Napoleonic wars
Now that’s more like it!
The Davies and Montgomery family feud has seen the resurgence of the banter and sparkle that’s been missing from some of her recent books, and has produced some of her best work. A Wicked Game, which takes a unique, fresh approach to that old childhood-friends-to-adul ...
I’ve read and positively reviewed several of Rose Lerner’s historical romances here, so I was excited when I saw that she had a new m/m historical coming out and eagerly snapped up a review copy. Sailor’s Delight is loosely linked by character to The Woman in the Attic, but it doesn’t share ...
Remember Love is the first in a new series by prolific historical romance writer Mary Balogh. I was excited to crack this one open; I was not disappointed.
Devlin Ware has no reason to doubt the goodness, the honorability of his family. His father is the Earl of Stratton, and a family man beyond ...
I really enjoyed the first book Diane Gaston’s Three Soldiers trilogy, Gallant Officer, Forbidden Lady, and I was keen to continue. This trilogy focuses on three soldiers who met in the aftermath of Badajoz, and follows them as they adjust back to civilian life after their experiences in the Napol ...
The First Snow of Winter is a prequel to the other novellas in the Winterbourne series.
After five years on the Continent, Captain Samuel Alderton returns to Alderton Hall a changed man. Weary from fighting, struggling with the loss of his left arm in Toulouse, and a bit depressed and uncertain ...
Looking for a romance novel that’s low on angst and high on sexual tension? One you’ll finish with a sigh of contented satisfaction? Then look no further. The Viscount's Unconventional Lady is, ironically, a somewhat conventional love story featuring a buttoned up, emotionally scarred hero ...
Lara Temple’s A Match for the Rebellious Earl is a beautifully written love story featuring a reluctant Earl and a young woman who is so intent on making sure that those she loves are happy that she’s neglected to do the same for herself. It’s a passionate, gorgeously romantic story about tw ...
Who Speaks for the Damned is book fifteen in C.S. Harris’ series of historical mysteries featuring aristocratic sleuth, Sebastian St. Cyr, and could, at a pinch, be read as a standalone. While earlier books in the series featured a long-running plotline concerning Sebastian’s his search for th ...
This is a curious anthology because while two of the stories are Kelly’s usual fare, one is happy-ending fiction rather than a romance, and the other is a reprint of the novella which introduced Able Six, an eidetic genius very unlike Kelly’s general ordinary-folk protagonists.
Boxing the ...
Kate Bateman – or K.C. Bateman as she was known then – made her début as an author of historical romance in 2016 and To Steal a Heart impressed me to such a degree that I counted her as one of the “finds” of the year. To date, she’s published four historical romances and I’ve rated th ...