Romance Review: If the Viscount Falls

Available Tuesday: If the Viscount Falls (The Duke’s Men) ***3.5/5 stars Another great Duke’s Men novel by Sabrina Jeffries. Recommended readers: If you like good mystery with your historical romance If you’re a fan of Sabrina Jeffries and the Duke’s Men series Here’s my Rankings: 3/5 for characters 4/5 for plot 3.5/5 overall 3/5 steaminess REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: Two broken hearts are hard to mend … Continue reading Romance Review: If the Viscount Falls

Romance Review: Viscount of Vice

Available today: Viscount of Vice: A Novella (Covent Garden Cubs Book 0) ***3.5/5 stars A fun mystery-romance novella for Shana Galen’s next Regency series. Recommended readers: If you like good mystery with your historical romance If you’re a fan of Shana Galen Here’s my Rankings: 3/5 for characters 4/5 for plot 3.5/5 overall 3/5 steaminess REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: The novella that introduces the Covent Garden Series … Continue reading Romance Review: Viscount of Vice

Review: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Available Now: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sara MacLean ***3.5/5 stars- liked to the edge of love- call it a stage I crush Next in rhyming romance, a near-spinster takes her future firmly in hand (See also Rogue with Brouge). Recommended readers: If you like an English rogue, If you’ve ever fancied yourself a reformer of rakes, and if you’re a sucker for an empowered … Continue reading Review: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Review: Esther by Angela Hunt

Available January 6: Esther: Royal Beauty (A Dangerous Beauty Novel) ****4.5/5 stars An emotional portrayal of Esther is touching, real and gives such depth to a favorite Biblical icon. Recommended readers: Anyone looking for a perspective on Biblical times If you love the Book of Esther and women in the Bible and anyone who loves to learn about a prominent female in history Here’s my Rankings: … Continue reading Review: Esther by Angela Hunt

Coming January 13th: The Magician’s Lie

Available January 13th:  The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister ***3/5 stars A beautiful and famed magician accused of murder has but one night to convince a small town has-been of her innocence. Recommended readers: If you like a bit of intrigue in your historical fiction, with just a bit of romance for good measure, if you enjoy a dual storyline, and if you appreciate good old-fashioned storytelling , this … Continue reading Coming January 13th: The Magician’s Lie

Romance Review: Conquer the Mist

Available today: Conquer the Mist ****4/5 stars A passionate adventure-romance, Conquer the Mist has the perfect mix of strong characters, fighting and love. Recommended readers: If you like fighting heroines and Irish history If you’re a fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 for characters 4/5 for plot 4/5 overall 3/5 steaminess REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: With an aging father and her homeland under … Continue reading Romance Review: Conquer the Mist

Out today: The Duke in My Bed

Available today: The Duke In My Bed (The Heirs’ Club) ***3.5/5 stars With a slew of adorably, humorous characters, The Duke In My Bed is good, ol’ fun. Recommended readers: If you like a historical romance with humor If you’re a fan of orphan-type plot lines in your romance Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 for characters 3/5 for plot 3.5/5 overall 3/5 steaminess REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: When Bray Drakestone accepts … Continue reading Out today: The Duke in My Bed

Romance Review: Duke of Thorns

Available now: Duke of Thorns (Heiress Games Book 1) ***3.5/5 stars An American almost-heiress fights for her heritage in this pre-American-Revoluationary-War romance. Recommended readers: If you like anything by Sara Ramsey If you’re a fan of Regency Romances but like a little American independence thrown in for fun. Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 for characters 3/5 for plot 3.5/5 overall 3/5 steaminess REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: Callista … Continue reading Romance Review: Duke of Thorns

Review: Little Miss Sure Shot

Available now:  Little Miss Sure Shot: Annie Oakley’s World ****3.5/5 stars Fiction or non-fiction? Either way you’ll find out you know less about Annie Oakley than you thought. Recommended readers: Western history lovers Natives of Wyoming, especially Cody, Wyoming and anyone who loves to learn about a prominent female in history Here’s my Rankings: 4/5 overall REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER: Categorically it’s fiction, but it’s hard … Continue reading Review: Little Miss Sure Shot

Nonfiction Review: When Books Went to War

Available December 2nd:  When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II ****4/5 stars Books can be weapons: The story of the role of literature during World War II, when a a program that brought  books to soldiers– in pocket sized editions reportedly as popular as chocolate, cigarettes, and pin up girls– served to remind us of the power of storytelling in human history. Recommended … Continue reading Nonfiction Review: When Books Went to War