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

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

Romance Review: The Affairs by Moonlight Trilogy

Available now: The Affairs by Moonlight Trilogy by Juliana Gray A Lady Never Lies A Gentlemen Never Tells A Duke Never Yields ***3/5 stars Combine three English ladies with something to hide, three reforming rakes, and one big misunderstanding in a ghostly Italian castle, and what do you have? More fun with Juliana Gray, Love’s Labour’s Lost style. Recommended readers: If you liked The Princess in Hiding Series (though this … Continue reading Romance Review: The Affairs by Moonlight Trilogy

Review: The Girl You Left Behind

Available now:  The Girl You Left Behind ****3.5/5 stars In 1916, one  woman struggles to survive in her German-occupied town. When her portrait, painted by her husband before he left to fight for France, draws the obsessive eye of the German kommandant, she must put everything on the line. And in the present, another woman struggles to hold on to the portrait that means everything to her. Recommended readers: If … Continue reading Review: The Girl You Left Behind

Review: The American Heiress

Available now:  The American Heiress: A Novel ****3.5/5 stars At the height of the Gilded Age, Mrs. Might-as-well-be-Vanderbilt seeks an English title for her American daughter, and  a bit more than she bargained for meets all involved. Recommended readers: If turn-of-the-century historical fiction is your thing, if you’re a fan of Edith Wharton, if you enjoyed The Fortune Hunter, and if you miss Downton Abbey, this one … Continue reading Review: The American Heiress

The Shocking Secret of a Guest at the Wedding

Available November 4: The Shocking Secret of a Guest at the Wedding (Millworth Manor) ***3.5/5 stars The Shocking Secret … is another trademark Victoria Alexander novel with fun twists and witty characters. Recommended readers: If you like witty characters and dialogue If you’re a sucker for an independent woman Any fan of Victoria Alexander and classy historical romance Here’s my Rankings: 4.5/5 for characters 4.5/5 for plot … Continue reading The Shocking Secret of a Guest at the Wedding