing is certain—fifteen pairs of hearts will never be the same again. Enjoy this collection of never-before-released novellas by your favorite historical romance authors!

Grace Burrowes

Erica Ridley

Ella Quinn

Jennifer Ashley

May McGoldrick

Sabrina York

Bronwen Evans

Jade Lee

Anna Harrington

Madeline Martin

Elizabeth Essex

Eileen Dreyer

Alyssa Alexander

Heather Snow

Gina Conkle

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from our B+ review:

Anthony Hamilton, Viscount Langford, was a scandal from the moment he was born. Almost certainly a cuckoo in the nest, be grew into a wild boy and proceeded to get himself thrown out of three schools, after which, having finished his education at Oxford, he embarked upon a life of debauchery in London, his reputation as a high-stakes gamester and seducer of wealthy widows and bored wives very quickly earning him the blackest of reputations while also rendering him utterly fascinating to the members of the ton. The fact that he is gorgeous, remarkably discreet and closely guards his privacy only increases his allure.

Anthony – who, owing to his estrangement from his father now chooses to style himself as plain Mr. Hamilton – spent many of his holidays from school at Ainsley Park, the home of his closest friend, David Reece. David’s younger sister, […]

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from our B+ review:

Dawnflight tells the story of how Guinevere and Arthur met. Only this isn’t the Guinevere of legend. She is Gyanhumara (Gyan), the chieftainess of a fierce Pictish clan. Unlike the Brytoni women, Gyan wears clan tattoos and knows how to use a sword.

To fulfill a treaty, Gyan must marry Urien, the son of a Brytoni chieftain. If she refuses, her people will go to war. Because she wants to do what’s best for her people, Gyan agrees to marry Urien. Unfortunately, Urien is repelled by her “barbaric” ways, and he plans to tame her once they are wed.

Ready to marry Urien, despite her misgivings, Gyan journeys to Arthur’s headquarters. Then, she meets Arthur. Gyan and Arthur are drawn to each other from the start. Unlike Urien, Arthur respects Gyan’s strength. Both of them believe in fulfilling their duties, however, so they refuse to act on their feelings. […]

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In the “compellingˮ (The Boston Globe) and “pitch perfectˮ (Entertainment Weekly) follow-up to Tana French’s runaway bestseller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squad—until an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene.

The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was.

The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that I will read just about any Pride and Prejudice redux that comes my way. It is also a truth that very, very few of them are worth my time, so imagine my delight when A Higher Education resoundingly was. The small changes made to the original only served to make the story stronger and more directly applicable to modern times, and I found myself falling in love with Lizzie and Darcy all over again.

In this world, Elizabeth Bennet is a freshman at Meryton College. Her roommate, Jane, drags her to a party where she meets campus blowhard, Will Darcy. You know the rest. Well, -ish. In this world, Darcy demands to be called ‘Will’ because Darcy reminds him of his money and his father and neither of those are comfortable thoughts. He’s still best mates with Charles Bingley, who still […]

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Kimba Allen meets Ezra Stern when they’re both infants. His white Jewish mother and black non-religious father have recently moved to Atlanta, where the powerhouse Allen family are the first to help the Sterns feel at home. Kimba and Ezra grow closer as they grow up, culminating in their first kiss in eighth grade – the same night the Stern and Allen parents fight, and the Sterns leave Atlanta, never to return.

Kimba becomes a political kingmaker, having recently managed the campaign for the newly elected U.S. president. Her passion for her career has interfered with her personal life, something she has been willing to defer until a medical test reveals she is, at just thirty-seven, in perimenopause. Ezra, meanwhile, becomes a PhD educator who founds a local private school for low-income kids. He also meets a photographer named Aiko and has a son with her. After years […]

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from our B- review of The Devil Takes a Bride:

Readers were introduced to the Cabot sisters in the first in this four-book series, The Trouble with Honor (review here). The two eldest sisters – Honor and Grace – are only a year or so apart in age, and have both had a couple of seasons. Although beautiful, witty, and much sought-after, neither has accepted a proposal of marriage, having found the chase to be much more fun than settling on one particular suitor.

But now their stepfather is terminally ill, and their mother is showing the first signs of madness (we would recognise this today as Alzheimer’s Disease) – and Honor and Grace are brought down to earth with a bump. When Lord Beckington dies, they will have nowhere to live and very little money – and once word gets out about their mother’s illness, their chances of marrying well will […]

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from our B+ review:

In The Fiery Crown, the second book of Jeffe Kennedy’s Forgotten Empires series, we rejoin our marriage-of-convenienced monarchs Con and Euthalia as they await the evil emperor Anure’s reaction to their marriage (since, you know, Lia was technically Anure’s fiancee). The first book was one of my top ten reads of 2019, and while this one isn’t quite as good, it’s still great. So rather than mess up that first book by reading the spoilers in this review, go read The Orchid Throne, then come back. You won’t be sorry!

Con, heir to a destroyed kingdom and now known as the Slave King, escaped Anure’s mines chasing a prophecy that told him to marry Lia: “Claim the hand that wears the ring and the empire falls.” Cornered by Anure pushing for the marriage she’s been delaying and by Con’s arrival on her island, Lia agreed to the marriage. This means […]

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When a sexy red bra wafts toward him from over the fence between their properties, well known fantasy book author John Murphy is sure he’s found the woman for a summer fling. He’s not disappointed after he meets pastry chef and bakery owner Livvy Andrews, who smells like sugar and to him looks even better.

At first Livvy, who’s living with her engaged sister, shuts down their new neighbor, even though sparks fly between her and handsome, hunky John, a decent, down-to-earth sort of man who teaches her how to jump start her car using cables.

As a child, John told his sister stories when they were in bed in the dark to dispel her fears after hearing one of John’s punishment sessions with his stepfather shouting Bible passages while hitting him. Now John has called for détente with his past by creating a dark fantasy series featuring a […]