Spindle Cove Series

B+
Do You Want to Start a Scandal?

It feels like I’m committing the ultimate Romancelandia faux-pas when I say that Tessa Dare’s last couple of books haven’t really worked for me.  So much so, in fact, that I couldn’t rate When a Scot Ties the Knot above a C+; the characterisation was inconsistent, the humour felt forced and ...

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A Week to be Wicked

Narrated by Carolyn Morris. Although recommended often by friends who read historical romance, I had yet to read this one and when the chance came up to review the new audio edition, I grabbed it eagerly. I’m so very glad I did, because the story is every bit as good as I’d been told. And ...

B-
Any Duchess Will Do

At this point, I will go out on a limb and call Tessa Dare (along with Julie Anne Long) the FedEx queen of romance. Like, half the time I don’t actually believe that FedEx can get my packages to Hong Kong in 24 hours; nor do I believe, truly, that anyone can meld souls, minds, and bodies in less t ...

B-
A Lady by Midnight

I’ve had mixed reactions to Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series. The first book in the series, A Night to Surrender, did not enchant me as it did many other reviewers. I loved the next, A Week to be Wicked. I enjoyed this book more than the first one but less than the second. The reason for that, I ...

B+
A Week to Be Wicked

Tessa Dare had me at hello. Or rather, at A Week to Be Wicked’s dedication, which reads: “For all the girls who walk and read at the same time." Like the book’s heroine, Minerva...or me. For the record, I only walked into a utility pole that one time. And there might have been a few street sig ...

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A Night to Surrender

Reviewing books is fun, but sometimes it's absolutely wonderful, especially on those occasions when you're given the advanced reading copy of that book. You know, that book, the one that it seems everyone in the known world is anticipating. So when I lucked out and received an ARC of Tessa Dare's la ...