Sometimes as a reader, I’m in the mood for a quiet, well-told story, and Sarah Mallory’s The Mysterious Miss Fairchild hit that spot beautifully. Yes, there are mysteries to be found here, but they are more of the slow reveal variety and less of the high action, thrill-a-minute sort. The book takes place primarily within…
Redeeming the Reclusive Earl is an enjoyable read from an author who knows her audience (me!), and delivers what I like to call ‘comfort food,’ novels. Virginia Heath is reliably good, and sometimes exceptional (see: The Wild Warriners, and His Mistletoe Wager). In this book, I liked the principal characters, and how Ms. Heath develops…
I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for master/governess romances – probably a result of my long-time love for Jane Eyre – so the synopsis of Julia Justiss’ The Temptation of the Governess caught my eye. It proved to be a charming, character-driven romance featuring two likeable characters forced by circumstances to make big…
Virginia Heath’s Lilian and the Irresistible Duke is the final book in the multi-author Secrets of a Victorian Household series – a fact I didn’t realise until I read the author’s notes after I’d finished, so I can honestly say that it works perfectly well as a standalone! I’m a big fan of the author’s…
Uncovering the Merchant’s Secret is a lot more tough-minded than the last two Hobbes novels I’ve read – and a lot darker. It’s also very entertaining, with the most fascinating heroine I’ve read about recently, and is set in a period I’ve not often come across in historical romance. While I didn’t quite feel the…
Sarah Mallory’s His Countess for a Week is a mix of mystery and romance featuring an appealing hero who, when the book opens, has just returned to England after having been pardoned of the crime for which he was transported to Australia six years earlier. Randolph Kirkster, the new Earl of Westray (who originally appeared…
When I read The Earl’s Countess of Convenience, the first book in Marguerite Kaye’s Penniless Brides of Convenience series, I was instantly intrigued by the character of Kate, Lady Elmswood, guardian to the three young women – her nieces by marriage – who were the heroines of the other novels in the series. In that…
Miss Amelia’s Mistletoe Marquess is a quick, uneven read with a heroine who sometimes tilts a little too close to TSTL. But those who enjoy the notion of a grumpy hero being defrosted by a wide-eyed proper miss who yearns to be ‘bad’ will enjoy this one. Amelia (Millie) Fairclough is a woman of charity…
Christmas With His Wallflower Wife is the sixth and final book in Janice Preston’s two trilogies featuring two generations of the Beauchamp family, and it focuses on Alex, younger son of the Duke of Cheriton and his struggle to find out the truth of his mother’s death almost two decades earlier. If you’ve read any…
Louise Allen is an author whose work I’ve enjoyed many times in the past, and I always look forward to a new release from her. Contracted as His Countess is a standalone historical romance that puts a slightly different spin on a familiar trope, and the very different backgrounds of the two protagonists make for…
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